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Tag Archives: publishing
E-book Publishing: A Beginner’s Experience
Guest post by Vanessa Monaghan In my corner of the Internet, I blog about the ups and downs of life with food allergies. My blog is called “Food Allergy Mum” because that’s the title that seems to define me most days … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, book blogs, digital text platform, e-books, e-junkie, food allergy mum, kindlestore, publishing, vanessa monaghan
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Oz Publishers Desperately Seeking Romance
Guest post by Nikki Logan I recently attended a national Australian writers’ conference in Melbourne and a national American writers’ conference in New York City just one month apart and thought what a magnificent opportunity for a bit of good … Continue reading
Trends in Publishing – Part 3: We’ve Never Had It So Good
Relax. The mega-conglomerates are taking over publishing and that is a good thing. Emmett Stinson, author, poet, academic and president of SPUNC, Australia’s only advocacy group for small presses, says digital convergence in publishing is taking us to a brighter … Continue reading
Trends in Publishing – Part 1: A Short, Sharp Future?
Here’s an interesting publishing trend – shorter books. Maybe. Editor David Winter says Text Publishing is doing a lot of short books at the moment. It’s not a deliberate strategy, he hastens to add. But his musing about the opportunities … Continue reading
7 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me
“Talking about writing is not writing, tweeting about writing is not writing, reading about writing is not writing, going to writing conferences is not writing, blogging about your work in progress is not writing… if you want to be a … Continue reading
So You Want To Be Published – Part 2: A Publisher’s Tips
Getting your book published is harder than ever. Traditional format publishing is under increasing pressure from the rise of e-publishing and falling book sales, among other factors. This means publishers are becoming more selective about the manuscripts they buy and … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Perth Writers Festival, Blogwax, The Buzz
Tagged advice, agents, author, books, lliterary, manuscripts, melanie ostell, perth, perth writers festival, proofreading, publisher, publishing, submissions, tips, uwa publishing, writer, writing
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So You Want To Be Published – Part 1
So you want to be published. Why? Think about it. Take plenty of time because, let’s face it, it’s not going to happen in a hurry…if at all. Unless you’ve got cash to burn and can pay to self-publish, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Perth Writers Festival, Blogwax, The Buzz
Tagged author, books, manuscripts, melanie ostell, perth, proofreading, publisher, publishing, submissions, tips, uwa publishing, writer, writers festival, writing
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