The Truth About Publishing – 2
PART 1. GETTING THERE Lesson 1: Got expectations? Lower themFeel free to write the most beautiful, thought-provoking words in the English language. The public will feel equally free to ignore them.Here’s the sad truth: most people who write a book will never get it published, half the writers who are published won’t see a second book in print, and most…
The Truth About Publishing - 1
Many years ago I wrote a long, detailed article called The Truth About Publishing which set out to explain to beginning novelists how the business of writing and publishing works – basically, to answer all the questions I had when I began writing. The article is sadly out of date now, and publishing is changing at phenomenal speed, so over…
My Ebooks and Audiobooks
People constantly ask me about availability of my ebooks and Audiobooks. EbooksIn Australia, The View from the Mirror Quartet, The Song of the Tears Trilogy and most of my Runcible Jones books are available as ebooks, eg from http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/search/Ian+Irvine/mediatype/EBook/ Note that these are epub or computer/mobile editions. To read them on a Kindle you need to convert them to .mobi format, which you…
Win an IPad 2
There are only 12 days to go in my Win an iPad 2 competition.From September 3, 2011 to October 15, 2011, Like Ian Irvine's Facebook author page for a chance to win an Apple iPad 2 Wi-Fi 16GBNSW Permit Number LTPS/11/07962For legal reasons, Australian residents onlyhttp://www.facebook.com/ianirvine.author
Appearances
I'll be talking and signing books at Armageddon Expo, Melbourne, October 22-23, 2011.http://www.armageddonexpo.com/au/I'll be returning to the Supanova pop culture expo in Brisbane, November 4-6, 2011. I'll be on panels and signing books, including brand new copies of Vengeance,http://www.ian-irvine.com/taintedrealm.html on the Dymocks stand on Saturday November 5 and Sunday November 6.http://www.supanova.com.au/For more about me and my books: http://www.ian-irvine.com/To say Hi, talk about…