This Week on Books Direct -
4 November 2017
Here's a list of some great articles you may have
missed this week. Enjoy!
Past NaNo Lessons I’ve Learned by Anna Simpson for emaginette
Win or not, do you usually finish your NaNo project?
Have any of them gone on to be published?
To The Lady Who Mistook Me For The Help At The National Book Awards by Patrick
Rosal on LitHub
Filipino author Patrick Rosal attended the National Book Awards and was mistaken for a waiter.
Start Your Engines #Nanowrimo Begins! by Kory M. Shrum
Good luck to all the National Novel Writing Month
participants. Kory shares some articles to help you out.
Triple Trouble: Why Book Trilogies Are Better Than Film by Alison Flood for The
Guardian
In a handy justification for all the multi-volume
fantasies cluttering my house, a statistician has calculated that they get
better as they go on, while movies decline.
It Lives! This Nightmare Machine Is Called Shelley And Writes Bone-Chilling Tales
by Matt O'Brien for National Post
She's creating really interesting and weird stories
that have never really existed in the horror genre.
Seattle Designated A UNESCO City Of Literature by Paul Constant for The Seattle
Review of Books
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) announced it designated Seattle as a City of Literature
in the Creative Cities Network.
Audible Is Using Machine Learning To Let Romance Novel Fans "Skip To The Good Part"
by Tasha Robinson for The Verge
Yes, the feature finds sex scenes, but it’s also about
using machine learning to help break down a library for a voracious audience.
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Free Webinar: 7 Advertising Strategies That Are Working Right Now To Effectively Sell More Books with Mark
Dawson and Joanna Penn
If you want to sell more books in the run-up to the
holiday bonanza shopping period, then come join Mark and Joanna on the free
webinar Tues, 14 November.
If you enjoyed this blog post, please visit the other This Week posts for links to more great articles.
