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Struggling author gets a six figure four book deal

08 Friday Jul 2011

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Now a Kingston University Creative Writing MA graduate has been snapped up in a six-figure deal by one of the world’s biggest publishers after her self-published books topped the Kindle download rankings.

42 year old Louise Voss originally had her book Catch Your Death, which she co-wrote with Mark Edwards, rejected by literary agents.

 She then decided to make it available for purchase on Kindle devices and apps using an Amazon service which allows writers to turn their manuscripts into digital books.

After several days in the top 100, Louise’s work then took the number one UK download position last month where it stayed for four weeks, selling more than 50,000 copies.

Another of the eBooks Louise co-wrote with Mark, Killing Cupid, also made the number two spot of the chart in June and remains in the top five.

Off the back of their runaway online success, she and Mark have been signed up by HarperFiction in a six-figure four book deal.

Paperbacks are still the most popular way to read…just..!!

30 Thursday Jun 2011

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Paperbacks have taken the title in our latest poll as they most popular way you like to read.

Paperbacks got 51 per-cent of the vote,with hardbacks getting 49 per-cent.

Surprisingly e-books failed to get a single vote.

E-books – A popular way to read

24 Friday Jun 2011

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The popularity of e-booksAs the first self-published author to sell one million e-books is named (American writer sells a million), we explore the popularity of these paperless documents.

The concept of e-books is not a recent phenomenon.  Indeed, in 1971 Michael S. Hart launched ‘Project Gutenberg’.  Its aim was to archive works digitally and therefore allow a wider-distribution of the books.  There are now over 34,000 items digitally stored by this project.

As the decades wore on, we saw the introduction of books on CD-ROM; available as full texts online; and eventually the download era woke up to the prospect that more than music and movies might be popular.

It is not only printed books which are available as e-books.  Authors are now starting to write specifically for the e-book market, bypassing the expense of hard-print publications.

In recent articles (Bloomsbury reports big rise in e-book sales, Digital book sales increase in UK ) we have already noticed the increasing desire to buy reading material in e-book format.

With the trend of modern life to be sat in front on a computer screen; carry smartphones and keep on the move with limited baggage, it really is no wonder that more and more people are turning to electronic reading.

E-readers are continually being developed and redeveloped to ensure maximum efficiency – larger screen sizes, lighter weight, strong textual colours; anti-glare systems, water/shock/dirt-proof: promotions pushing their suitability in different situations  ‘great for holiday travel’, ‘ideal for those intense commutes’…

Many campaigns are underway to introduce children to the love of reading (Duchess of Cornwall promotes reading, New reading project to help children in London) – what better way than to mix English Literature with the technological world they love to be part of?

E-books are more and more becoming the preferred choice of ‘book’.

Yet what are the arguments against them?

For those of use who are nostalgic, we miss the bulk of the book, the feel of paper between our fingers and the ability to see and indeed feel our progress through a book – a screen informing us we have completed 37% of the book is not the same as turning individual pages.

Paper books are also a way of slowing down the pace of life, allowing us to step away from the digital world in which we now live.

We stare at screens at work, why would we then want to stare up close at another screen?

Despite the increasing popularity of electronic readers, will hard-copy books ever be replaced?  The answer, for the present, is no.

Written word has been documented over the millenia on stone, wood, paper, ceramics – and many of their writings are still legible today.  Computer technology in comparison has been around for an insignificant amount of time.

We do not know how long this current phase will last.  I, for one, will continue to use both online and hard-based means of documentation.

According to the online Oxford Dictionary a book is ‘a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers’.

For how much longer will this definition stand?

Laura Scott

Denny Bradbury’s latest novel ‘Borvo‘ will be available in both print and as an e-book.

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Kingston author hits top of the Ebook charts

23 Thursday Jun 2011

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An author from Kingston University has hit the top of the ebook charts after being rejected by several publishers.

Louise Voss and Mark Edwards co-wrote “Catch a Death” which has been top of the UK Kindle Chart for the last two weeks.

On average they’re selling nearly 2 thousand copies a week.

American writer sells a million

22 Wednesday Jun 2011

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An American writer has become the first self-published author to sell a million eBooks.

John Locke from Kentucky writes westerns and crime thrillers.

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