Only a month to Christmas Day and I've just started thinking about all that I need to do. Usually that's because November is busy...

East Midlands writers heard from Darren Hardy, manager of the KDP UK (kindle direct publishing) at an event organised via the Society of Aut...

A gem of a book... Not long to go has a few meanings. Christmas is of course fast approaching, and this coming Wednesday it's Awa...

Admittedly, first thing in the morning my motivation is poor, but once I've had breakfast, and my muscles have warmed up properly, my mo...

As I've had a very heavy day with computer updates, I'm a little late in sharing some very exciting news. This week both posts wil...

Hello everyone, I'm finally feeling near normal and my head is clearer, so I can now concentrate to write and hopefully make sense... ...

You'll all remember last year's 'sock puppetry' scandal, when it was revealed that RJ Ellory had been leaving bad reviews on...

Yes, I'm back... E-readers seem to have been a popular Christmas present again this year, but I think Christmas 2012 will have seen th...

Looking at the current book/magazine related news does seem to be popular, so I thought I'd start the week with bringing you a few snipp...

You may remember that's my post last weekend mentioned that book seller Waterstones were changing their store guidance on events in res...

It's been quite difficult to keep up with the almost daily changes going on in relation to Apple, the big name publishers, e-books and t...

I decided to blog about character behaviour after reading a couple of items on the Heroes and Heartbreakers website- they came up on Twitter...

More publishers are expanding their market for romance novels in e-book form. Last September Random House's Ebury imprint launched Ro...

I know a few writers who have put their Kindle Direct Publishing books into this scheme and have seen a good response to their fiction and h...

A few months back I mentioned the problems some writers were having with promoting their books on the Amazon.com forums- where even a mentio...

I think there are a lot of readers and writers who will disappointed today; the OFT (Office of Fair Trading) has cleared Amazon in its inten...

Finally I've got some time to post. It isn't just me that has been having one of those days- when things just don't go as you ...

I'm having difficulty getting onto the computer these past few days- school holidays and the novelty of all the things my family can now...

The OFT (Office of Fair Trading) has issued an 'invitation to comment' on the acquisition of The Book Depository by Amazon. Writte...

Amazon is one of those companies that you can choose to avoid, but not anymore... Yes, they've been a great boon to writers wanting to...