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Hit Lit: Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century’s Biggest Bestsellers by James W. Hall

On April 17, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, by Editor

What do Michael Corleone, Jack Ryan, and Scout Finch have in common? Creative writing professor and thriller writer James W. Hall knows. Now, in this entertaining, revelatory book, he reveals how bestsellers work, using twelve twentieth-century blockbusters as case studies—including The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Jaws.

Lives of the Novelists – A History of Fiction by John Sutherland

On April 16, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

This is the most complete history of fiction in English ever published. The world’s greatest authority – arguably the only person who could have written it, John Sutherland – provides the lives of some 294 novelists writing in English, from the genre’s seventeenth-century origins to the present day. Arranged in chronological order the novelist’s lives are opinionated, informative, frequently funny and often shocking.

The “About the Author” Page—Your Hello to the Reader

On April 9, 2012, in Guest Writers, Reader Views, by Editor

Because of the frequent interviews, both live and written, as well as the features on the Reader Views website we do, we frequently need to download the bio of the authors from their websites. You wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve gone to an author’s website to find no bio, or a bio that only talks about the books he or she has written. In the latter case, the author is identifying himself as the books, not as to who he really is which isn’t an effective way to say “hello” to your potential reader.

Plotto: The Master Book of All Plots – Education On Writing Fiction by William Wallace Cook

On February 20, 2012, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

A classic how-to manual, William Wallace Cook’s Plotto is one writer’s personal method, painstakingly diagrammed for the benefit of others. The theory itself may be simple — “Purpose opposed by Obstacle yields Conflict” — but Cook takes his “Plottoist” through hundreds of situations and scenarios, guiding the reader’s hand as a dizzying array of purposes and obstacles come to a head.

Writing and Revising to Attract Different Readers

On February 13, 2012, in Guest Writers, Reader Views, by Reader Views

In writing articles, it’s necessary to remember that everyone does not have the same tastes or interests, and everyone does not respond or learn in the same way.

eBook Pricing Strategies – How Much Should I Charge?

On February 8, 2012, in Guest Writers, Reader Views, by Reader Views

If you are really, really, serious about selling your eBook and getting paid for what it is worth, then these are the questions you have to ask yourself.

Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America by Christopher Bram

On February 3, 2012, in Art & Photography, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

In the years following World War II, a small group of gay writers established themselves as literary power players, fueling cultural changes that would resonate for decades to come, and transforming the American literary landscape forever.

Dangerous Ambition: Rebecca West and Dorothy Thompson: New Women in Search of Love and Power by Susan Hertog

On January 29, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

Born in the 1890s on opposite sides of the Atlantic, friends for more than forty years, Dorothy Thompson and Rebecca West lived strikingly parallel lives that placed them at the center of the social and historical upheavals of the twentieth century. In Dangerous Ambition, Susan Hertog chronicles the separate but intertwined journeys of these two remarkable women writers, who achieved unprecedented fame and influence at tremendous personal cost.

Is B & N competing with Amazon for Bad Customer Service?

On January 16, 2012, in Guest Writers, Reader Views, by Editor

We contemplated on posting all the reviews on BarnesAndNoble.com but their system is not user friendly nor are reviews a focal point. I contacted B & N to see if I can speak to someone that may consider making some changes to their site and actually was able to communicate with a person in their headquarters in the U.S.

Reader Views: Phony Book Reviews and How to Avoid Them

On January 9, 2012, in Guest Writers, Reader Views, by Reader Views

Authors need book reviews to sell books, and readers like book reviews that help them make informed buying decisions about what books to read. However, many fake book reviews and reviewers are out there, and when authors hire people to write reviews, not knowing the reviewer will not actually read the book, or when readers buy books based on fake reviews, the result can be displeased readers who might then be angry enough to post their own negative reviews about the book.

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