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The Chronicles of Joya "Just got back from UK and it was PHENOMENAL. Had 100s of emails from kids I've met who've read it and loved it, and sold about 650 books in two weeks. All three Borders stores have asked me back and were lovely. Got mobbed in a couple of schools! I´ve signed hands, cheeks, arms and one stomach! Planning another UK two week tour so will be ordering more books from you probably next week! It is so much fun." View BookYouWriteOn Author on Leading Book Chain’s Top Ten Bestselling Titles - Many Congratulation to Bob Adams
1. Pocket History of Edinburgh (Lomond Books)2. Spybus - Bob Adams (YouWriteOn.com) View Book3. South Sea Tales - Robert Louis Stevenson (Oxford University Press)4. The House with the Green Shutters - Gordon Douglas Brown (Polygon)5. The Miracle at Speedy Motors - Alexander McCall Smith (Abacus)6. Flesh House - Stuart MacBride (HarperCollins)7. A Passion for Nature - Donald Worster (Oxford University Press)8. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson (Oxford University Press)9. Scotland from Space (Colin Baxter)10. 1982, Janine - Alasdair Gray (Canongate Classics)
Family Secrets "I’m just emailing with an update on my book ‘Family Secrets’ by Gail Jones which you published in December. Our two local WHSmith stores at Parkgate and Rotherham have said they will stock the book and the Parkgate store has already put an order in. They obtain their books from Northern Map Distributors who ordered 50 copies directly from me. Northern Maps have confirmed that they will be visiting the stores with supplies today. View bookAlso a local book store Philip Howard books at Wickersley have also agreed to stock my book and have asked me to visit the store with a sample and then go back and sign the copies when they obtain them. The South Yorkshire Times published an editorial on the story of my book coming into print and RotherhamNews (which circulates to 120,000 homes in Rotherham) have published an excellent review written by a local councillor. Another local paper, the Dearne Valley Weekender have been out to take a picture of me and my book and that should be out sometime in the next couple of weeks. Many readers are now asking when the sequel will be out. Two readers stayed up late into the night to finish it as they could not put it down." View BookDouble Book Signing - From Zaftig to Aspie by DJ Kirkby and Motorbikes, ducks and crispy sweet apples by Christopher I KingI've received my initial copy of my book 'From Zaftig to Aspie'. It is so beautiful, thank you. I would now like to order 30 copies to take with me to my book launch View book Motorbikes, ducks and crispy sweet apples by Christopher I King View BookThrough the eyes of a childJust a line to tell you that I have just recieved an email from Waterstones to tell me that they are going to merchandise and sell my book in store at their Bradford branch. One again I would like to thank all the team at You Write On for the quality of the book you produced for me. View bookHunt, Hunted, Murder, Murdered View bookThe local newspaper printed a piece about my book. It was in the paper today. http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/articles/6/35038 Mortal Love "I would like to notify you that the Jewish Telegraph printed today an article about my novel "Mortal Love" (published by you), and my life and writing in general. To Catch A Thief "Gave another talk today - and was told that members were going to look in local W H Smith's who are supporting me as a local author and stocking To Catch a Thief And my first book Daddy's Little Spy - Isabella Rose's amazing survival against witchcraft during world war two is partially based on my childhood so I was able to give the local library where I grew up in the 1940's information about the two witches covens in Wellingborough. This report along with my book isbn 9781844264728 is now in the local social history reference section to help future generations to understand what life was like during the war as the daughter of a witch -worshipping a pagan religion was illegal during wartime. But Sir Winston Churchill consulted a witch/wise woman as they called themselves. And I have a lot more snippets like that. I've approached the PeterboroughMuseum as they have just produced a book about local writers/celebrities and I wondered if that information about my first book would be of interest to them for their attachment book. I gather I'm too late for the first book but that would be quite an honour." View Book Rugly Puffs and the Bear Detective "Had a whirlwind of a week last week in the UK . BBC Radio Norfolk was great fun, got a fantastic article in the Eastern Daily Press newspaper for East Anglia covering the school visits to school and with pictures of me reading to the kids. I’ll scan these and send you some files so you can put them on your site if you would like to. Feedback from the children in schools was great. They said that the story is really exciting and their diverse questions kept me on my toes. I sold lots of copies View Book Monty Python member quotes for YouWriteOn author's book "Funny, surprising and original" Monty Python member Terry Jones on The Hal X Syndrome.And now for something completely different .. Many Congratulations to The Hal X Syndrome writer Tracey Kelly on her quote from Monty Python member Terry Jones which we have added to her cover. Tracey has a book signing this Friday at Topping and Company, The Paragon, Bath at 7.30 pm, everyone welcome. She also informs us she has interest from an American producer in her writing a script of her novel. View book on AmazonYOUWRITEON GLASGOW AUTHOR LAUNCHES NEW NOVEL WITH UK BOOK TOUR SEVEN BOOK STORE SIGNINGS INCLUDING AT WATERSTONES, WH SMITH AND BORDERS - DATES LISTED BELOWNext Book Signing Date: March 14th Waterstones, 174 Argyle Street, Glasgow With the sell-out success of new book Nightswallow’s launch under her belt, YouWriteOn Glasgow-based author Bronwen Winter Phoenix is celebrating the release of her latest novel with yet more book signings around the UK. Nightswallow is a supernatural/horror tale with a difference – two, in fact. Firstly, the main character, Night, is dead and has to come to terms with the love she lost, through an emotional rollercoaster journey. Secondly, 10% of publishing profits are going to Sightsavers International, to help with the charity’s work combating blindness in developing countries around the world.View Nightswallow at Waterstones.com YouWriteOn Author Gets On the Telly With Her Book Apricot Skies"The ITV Border TV feature I informed you of aired last week. I was given just a couple of hours notice via a phone call!"Beneath Apricot Skies is a romance with dark humour. It is the story of Orley, an American cowgirl, invited to live in Scotland by Innes, an almost bankrupt Scottish laird. Boy meets girl in Texas but the story soon unfolds into a tale of love and conflict set in Scotland. Buy Book at Waterstones Excess All AreasWaterstones Trowbridge got the books on Thursday and the signing went ahead today as planned! I enjoyed it, sold a good few copies and overall it was a great experience. View Book Chocolat Writer Joanne Harris provides a quote for YouWriteOn Author Kevin Mahoney’s book A Fame of Top HalvesA tremendous first novel – wry, funny and clever” – Joanne Harris, author of ChocolatFor Elliot Gold, manager of the Duxford Ducks football team, life seems to be going from bad to worse. His job and his marriage both face imminent demise. He pins all his hopes on winning one last match. View Book Wishing Patti every success for her 2009 Two Book Penguin Publishing Deal The idea for YouWriteOn publishing came after we published Bufflehead Sisters by Patricia J. DeLois in 2007, one of our inaugural Book of the Year Award winners. The novel was named number one Book of the Year in her home state of Maine by the leading newspaper there. The results was high sales and literary agent and publisher interest – Penguin will now be publishing their own edition of Bufflehead Sisters in July 2009 in a two book deal. Patti’s agent wrote to us to express interest in considering other highly rated YouWriteOn writers. We wish Patti every success with her new mainstream book edition as her YouWriteOn first edition waves goodbye this month. Picture of Bufflehead Sisters below.Print-On-Demand Pricing - Better Prices for Readers Working? There is a debate, we believe, to be had about the pricing of Print-On-Demand books. The advantages of POD is that it offers higher royalties than mainstream publishing, but book do tend to be priced above the norm though. YouWriteOn aims to offer better priced books for readers and higher royalties. For example, on pricing, one of YouWriteOn’s writers, below, received interest from a Waterstones to stock her book and informs us the manager upped his order because he thought our book’s retail price of £5.99 was a good one. For the author’s page count, 136 pages, the author will receive a direct royalty from us of £1.28 on each copy sold of her book through a bookseller. This is directly to her with no other costs as the bookseller discount for her book – the amount booksellers receive of the book price for selling the book - and printing costs will already have been deducted. Kate Hanney, author, "My local newspaper will be doing an article on it in the next week or so, and two local Waterstones at the Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield are going to stock it - What they were particularly impressed with was the low retail price of £5.99 .." More from the writer below in pictures section. On one of the UK’s largest POD providers, with a multimillion pound infrastructure, the same book above with the same royalty would retail at booksellers for £9.20 according to their website. This one example is anecdotal and doesn’t in itself constitute evidence that POD pricing by POD publishers is too high, but we leave writers themselves to make up their own minds. There are many excellent POD providers out there, but this is one issue to consider. Wherever you choose to print, this is one question to ask. “Before Anything Can Happen, The Book Must Exist” Sounds like a character from the Kevin Costner film Field of Dreams, but it’s from YWO writer David Milnes. It’s a common perception that print on demand (POD), the process by which a book is printed only as and when each order is received, is a publishing idea in which the majority of writers only sell to family and friends. The options and potential it offers should always be viewed with a healthy degree of realism. At the same time, as with Bufflehead Sisters above, and the writers below, it can help break the mould and introduce writers work to new audiences in an exciting way. Each of the writers achievements in the picture section below adds weight to what one of our writers, David Milnes wisely put, "The simple truth is that, before anything can happen, the book must exist." When I first received my copy of THE CHRONICLES OF JOYA I was overjoyed at the quality. Friends and family who first received copies were all blown away by the cover. I have the approval from the buyer of a book chain to contact two more of their stores to do book signings .. Also another book chain are interested in stocking the book. They are huge in Spain (very exciting!)The Chronicles of Joya: Planet Joya is home to an elite group called Switchers. They travel to Earth on six-weekly assignments and transform into humans and animals. Teal is desperate to be a Switcher. Despite warnings from her dad and her spirit guide she joins the team. But on her first assignment she faces death and the destruction of her red and purple planet. Buy Book Writing Therapy by Tim Atkinson - received by YouWriteOn in October 2008 and featured in Times Educational Supplement magazine article in early December 2008 - view on WH Smith Website. Book details are provided by our printers Lightning Source to booksellers, this usually takes a few weeks for all of a book's details to feature on bookseller sites. This was a book that went everywhere with me during the time I spent reading it. It is one of the most unique books I have ever read. Once I'd finished reading it I felt a certain smugness, as if I alone had discovered a rare jewel. The narrator is a young woman who leads the reader on a raw excursion into a joust with madness. Writing is used as a most valuable tool in amongst a battery of less useful therapies. Be warned, this book is not an easy read, it is not junk food for the brain and... "Just wanted to say a huge thank you for the publishing deal. I have a few copies of my book (SAFE) and I'm so pleased with it. My local newspaper will be doing an article on it in the next week or so, and two local Waterstones at the Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield are going to stock it - it was so easy, I walked in, showed them the book and explained a bit about it, told them it was available from Gardners and they went straight on their system and ordered it! No messing! What they were particularly impressed with was the low retail price of £5.99 .. In one of their stores the manager turned to the assistant and asked him whether he thought they should order 5 or 10, he hesitated and said nothing and then she said, we'll get 10 because £5.99 is a really good retail price." Buy the BookMore Deaths Than One by Bryan Islip. Book Received by YouWriteOn October 2008, bookstore signing in December 2008. Synopsis Ex Special Forces businessman Thomas Thornton has settled down to expatriated family life in Saudi Arabia. He is wrongfully caught up in shariah law on drugs dealing charges. He extricates and eventually exonorates himself, only to find that he's deeply implicated in a far more universal situation. Buy the BookRugly Puffs: The Bear Detective Thank you for your mail and thank you for my book. It’s great and appears to be selling, was 9853’rd best selling book on Amazon.co.ukGrim Tales of Hope Thought I'd send you the following link to our local paper in Plymouth, the Evening Herald. They've just published an article on my book Grim Tales of Hope in their Features section. View Article I'm in at the moment, so still haven't seen the book - but my partner tells me it's very good quality indeed so I'm looking forward to it eagerly. View BookA Breathless Hush in the CloseJust a quick note to say thanks so much for publishing my book, 'A Breathless Hush in the Close'. I received the first copies this week and was delighted with the look and feel of them. A really professional job. I am writing an article about the scheme for 'New Writer' and have been careful to give youwrite on a good plug! View Book The Ghost of Neil DiamondReceived today my copies of The Ghost of Someone Else. Looks great inside and cover is terrific. View BookFrom Zaftig to Aspie My book 'From Zaftig to Aspie' has been reviewed from a PDF copy and the review has been posted on The Book Pedler: View Link and on Jamieson Wolf's blog: View Blog He has also submitted his review to the American Chronicle and will let me know the publication date for that review. View book BillabongoI must say a huge thanks for publishing my book Billabongo. I was impressed with the covers and showed them to friends who expressed their interest and delight in reading the book. Publishing a book is all about team work and I must thank you for your fantastic effort. View bookStalking PhilippaThe copies I ordered of my novel, Stalking Philippa, arrived safely and promptly . I am delighted with the quality. The text layout and jacket are exactly as I set out. View Book More Feedback and Pictures Received today my copies of The Ghost of Someone Else. Looks great inside and cover is terrific. Many thanks. I'll get back when I have more news about the reviews of The Ghost of Neil Diamond. Just a quick note to say thanks so much for publishing my book, 'A Breathless Hush in the Close'. I received the first copies this week and was delighted with the look and feel of them. A really professional job.
Rugly Puffs and the Bear Detective "Had a whirlwind of a week last week in the UK . BBC Radio Norfolk was great fun, got a fantastic article in the Eastern Daily Press newspaper for East Anglia covering the school visits to school and with pictures of me reading to the kids. I’ll scan these and send you some files so you can put them on your site if you would like to. Feedback from the children in schools was great. They said that the story is really exciting and their diverse questions kept me on my toes. I sold lots of copies View Book
Excess All AreasWaterstones Trowbridge got the books on Thursday and the signing went ahead today as planned! I enjoyed it, sold a good few copies and overall it was a great experience. View Book
When I first received my copy of THE CHRONICLES OF JOYA I was overjoyed at the quality. Friends and family who first received copies were all blown away by the cover. I have the approval from the buyer of a book chain to contact two more of their stores to do book signings .. Also another book chain are interested in stocking the book. They are huge in Spain (very exciting!)The Chronicles of Joya: Planet Joya is home to an elite group called Switchers. They travel to Earth on six-weekly assignments and transform into humans and animals. Teal is desperate to be a Switcher. Despite warnings from her dad and her spirit guide she joins the team. But on her first assignment she faces death and the destruction of her red and purple planet. Buy Book Writing Therapy by Tim Atkinson - received by YouWriteOn in October 2008 and featured in Times Educational Supplement magazine article in early December 2008 - view on WH Smith Website. Book details are provided by our printers Lightning Source to booksellers, this usually takes a few weeks for all of a book's details to feature on bookseller sites. This was a book that went everywhere with me during the time I spent reading it. It is one of the most unique books I have ever read. Once I'd finished reading it I felt a certain smugness, as if I alone had discovered a rare jewel. The narrator is a young woman who leads the reader on a raw excursion into a joust with madness. Writing is used as a most valuable tool in amongst a battery of less useful therapies. Be warned, this book is not an easy read, it is not junk food for the brain and...
"Just wanted to say a huge thank you for the publishing deal. I have a few copies of my book (SAFE) and I'm so pleased with it. My local newspaper will be doing an article on it in the next week or so, and two local Waterstones at the Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield are going to stock it - it was so easy, I walked in, showed them the book and explained a bit about it, told them it was available from Gardners and they went straight on their system and ordered it! No messing! What they were particularly impressed with was the low retail price of £5.99 .. In one of their stores the manager turned to the assistant and asked him whether he thought they should order 5 or 10, he hesitated and said nothing and then she said, we'll get 10 because £5.99 is a really good retail price." Buy the BookMore Deaths Than One by Bryan Islip. Book Received by YouWriteOn October 2008, bookstore signing in December 2008. Synopsis Ex Special Forces businessman Thomas Thornton has settled down to expatriated family life in Saudi Arabia. He is wrongfully caught up in shariah law on drugs dealing charges. He extricates and eventually exonorates himself, only to find that he's deeply implicated in a far more universal situation. Buy the BookRugly Puffs: The Bear Detective Thank you for your mail and thank you for my book. It’s great and appears to be selling, was 9853’rd best selling book on Amazon.co.ukGrim Tales of Hope Thought I'd send you the following link to our local paper in Plymouth, the Evening Herald. They've just published an article on my book Grim Tales of Hope in their Features section. View Article I'm in at the moment, so still haven't seen the book - but my partner tells me it's very good quality indeed so I'm looking forward to it eagerly. View BookA Breathless Hush in the CloseJust a quick note to say thanks so much for publishing my book, 'A Breathless Hush in the Close'. I received the first copies this week and was delighted with the look and feel of them. A really professional job. I am writing an article about the scheme for 'New Writer' and have been careful to give youwrite on a good plug! View Book The Ghost of Neil DiamondReceived today my copies of The Ghost of Someone Else. Looks great inside and cover is terrific. View BookFrom Zaftig to Aspie My book 'From Zaftig to Aspie' has been reviewed from a PDF copy and the review has been posted on The Book Pedler: View Link and on Jamieson Wolf's blog: View Blog He has also submitted his review to the American Chronicle and will let me know the publication date for that review. View book BillabongoI must say a huge thanks for publishing my book Billabongo. I was impressed with the covers and showed them to friends who expressed their interest and delight in reading the book. Publishing a book is all about team work and I must thank you for your fantastic effort. View bookStalking PhilippaThe copies I ordered of my novel, Stalking Philippa, arrived safely and promptly . I am delighted with the quality. The text layout and jacket are exactly as I set out. View Book More Feedback and Pictures Received today my copies of The Ghost of Someone Else. Looks great inside and cover is terrific. Many thanks. I'll get back when I have more news about the reviews of The Ghost of Neil Diamond. Just a quick note to say thanks so much for publishing my book, 'A Breathless Hush in the Close'. I received the first copies this week and was delighted with the look and feel of them. A really professional job.
Thought I'd send you the following link to our local paper in Plymouth, the Evening Herald. They've just published an article on my book Grim Tales of Hope in their Features section.
View Article
I'm in at the moment, so still haven't seen the book - but my partner tells me it's very good quality indeed so I'm looking forward to it eagerly. View BookA Breathless Hush in the CloseJust a quick note to say thanks so much for publishing my book, 'A Breathless Hush in the Close'. I received the first copies this week and was delighted with the look and feel of them. A really professional job. I am writing an article about the scheme for 'New Writer' and have been careful to give youwrite on a good plug! View Book
The Ghost of Neil DiamondReceived today my copies of The Ghost of Someone Else. Looks great inside and cover is terrific. View BookFrom Zaftig to Aspie My book 'From Zaftig to Aspie' has been reviewed from a PDF copy and the review has been posted on The Book Pedler: View Link and on Jamieson Wolf's blog: View Blog He has also submitted his review to the American Chronicle and will let me know the publication date for that review. View book BillabongoI must say a huge thanks for publishing my book Billabongo. I was impressed with the covers and showed them to friends who expressed their interest and delight in reading the book. Publishing a book is all about team work and I must thank you for your fantastic effort. View bookStalking PhilippaThe copies I ordered of my novel, Stalking Philippa, arrived safely and promptly . I am delighted with the quality. The text layout and jacket are exactly as I set out. View Book More Feedback and Pictures Received today my copies of The Ghost of Someone Else. Looks great inside and cover is terrific. Many thanks. I'll get back when I have more news about the reviews of The Ghost of Neil Diamond. Just a quick note to say thanks so much for publishing my book, 'A Breathless Hush in the Close'. I received the first copies this week and was delighted with the look and feel of them. A really professional job.
He has also submitted his review to the American Chronicle and will let me know the publication date for that review. View book
BillabongoI must say a huge thanks for publishing my book Billabongo. I was impressed with the covers and showed them to friends who expressed their interest and delight in reading the book. Publishing a book is all about team work and I must thank you for your fantastic effort. View bookStalking PhilippaThe copies I ordered of my novel, Stalking Philippa, arrived safely and promptly . I am delighted with the quality. The text layout and jacket are exactly as I set out. View Book More Feedback and Pictures Received today my copies of The Ghost of Someone Else. Looks great inside and cover is terrific. Many thanks. I'll get back when I have more news about the reviews of The Ghost of Neil Diamond. Just a quick note to say thanks so much for publishing my book, 'A Breathless Hush in the Close'. I received the first copies this week and was delighted with the look and feel of them. A really professional job.
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