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Bringing Books to Life by Kerry Shale by Kat Matfield

published on 2009-06-26

Kerry Shale, a man of a thousand and voices (almost literally), gives his insight into working as as an audiobook reader.

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In Praise of Audiobooks by Kati Nicholl by Kat Matfield

published on 2009-06-26

Kati Nicholl, expert audio abridger, tells us about her history with audiobooks – from their earliest days as tape box-sets to today’s super-fast online downloads – and why she thinks they hold an irreplaceable place in booklovers’ hearts.

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Competitions by Oliver Brooks

published on 2009-06-26

Check out the competitions (Community > Competitions). You can vote for your favourite audio books of 2009 right now. Expect to see some book giveaways and lots more book goodies to win soon.

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by Anna Lewis

published on 2009-06-25

We are thrilled to hear that Gary Hurlstone, who published his book The Sand Mandala on CompletelyNovel, has now got a publishing contract. He used the ratings, reviews and sales he got from CompletelyNovel to demonstrate the market for his book. Applying a healthy dose of entrepreneurial spirit to his writing has proved a great success, and we hope it will inspire other writers to do the same! Find out how Gary did it…

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TWINterview with publisher Scott Pack by Anna Lewis

published on 2009-06-24

Scott Pack, head of innovative publisher ‘The Friday Project’ and publishing blog Me And My Big Mouth talks to twins Anna and George from CompletelyNovel. Scott and the twins discuss what the Friday Project is all about and why it makes sense to give books away for free online. They also talk about how CompletelyNovel can help aspiring writers, top tips for self-publishers and just why Scott decided to give Anna a book about someone with the same name as her committing suicide. Aparrently it’s nothing personal!

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20 Best Audiobooks Competition Launches! by Anna Lewis

published on 2009-06-18

There are a lot of book lovers who are nuts about audio books. So The Best Audiobooks of the Year 2009 competition has teamed up with CompletelyNovel.com to find out which audiobook is the public’s favourite. The shortlist was put together by a panel of experts, including audio buyers from top retailers and audiobook reviewers. You can listen to samples of the books and vote for the one you think fits the bill of the best audio book.Vote for the best audiobook today!

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Top of the Blogs by Anna Lewis

published on 2009-06-17

If you’re a bit of a book fan (And if you’re on CompletelyNovel, then that’s very likely!) then you probably like to keep up to date with what

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Writing tips from the top by Kat Matfield

published on 2009-06-15

Pick up some writing advice from bestselling authors in our newly-uploaded videos, including Kate Mosse, Sadie Jones, Catherine O’Flynn and Barry Turner, editor of The Writer’s Handbook.

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Top tips from the Writer's Handbook by Anna Lewis

published on 2009-06-09

Want to get published? CompletelyNovel take you for a whistle-stop tour of the Writer’s Handbook Live Event. This was an event put on by Palgrave Macmillan to accompany the launch of the Writer’s Handbook 2010. We have top tips from the publishers, literary agents, authors and lecturers who spoke to aspiring writers at the event. We also found out just why events like this are so useful if you’re looking to become the next bestseller…

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Twinterview with Natasha Narayan by Anna Lewis

published on 2009-06-04

Children’s author Natasha Narayan, gets interviewed by twins Anna and George. Natasha talks about her experiences as a writer, how she got published and why she writes for children. She also talks about her most recent book The Mummy Snatcher of Memphis, which is published by “Quercus”: and is the first in her ‘Kit Salter’ series.

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