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copyright — In this post, we will take a quick trip around copyright law and just how long copyright lasts. All in order to ask one (not so) simple question – how long is too long? How long does copyright last? In the UK copyright lasts your entire life plus a further […]

Does copyright last too long?

12th May 2020 in Opinion tagged copyright / Disney / income / law / money / rights / sharing by Matthew Brown

Short stories are, I feel, an underappreciated tool available to novelists. Not only can writing short form fiction offer a refreshing change of pace but they can be used to both earn money and promote yourself as an author. Here are some of the surprising applications of short stories to […]

Using short stories as a novelist

7th January 2019 in Advice tagged agent / books / income / publicity / readers / short stories by Matthew Brown

money — There is a worrying trend in the UK where publishers have started to demand that authors hand over all moral rights to a work. Your moral rights include the right to be known as the author of your work. Writer Joanne Harris points out on her Tumblr blog that the […]

The worrying trend of selling your moral rights

7th August 2018 in Business tagged David Vaver / income / Joanne Harris / moral rights / Oxford University Press / Patsy Collins / publisher / rights / Tara Westgate / TI Media / Woman's Weekly by Matthew Brown

Back in April the BBC told us that some authors are going “audio only”. Is audio only publishing something more authors should do or is it just a fad? What is audio only publishing? Audio only is exactly what you think. Publishing only in audiobook format. Traditionally when we talk […]

Is it worth going audio only?

1st June 2018 in Business tagged audiobooks / Chris Fox / income / self-publishing by Matthew Brown

In an office writing — Calls for submissions are where a lot of writers pick up paid work. While some calls pay very poorly others can be quite generous. On the whole, the more a publication is willing to pay the higher the standard of work they produce. For example, a site offering £5 an […]

Calls For Submissions: A Round Up

9th March 2018 in Competitions tagged BBC / Call for Submissions / income / paid work / prizes by Matthew Brown

British Pounds — As a writer, you need to respect yourself and your work by demanding fair payment. The world of writing is already horribly underpaid. The last thing you should be doing is accepting commisions that drive it any further into the ground. If a publisher likes your work, they should be willing […]

Respect yourself and your work: Expect fair payment

21st January 2018 in Advice / Business tagged earnings / income / payment / self-respect by Matthew Brown

many books — In part one, we started to look at the world of self-publishing. In part two we are going to look at some of the many disciplines needed to make a success of self-publishing. Self-publishing is here to stay. As a growing part of the publishing world, self-publishing is not something […]

Self-Publishing: Everything you need to know – part 2

4th January 2018 in Self-Publishing tagged earnings / fans / income / money / publishing / self-publishing by Matthew Brown

British Pounds — There is an alternative funding model for authors. We are all familiar with the standard author funding model. Write a book, promote the book, sell books… But that is not the only game in town. The alternative funding model takes a little outside of the box thinking and is not […]

An alternative funding model for authors

15th December 2017 in Business / Self-Publishing tagged fans / income / money / self-publishing by Matthew Brown

British Pounds — Only 11.5% of Authors earn their income through writing alone. It is not easy to be a professional writer. With the pay gap in author earnings growing between the best sellers and the rest of us, being a professional writer is getting harder all the time. You should not believe everything […]

The shocking truth about author earnings

2nd June 2017 in Business tagged Author / earnings / income / money / writers by Matthew Brown