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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 […]

What are your burning questions about publishing?

27th February 2021 in Site News tagged publishing / questions by Matthew Brown

Old Printing Press — In discussions and forums, I have noticed that many people carry a low opinion of self-publishing authors. Why is that? I am not suggesting that there are not some terrible self-published books out there. There are many very poor attempts that would have benefited from a professional editor. There are […]

Why the low opinion of self-publishing authors?

29th May 2019 in Opinion tagged authors / progress / publishing / ramble / self-publishing by Matthew Brown

dreams — My five o’clock in the morning option is that the UK publishing world is long overdue for a disruptive newcomer. It is well known that ideas had in the wee small hours come in two flavours – terrible and crazy. It is the crazy ones you have to look out […]

How to possibly disrupt UK publishing

23rd April 2019 in Publishers tagged Opinion / publishing / Sir Terry Pratchett / UK publishing / wild and crazy by Matthew Brown

women — There seems to be a significant gender bias in publishing in this country. We ask if the UK publishing world is one ruled by sexism? Unfair attitudes In 2015, The Guardian published the story of a female author who showed that gender was getting more consideration than talent. Catherine submitted […]

The problem of gender bias in publishing

23rd January 2018 in Publishers tagged gender bias / publishing / questions / sexism / women by Matthew Brown

graph — The response to our post about the possible effects of Brexit on UK publishing was so astounding that I felt it deserved a post of its own. To recap, we reported that publishers in the UK are worried about the effect of Brexit on the publishing industry. Currently, the UK […]

The response to our Brexit post

6th January 2018 in Site News tagged Brexit / buzz / politics / publishing / response 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

author typing — One of our longtime members, Bob, asks, “Must one have a blog before one publishes a book?” Bob, goes on to ask if a blog is the same as a platform. I’m going to answer that right now. Do I need a blog? There is no rule in the world […]

Do authors need a blog before they publish?

1st January 2018 in Blogs and blogging tagged Andy Weir / Author Platform / blog / Matt Damon / publishing by Matthew Brown

Old Printing Press — When we started Author Buzz UK one of the topics that we knew we would have to address eventually was that of self-publishing. After trawling through hundreds of articles and adverts aimed at the would-be self-published author, we knew that this was more topic than we could cram into a single article.

Self-Publishing: Everything you need to know – part 1

9th June 2017 in Self-Publishing tagged publishing / self-publishing by Matthew Brown