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This week we finish digesting Indie ReCon, and learn about how to self promote as an author with out becoming a spam monster.
Here is the latest in our Publishing News Roundup Series:
Standing Up For Conferences
This week I’m still digesting the mega online Indie publishing conference
Indie ReCon. I still haven’t caught up with all of the online content, but I’m happy it will stay there for a while. There is so much juicy information there. A big cheer to the behind the scenes team for putting it all together. More than 25,000 people dropped into Indie ReCon last year. I would say that was surpassed this year, hugely!
And a new bookselling venture in Florida. This one caught my attention as it seems to be taking the showroom bookstore model and tweaking it for Indie Authors. There are lots of comments about how successful this model might be.
I am seeing more Indie authors grouping together to
share resources and publish collectively. I’ve been saying this is the way to go for years – this bookstore selling model seems to take it all a step further.
Authors rarely talk about the hazards of their profession but with J K Rowling tweeting this morning about writers back… (too long sitting in one position,) attention is back on stand-up writing desks. Michael Hyatt blogged
about his desk this week and then Nicola Morgan decided to share
how she improved her health dramatically in the last month. I’m eyeing up my desk… if I can get to it. It seems to be the repository of the families clutter.
Author websites have been the focus of Joanna Penn’s blog this week. This is an ultra comprehensive post on the subject. You will find yourself coming back again to it. Don’t get overwhelmed as she says… small tweaks.
Joanna has also
interviewed Tim Grahl about book titles, productivity, marketing and other stuff.
It’s a wide ranging interview and full of tips.
In the Craft Section,
In the Marketing Section,
Website of the Week
To Finish,
This is
one writer’s experience of attending Indie ReCon. I would agree with her. It is always good to meet up with other authors somewhere just to reassure yourself that you are not alone in this writing gig. Although Indie ReCon was amazing, checking in face to face at an author event is also important. We can spend too much time sitting in front of a screen.
I’m off to play around with my writing desk.
Maureen
@craicer
Maureen Crisp has been writing her weekly publishing
roundups for over seven years. She is a traditionally published children’s
author as well as indie-published. She lives in New Zealand and is heading the
team organising the 4th National Conference of Children’s Writers and
Illustrators. She is currently trying her hand at writing a children’s book
series if she can drag herself away from forever tweaking her Mars novel or
obsessing over space.
About Maureen Crisp
Maureen Crisp has been writing her weekly publishing roundups for over seven years. She is a traditionally published children's author as well as indie-published. She lives in New Zealand and is heading the team organising the 4th National Conference of Children's Writers and Illustrators. She is currently trying her hand at writing a children’s book series if she can drag herself away from forever tweaking her Mars novel or obsessing over space.