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I can recommend this book on editing: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007NI8FVI/?tag=brite-21 free RIGHT now on Amazon. You don't need a kindle to read it if you install the Kindle reader for PC.ipad/smartphone Helen and JO who wrote it share some secrets of editing fiction. JO is my own editor and...

UK Games Expo (now in its 6th year) is back on 25th to 27th May. UK Games Expo aims to be the premier event in the UK where all aspects of the gaming hobby are represented under one roof: Miniature Games Card Games Boardgames Role-playing Games We also have a heavy slice of Sci-Fi...

The Northern Crown Series Book Two Child of Loki http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007OJY2EU A divided land ... a divided family. The Battle of Catraeth has been won and Cerdic's homeland is safe ... but for how long? The Northern British were crushed but yet more enemies have risen to replace...

For sci-fi and fantasy short story writers - maybe worth a look for those of you who write short stuff? I have no connection or affiliation Abomination Magazine is open for submissions of Horror, Science Fiction, and Dark Fantasy. "We want well crafted fiction, poetry, and art that...

You can update kindle files at any time, make edits and upload new versions BUT when I last checked ONLY people buying the book NEW would get the new version. IE If you bought the book BEFORE the update it is not easy to get the updated version. Odd that smashwords allows you to get the...

Certainly those figures are very good for a self published author. Are you doing it via Kindle Select (ie are your books ONLY available via Amazon electronically?). I am interested in how that is working for authors.

This week Friday night + Saturday is the New Writers UK Book Festival http://www.newwritersuk.co.uk/festival.html 7+8th October in Nottingham I went last year (for the first time) and joined the group NWUK as I found they offer useful help and advice for both Self Published and those aspiring...

There are two events coming up (full post under events) where authors can go and set up a table. One is only next weekend in Stafford and you may be too late to get a table. However most authors going are also members of New Writers UK who are a helpful group I joined last year. Good support...

I should add that authors can GET a table at the Fair to sell their books from. You do need to join NWUK but that is not costly and the benefits are access to quite a bit of support as well as various events around the country.

7th to 8th October Nottingham in the Town Hall West Bridgford. I went to this one last year with some of my books and it is a good one for Self Pubbed writers, and those THINKING of writing or publishing as they do lots of talks by writers, agents and publishers. Usually 30 odd authors have a...

Stafford Arts Festival 17th September includes authors talks. I am doing a talk on The Great Fire of London of 1666 - causes, effects but also looking at the omens and conspiracies about it . There are other talks and books will be on sale. Muscic and Art activities going on and street...

Thanks for that and best of luck with your book. Australian SAS finding themselves in Viking times sounds intriguing. I think that the key is to be as professional as possible, get the book edited well and get a good cover, set the book out well etc. But the hard part is getting sales...

IN my case I do have a graphic artists/ book cover designer. WE do establish the agrement on what I am purchasing at the time I commission the work. So I clarify - CAN i use this for promotional work, can I use on Amazon as cover etc etc. Cathy is extreemly cheap, efficient, fast and reliable...

You can sell books on Kindle as a self published author. You still need to write a decent book, get it edited, have a good cover etc and then get some reviews. In 8 months I have sold about 150 e-books on kindle . So nothing vast but a trickle. But I have not done that much marketing and I...

NO quality control at all. Beyond some basic check at Amazon that the file itself if OK that is. This is the whole point of self publishing. ANYONE Can do it. That means YES you will get a huge pile of naff stuff BUT some really good books as well. My advice to potential author who are...

Having struggled getting images into my Kindle files (and found info on the Amazon DTP site took a while to find) I thought I would share HOW to make sure your images show up on Kindle. Short guide on how to get images in your kindle book If you are new to making e-books there are a couple of...

Re: Fictional history is best. And that’s the truth Another fun way to learn history are those horrible history books and now the TV series. Like this one about Charles II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2kyNbZc7oc

Yes I agree that a good historical fiction can really educate you about a period. I think the trick is that fiction makes you see and experience the world THROUGH the eyes of a character which you have become attached to and care about and so you start to experience the world as if you were...

Thanks for that. Actually The Indie Book reviewer Yellow Pages is now in its second edition and is on Kindle (which you can read on the PC too) and VERY useful. As for the plans for the Hourglass Institute Series there are currently 2 books in Print: Tomorrow's Guardian has gone down quite...

This is the new cover for The Last Seal. This uses artwork by Andreas Resh used in my Great Fire of London Board Game and then set out by Cathy of Avalon Graphics The Last Seal BTW is historical Fantasy set during the Great Fire of London