This Week on Books Direct -
14 April 2018
Here's a list of some great articles you may have
missed this week. Enjoy!
What Lies Beneath: How To Use Subtext To Drive Narrative by Rose Andrews for Mythic Scribes
What is subtext and how can it be used as a powerful
force at the scene level? This post goes over some basics and shares an easy
technique for creating subtext that will propel your narrative forward.
Facebook For Authors: Still A Necessary Evil And No Alternative In Sight by Hans M. Hirschi
For now (and the foreseeable future), Facebook seems
to be it. What do you do?
New Kindle Previewer
by Kindle Direct Publishing
You can now use Kindle Previewer to get a bird’s eye
view of your book and quickly validate the overall layout. When Enhanced
Typesetting is enabled for your book, you can preview pages as adjustable
thumbnails, allowing you to validate your book faster than before.
My Top 3 Favourite Blogs On Viewpoint by Anthony Ehlers for Writers Write
Check out the three-part miniseries that attempts to
simplify viewpoint.
The Fall Of Gondolin, “New” JRR Tolkien Book, To Be Published In 2018 by Alison Flood for The Guardian
Edited by his son Christopher, Tolkien’s tale of a
reluctant hero defending a city was written while the author was in hospital
after the Battle of the Somme.
Announcing The 2018 BTBA Longlists For Fiction And Poetry by The Millions
Celebrating its eleventh consecutive year of honoring
literature in translation, the Best Translated Book Awards is pleased to
announce the 2018 longlists for both fiction and poetry.
Cassandra Clare’s Latest Book Temporarily De-Listed By Amazon by Alex Green for Publishers
Weekly
A forthcoming e-book by authors Cassandra Clare and
Sarah Rees Brennan was de-listed on Amazon for two days last week after the
company appeared to be convinced that Clare’s newly launched small-publishing
initiative was a fraudulent attempt to impersonate the author.
What Makes A Bestseller: Fiction, Thriller And A Christmas Release by BioMed Central for Science
Daily
Books that are fiction, thrillers or mysteries, have
high initial sales numbers and are released around Christmas are more likely to
be bestsellers, according to a study published in the open access journal EPJ Data Science.
King Of Sweden Considers Using Royal Powers To Break Nobel Deadlock by Richard Orange for
The Telegraph
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has moved to break a
deadlock at the scandal-hit committee that awards the Nobel Literature Prize,
unveiling a plan on Wednesday to make it easier for members to resign.
Followed by this:
Sexual Abuse Scandal Engulfs Nobel Literature Prize Body by Jon Henley for The Guardian
Swedish Academy in crisis over claims of abuse and
misconduct by husband of member.
The Harry Potter book covers are almost as magical as
the books themselves, and now they're getting a big overhaul. Publisher
Scholastic has unveiled a new raft of covers for the seven titles, with the
seven black-and-white pictures cleverly combining to becomes one illustration
woven together by a snake.
Episode 85 – Book Marketing to Teens – Engaging the Elusive Generation Z podcast by Chris
Syme for Smart Marketing for Authors
In this episode, Chris and Becca interview book
marketing expert Kate Tilton on how to reach the elusive teen market.
Generation Z readers are those born after 1993.
And another one from Hans. He’s on a roll this week:
“Self”, “Indie” Or “Trad” Publishing: What Are You? Does It Matter? by Hans M. Hirschi
Publishing labels still matter still, but why? Are
they useful?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Remains Rediscovered In Wine Cellar by Maev Kennedy for The
Guardian
Exact location of the poet’s coffin had been forgotten
until recent excavation uncovered the vault.
The Man Booker International Prize Shortlist by Nisha for The Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker International Prize reveals the
shortlist of six books in contention for the 2018 prize, which celebrates the
finest works of translated fiction from around the world. The £50,000 prize for
the winning book will be divided equally between its author and translator.
6 Powerful Ways To Keep Visitors On Your Site Longer by Designer Blogs
Here are 6 powerful ways to keep visitors on your site
longer and lower your bounce rate.
Editing The First Draft: Show VS Tell And Infodumps
by Joanne Saccsan for Joanne Writes Books
We
heard it all before show don’t tell.
Even though, when you open a classic, you’ll notice that the style back in the
day, was told, not show and some of those classics are best books ever written.
Since we advanced so did writing.
