What makes a good book blog? That’s the question I asked when I decided to create a book blog of my own, and to celebrate the beginning of a new year I’m giving away two free copies of my book ‘How to Start a Book Blog: A Step by Step Guide’ which is full of tips and advice for anyone interested in book blogging (see details of how to enter this giveaway below). Of course everyone will have different ideas about what makes a good book blog, but here are my top five… Continue reading
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From Book Blogger to Published Writer: Looking Forward to Cardiff Book Festival 2018
I have a particular reason to be looking forward to this year’s Cardiff Book Festival, as I’m running a masterclass – An Introduction to Blogging on Saturday 8th September. I launched this blog back in 2016, and never imagined that it would lead to publication (not only non-fiction but poetry too) as well as the production of a book – How to Start a Book Blog: A Step by Step Guide – which contains all the advice I collected during my initial research, as well as some lessons learned along the way. Continue reading
The Writer’s Website: How to Reach Readers and Sell More Books
These days most writers have some kind of online presence, whether it’s a simple Facebook Page, a more complex website or a blog. In fact, it’s fairly simple to create a website from scratch, and provide a few links to published work. But getting people to actually visit your website can be extremely difficult. For a start, you need the search engines to recognise it and bring it up in search results, and that’s no easy feat. It takes time… Fortunately, I’ve written a book which provides all the tips you need to create a simple website which will help you reach out to new readers – the perfect base from which to promote and sell your books.
Subscribe for a chance to WIN a Book Blogging Starter Kit!
I am very excited to announce that my new book How to Start a Book Blog: A Step by Step Guide is now ready to go out into the world… and I’ll be giving away a FREE copy to one lucky subscriber! I’ve teamed up with publishers Allison & Bushby to create a Book Blogging Starter Kit– so not only will the winner receive a paperback copy of How to Start a Book Blog: A Step by Step Guide, they’ll also receive this fantastic pile of FREE books – the perfect gift for a book blogger!
**This giveaway is now over – the winner is Lauren Carter, congratulations Lauren!**
How to Start a Book Blog – My Book Blogging Story
Have you ever thought about creating your own book blog? Or maybe you’ve considered putting together an official ‘writer’s website’ to market your own published books? It’s not as complicated as it sounds. I’ve done it, and so have thousands of other people, so why not give it a try, using my brand new, super helpful guide to book blogging…
Interview with a Book Blogger: Katie Scott
Book bloggers are fascinating people, and they each have their own individual story. I’ll be posting a series of interviews with fellow book bloggers, to find out how they began blogging, what they look for in a good book, and what advice they wish they’d had when they first started. This week we hear from Katie Scott, who blogs about crafts (cross stitch, knitting etc) as well as books… Continue reading