The Miraculous Resurgence of Books

Clearly, books are not dead. Nor has the book apocalypse (bookopalypse?) taken place as predicted when ebooks started popping as PDFs, ePubs and .Mobi files. If anything, book sales are experiencing a healthy upswing again. The only people that seem to be reading ebooks is Gen-Xers like me. According to Nielsen Book Data (2022), 80% […]

Book Reviews – New Policy and Reviewing Template

I’ve been reviewing books for two years now and have been approached for reviews by indie authors, publicists and even a few named authors. In my day job I’m a Chief Exec of a not-for-profit organisation, and as a matter of course, I tend to review my organisational policies every year. So why not carry […]

The Long Road: The Truth About Self-Publishing

Are you ready to hear the truth? Are you sure? It’s quite simple. For many of us writers out there, the only way we are going to see our work in print is through self-publishing. The problem is that only a few of us writers out there are suited to the rigors of self-publishing. This […]

The Future of Books

The Futurebooks conference is currently taking place and the census on digital content has only recently been published. As predicted by many professionals (and amateurs like me), the rise of the ebook continues, with now 9/10 people having accessed a digital book or journal. Whilst dedicated e-reading devices are the platform of choice, the proliferation […]

A World Without Amazon?

What would a world without Amazon be like? Following on from a hearing on allegations of tax evasion by Amazon, Google and Starbucks, led by a committee of MPs in Britain, there have been calls for people in the UK to boycott all of the above. I’ve heard fierce debates on radio between critics, who […]