This Week on Books Direct -
14 July 2018
Here's a list of some great articles you may have missed this week. Enjoy!
Book marketing is often the Achilles heel for new authors. So, it is especially valuable when we can learn how a marketing professional approaches their own book launch.
The English Patient Wins Public Poll Of Best Man Booker In 50 Years by Alison Flood for The Guardian
Golden Booker names Michael Ondaatje’s bestselling novel as public’s favorite winner.
“Oldest Known Extract” Of Homer's Odyssey Discovered In Greece by Reuters Staff for Reuters
Archaeologists in Greece have discovered what they believe to be the oldest known extract of Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey”.
Stolen WB Yeats Letters Identified At Princeton University by Dalya Alberge for The Guardian
A collection of unpublished letters written by WB Yeats that was stolen in the 1970s and returned “anonymously” has been identified at Princeton University.
Summer Reading And Ross Raisin On How To Be A Great Writer – The Guardian Books Podcast
On this week’s show, Claire is joined by Richard, Alison, and Sian to talk about summer reading. Do people really read differently when off on holiday? Then, Ross Raisin discusses his latest book, Read This If You Want to Be a Great Writer.
The Ancient Library Where The Books Are Under Lock And Key by BBC Culture
Inside a specially built, temperature controlled room at Hereford Cathedral, hundreds of medieval manuscripts sit chained to their shelves, exactly as they did centuries ago.
Original Winnie-the-Pooh Map Sets World Record At Auction by Sian Cain for The Guardian
EH Shepard’s 1926 sketch, which was unseen for almost 50 years, sells for £430,000
Blog Post Ideas To Boost Traffic To Your Business Blog by Lillian De Jesus for Stencil
Writing for a blog takes hard work and time, especially if it’s for business. Here are some blog research tactics and a list of blog post ideas that will boost traffic to your blog.
Jane Austen’s Unfinished Novel To Be Adapted For PBS by G. G. Andrew for BookBub
the classic author’s unfinished novel, Sanditon, is going to be adapted into an eight-part miniseries for Britain’s ITV and PBS Masterpiece in the US.
How To Add Post Excerpts To A Blogger Blog by Designer Blogs
There are many benefits to using post excerpts (summaries) instead of showing full posts on your blog page. Designer Blogs explains how to use Blogger’s default way of adding post excerpts to your blog on Blogger.
The Alternative Nobel: Vote Opens For A Surprising New Literature Prize by Alison Flood for The Guardian
Swedish librarians have drawn up their longlist for the New Academy’s take on the world’s biggest books award. And it really is new.
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