BLT (3/6/21): Book Club!

Book Club. Well, not Book Club per se - we usually have a Business Book Club a couple of times a year, where we talk about the Business Book we're reading / have read / which has influenced us the most. However, this year in lockdown, we've…
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UK book publishing industry 2017 statistics: The Power of the Write Wing

Physical 'Good' v Digital 'Not-so-good' First of all, for all the talk of printed books being 'dead', consider the following from the bookseller.com on the 2017 statistics for the UK publishing industry:   "Physical book sales…
semi-self-publishing

Semi-self-publishing: the halfway house?

ghostwriting
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Ghostwriting - 5 things I've learned from trial and error

I'd previously copy-edited a number of books, but up until March 2017 I'd never actually written one myself. And, strictly speaking, according to the dust cover of Lead Yourself to Success (published in October 2018 by Wileys), I still haven't.…
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Henley Literary Festival: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - what we can learn from structuring presentations.

Not all authors are created equal. However, with a little pre-planning, all authors should be able deliver a decent performance at a Literary Festival, where (let's face it) the audience is rarely hostile.  Having recently attended the Henley…
failure
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What can we learn from failure?

I've glanced through one of my favourite books - 'Adapt: Why success always starts with failure' by Tim Hartford - for inspiration on this topic in preparation for chairing a networking group.  The list below is by no means exhaustive, in…
In Pursuit of Slow

The 'In Pursuit of Slow' discussion: e-book v paperback / US v UK

So, finally, we've self-published our first book in paperback - 'In Pursuit of Slow'. I say 'we', as it's been a joint effort between the writer (Jackie), the editor (me) and the digital guru (David Harris) and it has given me a much greater…
Fake Bots
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From Fake News to Fake Bots

Where tech influences art It's all about disclosure; all adverts should be upfront and clear. In terms of the law, you can't behave as a private individual when in fact you're a commercial entity This blurring of the lines between who…
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Self-publishing online: 2 choices and the set-up process explained

Self-publishing online has never been easier - you can now set-up an publishing account on Amazon in about an hour or so, upload your manuscript directly from a Word document, and theoretically be good to go in an evening....theoretically that…