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Submissions 4 Oct 2007 | 04:00 am
Authors often telephone and email me asking me to publicise their books. In reality I can only work on so many books at any one time and I have to be very selective what I take on. Therefore I thought...
An author’s best friends… 15 Sep 2007 | 11:28 am
… should be (cut out and stick on your fridge if you’re of frail memory): 1. True friends and family – they will buy your book and turn up to your launch party, actually enjoy it and tell their friend...
The Man Booker and other prizes 13 Sep 2007 | 10:01 pm
I got the phone call as I was putting my grocery shopping into the back of the car. ‘Kate, The Gift of Rain… it’s on the Booker longlist! Can you get to the publicity meeting, Thursday….’ I didn’t dro...
Because you’re worth it 15 Jun 2007 | 07:27 pm
Last night I went to an excellent talk by Roger Kondrat about social media and blogging at Creative Herts, a network for creative professionals in Hertfordshire. Roger’s main prediction, and I agree w...
My feet hurt 17 Apr 2007 | 10:07 am
A whole day, in heels to, from and at the London Book Fair today. Normally I’m at my desk (with a bit of pacing up and down while I’m on the phone).
London Book Fair 15 Apr 2007 | 12:02 am
Next week, publishers, agents and all folks involved in the business of publishing, will have their minds and bodies focused on one thing: the London Book Fair, which kicks off on Monday. If you’re go...
Great book trailers – 1 30 Mar 2007 | 11:24 pm
Surfing You Tube, I came across this book trailer for Gemma Halliday’s Spying In High Heels. I think it’s a really great trailer, as it gets across the premise and concept of the book really quickly. ...
The Author – required reading 28 Mar 2007 | 10:17 am
My copy of The Author, the Society of Authors magazine, arrived yesterday. And then the phone rang about the Historical Novels Society 2008 UK conference (watch this space) which is all shaping up to ...
Bye bye Borders 23 Mar 2007 | 11:05 pm
The news that Borders book chain plans to withdraw from the UK is really not good news for authors, nor book publicists. Borders have 71 stores in the UK. My local Borders at London Colney is a deligh...
RNA book marketing morning 13 Mar 2007 | 05:56 am
Saturday’s talk to the RNA in London seemed to go well. (Or it might just be that I used lots of amusing cartoons in my presentation.) Certainly, it was beneficial to me to pull together online book m...
