Mind, Body, Pet and Other Genre Predictions
There are probably as many genres in the world as there are successful living writers. We all know about misery memoir, chick-lit, sick lit, paranormal…
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Should We Publish New Adult Fiction for LGBT Readers?
This is a guest post from Margaret Eckel, who is Prizes & Awards Officer at Booktrust. You can find her on Linkedin and Twitter. If…
Is Re-Publishing a Self-Published Book a Good Idea?
In the last two years, a lot of publishers have been buying into self-published ebook successes in a big way. There’s the Amanda Hocking trilogy,…
Seven Figure Book Deal Proves Talent Beats Data
While the government is busy telling us to tighten our belts and make our own sandwiches, publishers are honey-badgering these times of austerity and whipping out…
Five Things to Rethink About Children’s Non-Fiction
This is a guest post from Margaret Eckel, who is a freelance PR Co-ordinator. You can find her on Linkedin. My love of children’s literature…
The Art of Bundling Short Stories
Felice Howden has been writing short stories for online publications for several years. Here she talks about the re-emergence of the short story. In the…
