Marketing Books
I mentioned yesterday that I am looking at different ways to market my publications – not just those written by me, but also those by other authors published by me – and I think I may well have found a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Focus
Perhaps I am doing too many things all at once, but it just seems to be the right time for everything! Out with the old and in with the new. And in many ways every single one of my little projects is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Plowing On
In fact, despite the underlying feeling of discouragement, it is quite good fun. I mean the work on setting up a bookstore and a publishing company as much as anything. We’re drawing to the close of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Bookstore
Working together we other people is one thing, getting to know them quite another. I was surprised to discover that one of my friends here – a friend of my Dad going back many years – has more to do...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Customer Service Fails
You must have come across them more then once, service industries (shops, restaurants, general businesses online and in Real Life) who boast of high things, and then fail miserably. I came across it...
View ArticleNewsletters
The big thing at the moment, for many, seems to be the production and distribution of newsletters referring to blog and web sites. People who are interested in what you, as the producer of a blog or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Step
Hard to believe, looking back over previous posts, that so much time has elapsed since I first decided to make a go of publishing books myself. We’ve been through a lot in the meantime: planning;...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Weekend Work
Yesterday I wrote about what my weekends seem to consist of, what I had planned for this weekend and, in all probability, every weekend for the foreseeable future. It is not, I hasten to add, an end to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wrapping Up
Small things, but still important. It often isn’t the book which sells itself, more the appearance of a book. Fine, there’s the old saying that we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but that is the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The New Offices
Perhaps it’s time to roll up my sleeves and take a serious look at where we are going to be working, because the working environment is just as important as the work itself. Working from home is fine,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lazy Day
I’d like to be able to say I just laid back and had a day to myself today, but that wouldn’t be the truth. Sunday hasn’t been a lay back and relax day for a while in this small household, not for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paper Choices
Matt, satin, glossy, A4, A3, colored, silky, bulky. I am sure there are plenty more I could list when it comes to descriptions of different types of paper. There are papers for inkjet printing, color...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Frustrations!!
No one told me it would be easy, and that is a good thing because I wouldn’t have believed them. However, had anyone told me that the greatest frustration would be working with other people, I would...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Barcode
Every time I think everything is ready and we can go ahead with our plans, something else comes up. This time it is the question of barcodes. No, sorry, I don’t mean how you act when you are sitting in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Losing Weight
A while back I wrote a few words about the future of book publishing and a few of my thoughts about eBooks. My thoughts at the time were less towards the electronic versions of books – my main love is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hidden News
Amid all the highly publicized news from Amazon that they are thinking about using drones to deliver, and that they are considering using the vast amount of data they have gathered on customers to...
View ArticleMinor Additions
Some people may consider them major changes, for me they are simply enhancements to the service my publishing company provides, and information which has been missing from the website so far. Any...
View ArticlePlanning
So many things that I want to do, and some that I really should do, but the will often just isn’t there. A good book calls, a glass of wine and, of course, some quiet time with the special person in my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nearing Completion
For once I have managed to keep a promise to myself and have worked – well, some of the time – through the day to get a good foundation for my online shop up and running. Of course I need to do more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hard At Work
The idea behind setting yourself a target is to achieve it. That has always been my philosophy and, even if I don’t always succeed, that is what I aim to continue with, certainly as far as my reading...
View Article
