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The Ghost: Susan Feldstein on Ghostwriting
Given what I do, I was very keen to see a film by Roman Polanski which came out a couple of years ago, in 2010. Entitled The Ghost, imaginatively enough (!), this tense thriller focused on the fortunes of a rather toned-down Ewan McGregor as a ghostwriter whose agent has secured for him the deal of a lifetime – the chance to complete the memoirs of a colourful ex-British Prime Minster now living in luxurious isolation on an island somewhere off the East Coast of the USA. Any lingering anxieties McGregor’s character feels on learning that his predecessor on the project suffered an untimely death in an apparent accident are dispelled by the publisher’s offer of a six-figure advance for his efforts. Almost as soon as McGregor arrives in the high-security retreat of his subject’s island home, he intimates that his predecessor’s death may not have been an accident after all: it seems that the unfinished draft of the manuscript contains a coded message relating to an explosive secret from the ex-Prime minister’s past life, and that the original ghostwriter had made this discovery shortly before he died. It is not until the end of the film, after further mysterious deaths and a number of attempts on his own life, that McGregor’s character works out the coded message and its significance.
Publishing Opportunities from Online Communities
Authonomy is an online writing community enabling unpublished and self publishing writers to submit their books to a major book publisher - HarperCollins. A writing community site aimed at writers, readers and publishers, conceived and developed by book editors at HarperCollins, Authonomy’s aim is to “to flush out the brightest, freshest new literature around”
They say: “If you’re a writer, authonomy is the place to show your face – and show off your writing on the web. Whether you’re unpublished, self-published, looking to get published, or just getting started, all you need is a few chapters to start building your profile online, and start connecting with the authonomy writing community.
How Much Does it Cost To Self-Publish?
How much does it cost to self-publish? This is one of the questions I’m asked most frequently by would be self-publishers.
Unfortunately there’s no cut and dry answer. It’s like asking how long is a piece of string. You can get a book of yours for sale on Amazon.com by the end of the week for less than €10, but if you want to sell any copies of it, you might have to spend a hundred times that or more.
Let’s take a look at where a self-publisher has to spend money, where they can save money and where they shouldn’t bother spending any money at all.
The Paperback Bites Back
Biting at the heels of the eBook market, a new pocket-sized, ultra-light ''flipback'' book has been released by Hodder. For readers who enjoy the feel of a printed novel and the portability of an e-book, Flipback books measure 12 centimetres by 8 centimetres across the cover, and the heaviest so far - Stephen King's Misery - weighs just 157 grams - a little more than an iPhone.
The format was invented in 2009 when a Dutchman, Hugo van Woerden, head of Christian printing house Jongbloed, was looking for ways to use excess Bible paper. He put the lightweight, high-quality onion skin paper into a series of miniature sideways books that can be read in the palm of one hand.
Hot Cross Mum - Hazel Gaynor
Hazel Gaynor is a blogger and freelance journalist who has recently taken the plunge into ePublishing, here she chats to Becky Clark of DirecteBooks about her life as a writer, a mum and the reasons why she chose to self publish…
Congratulations on publishing your eBook Hazel, tell me a bit about it?
‘Hot Cross Mum – Bitesize Slices of Motherhood’ is a humorous, warm and honest account of family life. The book came about as a result of writing my blog ‘Hot Cross Mum’, so is written in a series of short, diary-entries which follow the first year of my journey as I adjust from the corporate world of deadlines and boardrooms to the domestic world of washing lines and bathrooms! To quote from the online description...
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