Finding time to read doesn’t sound like it should be a major issue. You read when you get time, right? It’s supposed to be a pleasureable past time, so you’ll do it when you can and enjoy the moments. But if you’ve got a huge backlog of books you want to read (or worse, sitting […]
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I usually have a dozen books on the go, flipping between fiction and non-fiction and yet more non-fiction on other readers. In the last week that has come to a grinding halt, surprising the crap out of mildly-OCD me. What happened? Two things. Number one I bought a Brian Tracy book on Amazon, who offered
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No, there’s nothing illegal in what I’m about to tell you. The ideas I’m about to give you are all freely available and better still, free. Every time I run a free promo of one of my titles, I get at least one email demanding to know why I’m not offering the book for free
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Oh, I’m so scrapped for reading time right now, it’s embarrassing. I had lunch with another author yesterday and she asked me what I was reading right now. I couldn’t think of a single title! I get to read maybe a screen’s worth before I fall asleep at night. But let’s see what I’ve got
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This was going to be a simple Mash post, but it ended up I had so much to say about AuthorEarnings.com, I turned it into a dedicated post just on the tornado that is ripping through the publishing world. A few weeks ago, super-sonically successful indie author Hugh Howey (author of Wool, amongst others) launched a
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Even I’m not sure what the list will look like this month. It’s been a bit of a shambles, reading-wise. Let’s find out: Write. Publish. Repeat. Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant, with David Wright Released only at the end of last year, this book will become a classic guide for indie publishers, I’m sure. I’ve
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If you have hundreds of books on your reader, but can’t find anything to read, then read on for nine tips to clearing out the clutter and catching up with all the great reads you forgot you had… Pick an ebook format as your “primary” format. Thanks to smartphones, tablets and the proliferating number of
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Here’s a collection of quick ways to find “recommendations” for a good book that suits your taste and has a good chance of not hitting the wall. Goodreads.com – The Recommendation Widget If you’re a member of Goodreads.com, try their recommendation engine. You can ask for recommendations based on the books you already have read
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There was a spitwad fight over on another blog site the other day. A reader who returns 55% of all the books that she buys from Amazon was upset because Amazon suspended her return privileges. Lots of readers and writers picked that up and ran with it. I won’t link to the site, because the
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Has it been a while since you were really bitten, hog-tied and spell-bound by a book? Do most books seem okay, but not super-duper fantastic the way they used to be even five years ago? What if I said I could help you get back that charmed feeling books used to hold for you? I
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