Paying For Book Reviews

I’ve come across a few articles recently huffing and puffing about the awfulness of the concept of paying for book reviews. I can’t understand why some people get so worked up about it. What is so morally wrong about an author paying an experienced book reviewer to review their book and post the review in… Continue reading Paying For Book Reviews

Twitter, Tweeps and Big Egos!

OK, so which groups of Tweeps are the most egocentric? First of all, for those of you not hooked on Twitter yet, Tweeps are people on Twitter. Following John Locke’s advice, I’ve set up a Twitter account solely to promote my upcoming book, Something Fishy. It’s a fishing mystery story – honestly, it’s far more… Continue reading Twitter, Tweeps and Big Egos!

Three cheers for Lucy

In my career as an editor, both in-house but mainly freelance, I must have worked with hundreds of authors on hundreds of books. But I have to say that the nicest author I’ve ever come across is Lucy Hamill. Lucy, a retired teacher and department head, has written some wonderful French textbooks for Edco in… Continue reading Three cheers for Lucy