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Comic books – bandes desinnées (BDs, or bédés) – are big business in France. French people spend around 350 million euros on more than 35 million comic books per year. This represents a significant chunk of the publishing industry.
At the moment the huge annual BD festival is going on [...]
I got a nice surprise out of the blue last week. I received a letter from O’Brien Press, my dead-tree book publishers from my time in Ireland, telling me that they had sold the rights of my Anna’s Secret Granny to Rageot in Paris. I’m especially flattered since Rageot, [...]
Here’s a quick look at the most popular fiction writers in France at the moment. They were the best-selling authors in 2011 and it looks like they’re likely to continue at the top of the ranks.
1. Guillaume Musso: this dishy 37-year-old sold 1,567,500 books in 2011, representing 18 million euros of income. [...]
I use Twitter every day and am finding it to be a useful marketing tool. However, I’m not addicted to it and still find that my blog is the best way to reach out to an audience. But, even at my fairly low level or usage - I have around 500 followers and followees altogether [...]
I hadn’t paid much attention to book trailers until very recently. I imagined they consisted of authors either beaming at the camera or looking painfully self-conscious saying how wonderful their book was. But then I actually started looking at some and saw how wrong I’d been. The ones that converted me were
I’ve been noticing that more and more authors are showing word meters on their websites. Word meters are these are those little guys (this one is from Writertopia):
I’m starting to think that they’re rather a good idea. I’m not sure the information is that valuable for visitors to the website, although [...]
To only use “said” alongside the dialogue in your book is uninspiring and, let’s be honest, lazy. There are literally hundreds of alternatives lying idle in the dictionary. Go ahead and make their day by using them!
I’ve come up with over 2,000 substitutes in my latest eBook offering, and my list is [...]
This New Year saw all books being made equal in France. Previously ebooks suffered from a much higher level (19.6%) of TVA (= value added tax), whereas dead tree books were taxed at 5.5%. Now both types of book are taxed at 7%. The fall for ebooks is very welcome, although the overall rise to [...]
You probably know by now that I like blovels and serials. I’ve written several posts about this interesting type of fiction. I’m sure we see a lot more coming out in 2012.
First a few words about a new blovel on the block. Check out http://www.somethingfishy.fr for what’s shaping up [...]
This wonderful new age of indie authors means that there are many first-time book writers out there who aren’t sure what they should do once they’ve finished creating their work of fiction or non-fiction.
Here’s a suggested course of action. I’m assuming you’ve reached the stage where you’re happy with what you’ve written and, as [...]
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