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Changes in the book trade 3

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 10:37pm
Print on demand and the Long Tail | Changes in the book trade 3

The current situation in the book trade is one of rapid change. It's important for writers to understand what is happening as it will impact on their own chances of getting their work published and how it will be published. This series is looking at the changes in the book trade, with a different focus each week.  Read more

Creative Commons - Mag 08

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 10:36pm
Creative Commons explained

When WritersServices first covered Creative Commons in Inside Publishing, we felt that we hadn't explained how it worked as clearly as we had hoped to do. We've asked Frances Pinter, who works as a consultant on the project, to help explain this highly significant new approach to the licensing of rights.  Read more

Latest changes in the book trade 3

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 10:36pm
Print on demand and the Long Tail | Latest changes in the book trade 3

The current situation in the book trade is one of rapid change. It's important for writers to understand what is happening as it will impact on their own chances of getting their work published and how it will be published. This newly revised series will look at the changes in the book trade, with a different focus each week.  Read more

Print on demand

Fri, 01/10/2004 - 12:00am
Print on demand – and how it can make more money for you

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Self-publishing

Mon, 01/01/2001 - 1:00am
Self-publishing and vanity publishing

There are many reasons for publishing your own work

  • You want a fixed number of copies of a family memoir or perhaps your work on local history
  • You are confident you can sell the quantity you print
  • You haven't time to hang around waiting for a publisher

What, or who, is a publisher?  Read more

Overview – WritersServices Self-publishing

Mon, 01/01/2001 - 1:00am
The complete solution to publishing your own work

Self-publishing is an exciting prospect.

  • For many writers self-publishing may be the solution to getting their book into print and putting an end to time-consuming submissions to agents and publishers.
  • But first, do think about whether your book will find an audience.  Do you want a second opinion?
  • WritersServices Self-pub
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2020 Manchester Writing Competition

Information

Closing date: 
18 September 2020
Entry: 
Open to writers across the world. Entry fee £18
Prize: 
Two £10,000 prizes are awarded: the Manchester Poetry Prize for best portfolio of poems and the Manchester Fiction Prize for best short story

The Manchester Writing Competition offers the UK's biggest literary awards for unpublished work, offered by the country's most successful writing school. The Competition was established in 2008 by Carol Ann Duffy (UK Poet Laureate 2009-19) and has awarded more than £195,000 to writers.  Read more

'Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully phrased, are lacerations of the soul, if not quite inventions of the devil - but there is no way around them.'

— Isaac Asimov

Writing in a lockdown

3 August 2020

Well, the first six weeks I was not doing any writing at all. It was all about making sure the kids were all right and everyone was in a good mental state. Then, I thought maybe I can work for an hour or two a day and it was really hard work getting back in the groove. But, hey, the books aren't going to write themselves.  Read more

27 July 2020 - What's new

July 2020
  • ‘Dear Aspiring Writer, you are not ready. Stop. Put that finished story away and start another one. In a month, go back and look at the first story. RE-EDIT it. Then send it to a person you respect in the field who will be hard on you. Pray for many many many red marks. Fix them. Then put it away for two weeks. Work on something else. Finally, edit one last time.
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‘Dear Aspiring Writer, you are not ready.'

27 July 2020

‘Dear Aspiring Writer, you are not ready. Stop. Put that finished story away and start another one. In a month, go back and look at the first story. RE-EDIT it. Then send it to a person you respect in the field who will be hard on you. Pray for many many many red marks. Fix them. Then put it away for two weeks. Work on something else. Finally, edit one last time.  Read more