Are you one of the tens of thousands of people who have either written a book, or feel there is one in you? Well our new website www.lovewriting.co.uk could be for you. Please read on for more information and do get in touch if you think we can help.
With the internet and new technology, it is easier and cheaper than ever to publish your book. However, as the internet grows to an incomprehensible size, harder than ever to tell potential readers it exists.
In March 2008, The Bookseller magazine reported, “the number of books published in the UK sky rocketed to the highest level ever last year, driven by an increase in print-on-demand titles… the number of new titles sold hit 118,602, up 36% from 2006 (86,984)”.
But, if you are an ‘independent’ author with a book to sell, you will find it very hard to achieve any significant distribution in bookshops. Yes, you can develop your own website, but the reality is that few potential purchasers will ever find your book online out of the millions that are available.
Lovereading Ltd. has addressed this issue by providing a unique and innovative solution. With over 150,000 avid readers now signed up for its free online book recommendation service, Lovereading Ltd is pleased to announce the launch of Lovewriting.co.uk, which will enable independently published authors a ‘one-stop-shop’ solution for readers to discover their books.
On Lovewriting.co.uk, individual authors and independent publishers can feature a title for as little as £100 a year. For this, the author and book will get an exclusive ‘Featured Book’ page devoted to each book plus access to an e-commerce system to allow the book to be bought.
The one difference from Lovereading, where each Featured Book is read, reviewed and recommended by the Lovereading team led by Sarah Broadhurst, is that on Lovewriting each author will provide their own personal ‘review’ headed ‘Why I wrote this book’.
Crucially – and this will be a major attraction for independent authors – on Lovewriting, just like on Lovereading, readers will be able to download and read, for free, Opening Extracts of each book. And if readers like what they read, they will be able to order and buy independently published books all in one Basket and all in one payment.
To further help readers, books will be categorised by genre. So, if readers have expressed an interest in a particular category of books on Lovereading, they will easily be able to ‘discover’ new authors within their own chosen category on Lovewriting.
Additionally, Lovewriting has formed a relationship with the recognised and respected self-publishing house, Matador, who can guide as yet unpublished authors through the publishing process. However, if a would-be author would rather go it alone and get their book published, Lovewriting provides an easy to use guide to take them through every step of the self-publishing process.
The author Caro Fraser, previously published by both Orion and Penguin, and best known for her Caper Court series of legal novels, ventured into self-publishing with her latest book Breath of Corruption. She is one of the founding authors of www.Lovewriting.co.uk, and has said:
‘I chose the UK’s self-publishing experts, Matador, to publish my latest novel, Breath Of Corruption, and having worked with various established publishing companies, I was delighted with the success Matador have achieved – the book is already on its second print run. With the internet, it’s easier and cheaper than ever to self-publish. New technologies offer great opportunities to new and independent authors. All of us who have had our books published and sold can remember how hard it is to be published in the first place. I very much hope that, through Lovewriting, more and more new authors will be given the chance to find an audience and break through.’
Please note that Lovewriting is currently at the ‘Beta’ stage. The website is being populate with more books and content over the next few weeks. But We hope independently published authors find it a help.
Peter C :: Jun.18.2008 ::
General Book News ::
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