24 August 2020 - What's new
24 August 2020
- ‘A lot of people start studying history from my books - I can't tell you how many people have told me that they read one of my books and then they started reading history, went to university and are now graduating... I don't wish to be vain about it, but it brings me great pleasure that my intense love of history has spilt over to other people reading history and historical fiction who came to it though my books...' Philippa Gregory, author of 27 novels, including Tidelands, The White Queen, The Constant Princess and The Other Boleyn Girl, in The Times. 'My intense love of history'
- From our nineteen-part Inside Publishing series, you can read up on Advances and royalties: 'Publishers usually offer to pay authors advances against royalties. How do you work out how much money you might earn from your book? You need to understand for yourself how advances and royalties work and what they mean for you...' And on Copyright: 'Many writers worry about losing their copyright. Before sending out your manuscript it is always advisable to put a copyright line consisting of the copyright sign ©, the year and your name on the title page...'
- Copy editing services covers our six services working on writers' manuscripts, a range which includes our top of the range Writer's Edit and, Copy editing and English Language Editing. We have introduced free samples and free short written assessments on most of these services, which are provided by our skilled professional editors. We are transparent about our rates and our high quality copy editing services are also very good value. Contact us to get a quote.
- The Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2020 closes on 28 September. It's open to all poets internationally for unpublished poems. Entry fee £5/€6/$7 per poem. 1st Prize £2,000, 2nd Prize £1,000 and 3rd Prize £500 plus 20 commendeds.
- Other competitions which are still open.
- Links to articles on bookselling, publishing and the wider world: a thoughtful and disturbing article about the increasing power of Amazon, Facebook and Google, The Big Tech Extortion Racket | Harper's Magazine; the formidable challenge James Daunt faces in rescuing the chain from troubles is largely of its own making, Barnes & Noble wants to be a great bookseller again | Retail Dive; bookshops are bracing for a bumper crop, The Guardian view on a book glut: to the victor go the spoils? | Editorial | Opinion | The Guardian; and a response to Black Lives Matter from the outgoing director of the National Book Foundation and incoming publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books, ‘We Need People Within Our Publishing Houses Who Reflect What Our Country Looks Like' | by Melinda Fakuade | Aug, 2020 | GEN.
- From our Endorsements page 'I've used two services with this company: The Editor's Plus Report and the Writer's Edit. I am completely satisfied with the service I received and said service has led to the completion and publication of my first novel: Lightforce. I would recommend any of these services to any aspiring author.' Jason Handleman, author of Lightforce (Everything Changes Book 1).
- Links from the writers' world: Romance writing has always been easy to laugh at, at least for the uninformed, but this black woman had a formative influence, Vivian Stephens Helped Turn Romance Writing Into a Billion-Dollar Industry. Then She Got Pushed Out. - Texas Monthly; his work been praised for expanding the crime genre with psychological insight and a globalized outlook, Norway Crime Author Jo Nesbø Earns $5.1 Million Book Royalties In 2019; "Call them flash," his wife said. And the name of a genre was born, 13 Ways of Looking at Flash Fiction | Literary Hub; here's the big question, Can Dogs Make Us Better Writers? | Literary Hub; and he is kind to others, ready to protect the weak, and is indestructible, The World of Robert B. Parker's Spenser and the Birth of the 1970's Private Detective | CrimeReads.
- Which service? should I choose to help me get my work into good shape for submission or self-publishing? Our editorial services have been added in response to demand, so whatever you want we've probably got it covered with our 20 different services.
- From our Writers' Quotes: 'Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists can't trust anything they haven't seen with their own eyes or touched with their own hands.' Haruki Murakami