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Changes in the book trade 3

Thu, 28/07/2016 - 9:37pm
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 - 9:36pm
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 - 9:36pm
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

Thu, 30/09/2004 - 11:00pm
Print on demand – and how it can make more money for you

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Self-publishing

Mon, 01/01/2001 - 12:00am
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 - 12:00am
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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4 November 2019 - What's new

November 2019
  • ‘When the last autumn of Dickens's life was over, he continued to work through his final winter and into spring. This is how all of us writers give away the days and years and decades of our lives in exchange for stacks of paper with scratches and squiggles on them.
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The Bookbrunch Selfies Awards 2020

Information

Closing date: 
27 December 2019
Entry: 
All titles submitted need to have been published in English since January 2018, and entries will be accepted from authors based in the UK who are predominantly or only self-published. Entrance fee of £25+VAT per title, and all those submitting work will receive six-month subscriptions to BookBrunch.
Prize: 
£1,000 in each category

Submissions are open for the second year of the Bookbrunch Selfies Awards in the UK.  Read more

'One extra day'

4 November 2019

‘When the last autumn of Dickens's life was over, he continued to work through his final winter and into spring. This is how all of us writers give away the days and years and decades of our lives in exchange for stacks of paper with scratches and squiggles on them.  Read more

'It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.'

— P D James