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How to price a book in a digital age

28 Jul 10

The price of a book is different for a paperback, hardback or eBook. However the factors which influence that price are becoming increasingly hazy. I’m going to discuss where the value of a book is derived from and how technologies might change the pricing models of the future.

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CompletelyNovel Elevator Pitch: Katherine Dixson

26 Jul 10

In the third instalment in our Elevator Pitch series, we took to the elevator with writer Katherine Dixson who has published A Year of Living Musically on CompletelyNovel. The idea is you have just a couple of minutes to get over the ...

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Security warnings due to SSL certificate upgrade

22 Jul 10

Our SSL certificate is being upgraded to 2048bit encryption between 22-24 July 2010. This will cause security warnings in modern browsers. The website is still secure however the security cannot be verified by the security authorities during the upgrade so you will re...

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When Being Published Is Not Enough: Advice from Caroline Smailes

19 Jul 10

Like Bees To Honey is my third novel with HarperCollins imprint The Friday Project. That’s three novels with a real life, flesh and blood publisher. Yet, even with three books listed on A...

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Introducing Cover Templates

14 Jul 10

It has never been so easy to create a cover for your book! Check out our online Cover Creator and create your cover in few clicks from existing templates.

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CompletelyNovel is now completely Facebook!

13 Jul 10

Do you know that Facebook plan to reach half a billion of members by 2012? Are you using it? We thought at CompletelyNovel that you should be completely Facebook, that’s why we are integrating it everywhere it makes sense on your favorite website. Check out the ways you can use Facebook ...

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Planning vs. improvisation

07 Jul 10

“There’s a guy at work with a mug that says ‘If you fail to plan, you plan to fail’. I’m trying to wean myself off coffee-cup life-management, but I like that one. I think it’s particularly pertinent to fiction writing.”

Adam Marek, prize-winning short story writer and novel...

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CompletelyNovel Elevator Pitch: Richard Denning

06 Jul 10

In the second instalment in our Elevator Pitch series, we took to the elevator with writer Richard Denning who has published The Last Seal as well as a number of other books on CompletelyNovel. The idea is that you have just a couple of ...

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The Rise of the Author Entrepreneur

30 Jun 10

A number of CompletelyNovel writers featured in my recent article for Publishing Industry newsblog ‘Publishing Perspectives’.
It’s called The Rise of the Author-Entrepreneur

The article is all about ways t...

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What's wrong with eBooks?

28 Jun 10

Existing eBooks technologies are limited, antiquated and I believe if nothing changes they will be the death of the book. Here are some of my reasons for my opinion about them.

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