'I was paralysed with fear about my advancing age, about how much time I had already wasted and about how hard it was to find love again.'

Melanie Price grew up in Sydney but now lives in London working as a Digital Marketing Director at Bookouture. Despite working in the publishing industry she chose to self-publish her recent title, 'The Mother-in-Law’s Secret' which has seen incredible success. Here are some of her secrets.

Coco Khan, in a recent Guardian article, discussed winning people over. Coco used Martin Stagg's book 'The Real Doc Martin' as a reference, emphasizing the need to balance power dynamics.

Martin Stagg's new book, The Real Doc Martin: The Humour, Sadness and Absurdity of a Life in General Practice, showcases his hilarious, sad and absurd experience in working as a GP in Greater Manchester.

At the start of 2024, even in challenging macroeconomic times, new ventures seem to be stacking up on the self-publishing runway. More indie author writing courses, more established US entities entering the UK market, and rumours abounding of big new plays from serial old-school publishers looking to amplify the sales and marketing of existing self-published authors.

Kate is the Group CEO at the independent children’s publishing company, Nosy Crow. She has worked in publishing for 37 years, mainly in children’s books, including senior management roles at Macmillan Children’s Books and as Group MD of Scholastic UK Ltd.

As self-published authors, we’re free to promote our own books at our own pace. But the autonomy also raises gruelling questions about how to connect with potential readers. After writing a novel in solitude, the thought of marketing it to the world at large can be overwhelming.

Editing your own book is much harder than editing someone else’s because you’re far too close to it, so flaws and problems may not be obvious to you. Having said that, having editing experience definitely helps when it comes to my own work. I don’t think it impacts my relationship with my editor at all, though. It may help it, because I understand where she’s coming from and I know not to take anything personally.