How to Promote Your Book Launch for Free
Most people look at promoting as a struggle. But it’s about finding the right place to sell. This could be via blogging, social networking, pod casting or video. When you … Continued
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The Quality of Appreciation
Nowadays, we live in a world where branding is becoming paramount. Take films as an example – especially ‘reboots’. A concept is taken from decades ago and remade. Studios trade … Continued
Audience Assemble!
Every piece of writing has an audience. It might be a magazine’s readership, or it might just be for yourself when you vent into your diary or write up a … Continued
Buyer Beware
Something we experience frequently here are talking to authors who’ve self-published through a ‘partnership publisher’, but come away frustrated, and sometimes even in tears. Okay, so the question is, what’s … Continued
Page Seventeen 2015 Competition Shortlists
It’s been months in the making, but we’re finally closing in on the release of Issue 12 of page seventeen. And how do we always kick off this last leg? … Continued
Page Seventeen, Issue 12
Yes, page seventeen is once again a thing, and shortly we will be opening our submission window again. The opening date is only a week away! One of the defining … Continued
Writing a Blurb
What makes a good blurb? When you pick up a book at a bookstore or library, or read a blurb somewhere online, what engages you? What convinces you to open … Continued
The Assault on our Stars: A Response to the YA Shouting Match
Well, The Fault in our Stars stirred up a fresh storm pretty quick. Not over its ‘sick-lit’ content or the quality of the film – full disclosure, I’ve yet to … Continued