My laptop is dying! Yep, after about 5 years and a couple of mishaps it is on the way out. It’s done well considering. At least it is giving me notice though. If I try to switch it on, it just freezes, you know the sort of thing, and then the only course of action is to switch it off, cross my fingers and try switching it on again.
But at least, as I said, it is giving me a warning, it is giving me time to prepare for its ultimate demise. As with many of you no doubt, my whole life and work is on my laptop. Every photo, every carefully written document. You could have whole books on yours which have taken months if not years to write. Imagine not being able to access any of that information, imagine losing all your hard written words. And imagine the effort of trying to rewrite them from just your memory.
Knowing that death is imminent means I can make sure I am prepared. So I thought I would share my preparations so that you can be prepared for an unexpected death in your technological family. Read more →
Are you prepared if your laptop dies?
/0 Comments/in Business tips /by Sarah HouldcroftBut at least, as I said, it is giving me a warning, it is giving me time to prepare for its ultimate demise. As with many of you no doubt, my whole life and work is on my laptop. Every photo, every carefully written document. You could have whole books on yours which have taken months if not years to write. Imagine not being able to access any of that information, imagine losing all your hard written words. And imagine the effort of trying to rewrite them from just your memory.
Knowing that death is imminent means I can make sure I am prepared. So I thought I would share my preparations so that you can be prepared for an unexpected death in your technological family. Read more →
‘ How Food Shapes Your Child’ wins Janey Loves Platinum Award
/0 Comments/in About our authors /by Sarah HouldcroftIt is always a delight to hear that one of our authors has won an award so we are very pleased to announce that Louise Mercieca of The Health Kick and her book How Food Shapes Your Child has won the Janey Loves Platinum Award as best parenting book. Her book, How Food Shapes Your Child, is an essential guide for parents on childhood nutrition, as well as sharing a range of fun, healthy meal ideas. Read more →
Createspace and KDP merging – What must I do?
/7 Comments/in Publishing Advice, Self-publishing help /by Sarah HouldcroftIf you are reading this article you have probably heard about the amalgamation of Createspace and KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) and are wishing you had a crystal ball to predict what will happen. Or perhaps you can’t see the wood for the trees and are confused about what you need to do before this change takes place. Either way this article is for you.
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What is an Advanced Information Sheet and how do you create one?
/0 Comments/in Frequently Asked Questions, Promotion, Publishing Advice, Writing a book /by Sarah HouldcroftI have been asked questions about an Advanced Information Sheet by a number of my authors recently so I thought the best way to answer it would be to actually create one using information from one of Goldcrest Books’ most recent publications. So, my thanks to Hester Durkan whose book Get off that Phone is featured here in this blog post.
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How to save the planet and still have a life
/1 Comment/in Books coming soon /by Sarah HouldcroftSarah’s new book is coming out soon, but we wanted to share the cover with you now.
The book will be available soon and will help readers through the maze of trying to be environmentally friendly. There is so much going on in the media at the moment, particularly on the subject of plastic. Sarah has researched this herself as she wanted to do something positive to change her lifestyle and do her bit for our ailing oceans. Read more →
14 Things to do on Goodreads.com
/0 Comments/in Finding Readers, Promotion /by Sarah HouldcroftI was invited to talk to a group of authors a while ago about Goodreads.com which is a terrific website for readers and a must for any author or aspiring author. My talk went down very well and seemed to be of use to everyone, judging by the comments I received afterwards, so I thought I would share some of it with you today.
What is Goodreads.com?
If you haven’t come across Goodreads before then let me start by giving you some background information.
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All you’ll ever need to know about ISBNs
/0 Comments/in Frequently Asked Questions, Publishing Advice, Self-publishing help /by Sarah HouldcroftI am often asked about ISBNs and when they should be used and how to get one so I thought I would put together a post that answers the most frequently asked questions about this topic.
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Use your roots to promote your novel
/0 Comments/in Writing a book /by Sarah HouldcroftHave you written a novel based near your home town?
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Top 5 myths why you don’t write a business book
/0 Comments/in Writing a book /by Sarah HouldcroftHave you ever dreamed of writing a book but not got any further than dreaming? Then you are in good company, over 80% of Americans and probably a similar percentage in the UK would like to write a book.
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Find more readers with Google Alerts Part 2
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