It was my birthday recently and with that day came a perfect case study on how to not promote a book. In this post, I am going to break down three things: What the author did wrong, why it was a bad idea, and a few suggested changes that should […]
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Author Jane Wenham-Jones from Broadstairs in Kent has passed away following a battle with cancer. This was just days after the publication of her seventh novel. Jane Wenham-Jones’ novels are: Raising the Roof (2001) Perfect Alibis (2003) One Glass is Never Enough (2005) Prime Time (2011) Mum in the Middle […]
Author Jane Wenham-Jones, 59, has passed away
As our members know, Author Buzz UK maintains a directory of useful resources. Our aim for September is to grow the bookshop section of our directory by at least twenty newly added independent bookshops. To kick this off, we have been searching for bookshops with a social media presence. Our […]
Bookshops – we would love to give you free advertising
We said at the time that Brexit was a bad deal for authors. Now it seems that we were right. Penguin are calling on the Government to put in place protections for publishers and authors that have been taken away by Brexit and the ongoing post-Brexit uncertainty. Government uncertainty over […]
Post-Brexit uncertainty threatens UK book market says Penguin
What is remarkable about your book? I do not mean what is amazing but what is worth remarking upon. Whatever it is about your book, your blog, or your author platform that is worth remarking upon – it is that which should be your main focus. Saying something is worth […]
Focus on the remarkable
Here is everything you need to know about online (blog) marketing. For books or anything else. Get ready – if you blink you might miss it. Provide something valuable that people want or need Do it regularly That’s it. Now you know how to make a blog that gets customers […]
Everything you need to know about online marketing in 30 ...
2 Comments All you writers are being too effective with your author Twitter accounts. Some of you are even getting readers. This is because you are not doing all the things that make your Twitter account fully ineffective. Forget the 80% content 20% fun rule – this is how you make sure […]
How to run a fully ineffective author Twitter account
The Salt Mine is the debut book from author, A J Gillham. Five unique individuals have been kidnapped from different settlements in Collis Valle. The kidnapper – a scheming sorcerer and his cohorts. Put to work in a salt mine, what chance does a spiritualist, two very different half-breeds, an […]
The Collis Valle Saga: Book 1: The Salt Mine
I happened upon this headline demonstrating innovation in book marketing while searching for something completely different. The headline was so striking that I had to drop what I was doing and check it out. Here is that headline: Corby entrepreneur and new author offers prizes hidden in between paperbacks’ pages […]
Innovations in book publishing: Free prize inside (some) books
In this blog post, I will show you how to snap out a pretty decent blog post in almost no time at all. Even if you are having an uninspired day. We all have off-days. Days when we feel supremely uninspired. If you are running a blog, you cannot let […]
How to quickly write a pretty decent blog post
Getting started with blogging can seem intimidating. There seems to be so much to learn. The secret is to just get started and you will pick up everything else as you go. Here are ten tips for authors new to blogging that should get you off to a flying start. […]
10 Beginner Blogging Tips for Authors
3 Comments I do not know everything – some might say I know nothing – but I am fairly okay at going out and learning stuff. A lot of time what I learn becomes a blog post. In that spirit of finding stuff out, what are your burning questions that you have […]