How we got everyone on Twitter talking about our debut book #NastyWomen
You’re one of over 200,000 new titles being published in the UK this year.[1] You’re a drop in an ocean of content, a grain of…
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Instagram Brand Building for Writers
Carly Watters is a VP and Senior Literary Agent at P.S. Literary. Here she shares her top tips on Instagram brand-building for us to share…
BookTube 101 with Sanne Vliegenthart
This is a review of last night’s BookTube event by Abbie Headon. Abbie is Commissioning and Digital Development Editor at Summersdale Publishers. Her book Literary…
What’s it like to be an Unbound author?
What’s it like to be an Unbound author? Norah Myers interviews Jennifer Pierce to find out. 1) What appealed to you most about working with…
Snapchat: A summary report for publishers
Sarah Garnham is a Publicity Assistant at Ebury. Here’s her summary report of Snapchat for publishers, looking at the publicity opportunities it offers, and when to…
5 fun ways to use Snapchat for writers
We all live in the digital age and for us writers, that’s mostly a good thing. After all, it gives us more opportunities to tell…
Seven excellent Snapchat tips for authors
This is a guest post by Julie Proudfoot. Julie is an Australian writer and blogger and award-winning author of The Neighbour. Julie writes from her home…
10 tips for bookselling from the shop floor
Chicken and Frog Bookshop is the only independent children’s bookshop in Essex. The family owned and run store opened its doors in October 2012. We…
Why small publishers sell more books with Nielsen Book2Look
Small independent publishers and self-published authors need to maximize the impact of their books and ensure they are easily found on the Internet. Ralph Möllers,…
10 tips for authors to up their book marketing skills
Rachel Thompson is a bestselling author, and a social media and author marketing/branding consultant (BadRedheadMedia). Here she shares her top 10 tips for author self-marketing. Many authors are…
Marketing tips for improving the bottom line (in the wake of the EU referendum)
I don’t know about you, but I found the article in The Independent about job vacancy adverts falling by 700,000 the week after the referendum…
Smart phones: Changing the rules of the game
Jacob Cockcroft is Co-Founder and CEO of The Pigeonhole, a made-for-mobile digital book club, serialising their books in installments delivered straight to a reader’s virtual bookshelf on the…
The Zoella Book Club: interview with Amy Alward
Earlier this month WHSmith launched Zoella’s Book Club in partnership with blogger and vlogger Zoe. Here Norah Myers interviews Amy Alward, one of the eight…
Social Media: Why lots of followers doesn’t necessarily mean success (and what you should look at instead)
I’ve worked with a range of brands and businesses on their social media presence. Twitter accounts I maintain usually gain around 1000 followers a month.…
4 tips for growing your social media following
Social media is becoming one of the greatest assets you can use to grow your business. As a social media fiend, I’m particularly fond of…
