This Week on Books Direct -
25 November 2018
Here's a list of some great articles you may have
missed this week. Enjoy!
You Are The Center Of The Universe
by David Leonhardt for The Happy Guy Writing Services
It’s about the reader and only the reader. Use “you” in your text to
give the reader ownership of your product or service, or the ideas you are
putting forward.
Stupid Writing Rules: Why to Avoid One-Size-Fits-All Writing Advice by Anne R. Allen
There are no rigid rules for writing good fiction,
only guidelines. Even guidelines don’t apply to everybody. Every genre has its
own conventions.
“Never Fails To Disappoint”: Roxy Jacenko Book Pulped After Cover Misprint by Naaman Zhou
for The Guardian
Allen & Unwin recalls PR expert’s guide to
brand-building after Jackie O’s “nightmare” endorsement.
Becoming Is Becoming 2018's Biggest Adult Book by John Maher
for Publishers Weekly
Becoming’s first-day
sales, including pre-orders, represent the largest single-day sales total for
any book published in 2018 by Penguin Random House
Kindle Unlimited Or Amazon Prime Reading – Which Service Is Better For Me? by Piotr Kowalczyk for eBook
Friendly
Amazon offers so many digital services that it’s easy
to get lost and confuse their names, features, and prices. In this detailed
comparison, you will learn about major features, eligible books,
compatible devices, and offered deals.
Reading Fiction Makes You a Little Nicer by Katie Heaney for The Cut
According to an analysis of studies examining the
effects of reading fiction on social behavior, we’re probably a little nicer
for it.
Chinese Writer Tianyi Sentenced To Decade In Prison For Gay Erotic Novel by Alison Flood for The Guardian
Pseudonymous
author was charged under law that makes it an “especially serious” crime to
sell more than 5,000 copies of a work classed as pornographic.
How To Identify, Collect And Sell Rare Books by Nick Douglas for LifeHacker
Before you donate or trash your old books, you might
want to check if they’re valuable.
Amazon Hit With Major Data Breach Days Before Black Friday by Miles Brignall for The Guardian
Customers’ names and email addresses posted on
website, tech giant confirms.
And more on Amazon:
Amazon Backflip: Australians Can Order From US Site Again by Angus Kidman for Finder
Online shopping giant Amazon reversed its unpopular
policy of blocking Australians from shopping on its US and international sites
just in time for Black Friday sales.
Book Marketing: 15 Practical Ways To Get More Book Reviews by Debbie Young for ALLi
This handy checklist of 15 constructive ideas will
help you get more reviews. Most of them won’t cost you a penny to implement,
nor will they infringe Amazon’s terms and conditions or get you into trouble in
any other way.
7 Research And Writing Tips For Setting A Book In Another Country by Sejal Badani for Writer’s
Digest
Here are some research and writing tips that you may find
helpful when setting a book in another country.
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