Features | Self-Publishing Review

Eight Ways To Be A Rockstar Author

In a time of blogs and tweets and quick shots of how to, ten tips, why you, why you shouldn’t, what this means, etc. ad nauseum, it’s not enough to write a book and try and blog about it. Now, you have to own your stage. In other words, you need to be a rockstar when it comes to representing yourself online. What exactly is a rockstar author?

In Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel “Gone Girl”, Tanner Bolt, the ‘rockstar’ lawyer hired by Nick Dunne suspected of killing his wife Amy, is having a conversation with Nick.

‘Juries love

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Cate Baum2014-11-01T04:55:55+02:00October 27th, 2014|Categories: Features|

Ten Ways To Publicize Your Book You May Not Have Thought Of

You’ve tried putting your book on all the usual sites, getting reviews and talking about it on forums and still you aren’t getting the sales you imagined. What can you do to improve this situation? Here are ten lesser-known insider ways to publicize your book.

1. Engagement, engagement, engagement

It’s not going to be enough to rock out a load of reviews and post your book on all the usual websites. It’s akin to spreading your wares very beautifully on a market stall that nobody can see. You’re going to have to get in deep with forums, groups and reading […]

Cate Baum2019-02-03T09:04:29+02:00October 23rd, 2014|Categories: Features|Tags: Book Promotion Articles|

Creative Commons Licensing For Authors

Recently there has been a lot of discussion about whether self-published authors need to use Creative Commons licenses for their work. This quick guide should explain how CC licenses work and when you should and should not use them.

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that has one goal: To utilize the possibilities for access the Internet gives content creators, and that includes you.

Free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work — on conditions of your choice. CC licenses let you easily change your copyright terms

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Cate Baum2021-07-30T05:20:19+02:00October 22nd, 2014|Categories: Features, Resources|

$15 Gift Voucher For NaNoWriMo Authors Until November 30!

If you are taking part in this year’s NaNoWriMo, Self-Publishing Review has a gift for you: An absolutely free $15 gift voucher to use on all editorial and review products until November 30!

NaNoWriMo is a great way to get started on that novel. The goal is to write a 50,000-word draft of your novel without going back, editing or perusing your work. Using NaNoWriMo’s system to write on, you also have support from other writers in the same boat, as well as famous authors ready to get stuck into a pep talk or forum to help you get […]

Cate Baum2014-10-21T03:25:16+02:00October 21st, 2014|Categories: Features|

Self-Publishing Success Story: Lisa Genova

Lisa Genova is a trained neuroscientist whose debut novel, Still Alice, is about a woman with an early onset form of Alzheimer’s, who has to learn to cope with the way her life is changing. Genova self-published her book in 2007 with iUniverse, and it was picked up by Simon & Schuster in 2009, and published by Pocket Books. It spent over 40 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and has been translated into 25 different languages. There is also a film adaptation in the works, starring Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin, and Julianne Moore. Genova’s next two […]

James Grimsby2017-02-20T09:13:03+02:00October 19th, 2014|Categories: Features, Success Story|

Ten Ways To Use A Professional Book Review

Often at Self-Publishing Review, we are asked, “What can I do with my book review once I purchase it?” So here is a list of ten uses for your review to garner sales and exposure.

1. Editorial Review section on Amazon

The Editorial Reviews Section on your Amazon Author Central profile is an all-important showcase for professional reviews. Your review quote should be 600 characters or less, and your book must be sold on Amazon. To find out how to add a review, click here.

2. Goodreads

You can quote your editorial reviews in your Goodreads profile. To do […]

Cate Baum2021-10-28T05:12:57+02:00October 17th, 2014|Categories: Features|

Six Tips – How To Become A Writer

With all this talk of making millions from self-publishing, have we lost our writerly way?

1. Not all books have to be instantly mass marketable
Often advice is given to choose a subject to please the audience before we’ve even decided on a topic. If you want to be a self-published author, fine, go ahead, write genre fiction that follows the zeitgeist and make some money. But if you’re a writer, how about writing whatever you like? Maybe you’ll hit on something that is so damn original you’ll sell better than if you wrote for the masses. […]

Cate Baum2014-10-08T04:41:23+02:00October 8th, 2014|Categories: Features|

Self-Publishing Success Story: Hugh Howey

Hugh Howey, an American writer, started out his career writing as a side-project to his day-job as a computer technician, as well as a yacht captain.

What books has he written?
His smash-hit series follows a range of characters in an uncertain future, living underground in silos because the outside world is toxic. The original series is broken up into nine books, but a deal was signed with Simon & Schuster to distribute the books in 2 omnibus editions plus Dust, the stand-alone conclusion to the series. Despite having made several publishing deals and agreeing to both film and […]