There’s a lot of bad stuff on t’internet, not going to deny it. But this story in Wired is a cheering reminder that it’s not all trolling and spamming. Google News Lab collaborated with Visual Cinnamon to analyse translation patterns: ‘Overall, six of the top 10 languages have a remarkably positive focus, with most frequently […]
Continue readingLove books? Love quotes from books? Love Pinterest? You’ll love Postepic. You know that feeling when you’re reading a book and a sentence or phrase leaps out at you, it’s the most perfect string of words you’ve ever seen, it’s moved you, or made you laugh, or it contains a profound truth beautifully expressed. Until […]
Continue readingThis week in the This Book Means Business Bootcamp we’re focusing on how you can use the process of writing your book to build your professional network (and indeed use your professional network to write your book – nice bit of bilateral symmetry). I love this week’s task as it always creates so many ‘aha’ […]
Continue readingCommunity, that is. It’s Day 1 of the 10-day Business Book Proposal Challenge and one of the first tasks – an ease-you-in-gently sort of a task – is to introduce yourself, your business and your book idea in the group. I’ve spent much of the day responding to each one, but then after a few […]
Continue readingIt’s funny – over the last decade I must have given hundreds of talks on the subject of ‘the future of publishing’ – and yet my most popular blog post ever (several thousand views since it went up on Tuesday, apparently) is on the past of publishing. I seem to have unleashed a frenzy of […]
Continue readingI’ve had several emails this morning from businesses with a similar formula: I’m so thankful for you, you are my reason for living, let me show you how grateful I am by offering you this special price on my product. I do get that business is business and Black Friday is a thing. I do. […]
Continue readingThe Extraordinary Business Book Club Facebook group just hit 500 members (in fact it’s at 503 as I write). So far there’s no sign of Mark Zuckerberg bringing me champagne and flowers, but I’m sure he’s on his way. I founded the group last year as World-Changing Writers, ahead of the online summit of the same […]
Continue readingYesterday I accidentally committed to run every day and to blog every day. Here’s how it happened…. On Tuesday I emailed Seth Godin inviting him to be a guest on my podcast. If you’d asked me to rate the chances of him answering, let alone saying yes, I’d have estimated around 1 in 10. He […]
Continue readingFor publishers, the proposal is the business case for the book and for you as its author. It tells them whether you’re both worth taking a risk on: does the book have a strong concept and a clear market? Have you really thought it through? In this LinkedIn post I invite you to take part in […]
Continue readingRachel Bridge, author of Ambition: Why it’s good to want more and how to get it, is an extraordinary woman. I interviewed her on the Extraordinary Book Club Podcast recently, and her energetic, creative approach to writing made me reflect on how things are changing across the board. Rachel and I hooked up in the […]
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