by Jo Monroe | Oct 20, 2013 | Crime fiction posts
Lots of successful self-published authors (I’m talking about the big names: Konrath, Howey, Freethy, Andre) when asked by newbie writers to reveal the secret of their success are very often genuinely stumped. They can attribute some of it to clever social media...
by Jo Monroe | May 1, 2013 | Big self publishing
It’s a widely accepted view (I’ve read it in so many places I can’t even remember them all, let alone list them) that there are 3 main drivers that books book sales: Write a good book (a great one would be even better) get it edited, proof read and...
by Jo Monroe | Apr 21, 2013 | Big self publishing
I heard an amazing statistic at the London Book Fair last week: 30,000 books are published every week. That’s every week! Writing a good book is hard. Publishing it (at least if you choose the indie route) is easy. Getting anyone to notice once it’s out...
by Jo Monroe | Oct 24, 2011 | Digital publishing posts
Last week, while passing through Victoria Station (on my way to see Sharon Gless [yes, my Cagney and Lacey roots are impossible to shake off] in ‘A Round-Heeled Woman’ – fantastic production) I was accosted by the floating glass advert for the new...