Browsing Archive: May, 2012
Posted by Yvonne Barlow on Thursday, May 31, 2012,
Seven Days to Tell You came in the top three at the finals of The People's Book Awards - a huge privilege. Ruby and I had a fun evening - great to meet the other authors and publishers up for the award.
While Seven Days to Tell You didn't win, we did top the number of positive reviews on The People's Book Prize website.If you have any doubt about the novel's merit, read below:Excellent new writing; engaging characters and exciting plot. I devoured
Seven Days to Tell You in one sitting... This ...
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Posted by Yvonne Barlow on Tuesday, May 29, 2012,
The People's Book Prize award ceremony is Wednesday night. Our very own
Seven Days to Tell You by Ruby Soames is a contender in the fiction section.
The prize was established to give readers a say in the industry - much like Hookline Books. Rather than have publishing giants choose the best sellers by putting large budgets behind well-known writers, the organisers wanted to give readers the chance to promote a good book - from the bottom up!We congratulate all the writers who have made the fin...
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Posted by Yvonne Barlow on Wednesday, May 23, 2012,
I hate it when writers slip a dream sequence into a novel. I know they are trying to show the characters inner fears, desires, etc, but it is boring, and my eyes skip those paragraphs so fast that I almost reach the last page. I actually grow bored listening to friends describe their dreams - sorry, friends, I do try not to let my eyes glaze over.
So it is probably one rule that, according to me, should never be broken.But this is subjective - other readers may like this skip into fantasy.Anot... Continue reading ...
Posted by Yvonne Barlow on Monday, May 21, 2012,
This is the final
leg of voting in the finals of The People’s Book Prize.
We are delighted
that Seven Days to Tell You by Ruby Soames is a finalist in the fiction category.
It is tough for a small publishing company like
ours to rise – we may have great stories, terrific writers and a wonderful
niche in allowing reading groups to choose what goes to print. But what we
don’t have are the finances for a publicity campaign.
So this competition is an excellent opportunity
for Hookline...
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Posted by Yvonne Barlow on Monday, May 14, 2012,
Positive comments from famous writers or newspaper book reviewers are craved by every new novelist. It is a widely held belief that if Celebrity Writer A or Newspaper Writer B liked it then the book will sell well. But will it?
Anthony Horowitz has written a super piece in the Guardian on 'Who's Helping Who In the Cover Blurb Game'.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2012/may/11/cover-blurb-book-recommendation He asks whether readers pay any attention to what is clearly a back scratchin... Continue reading ...
Posted by Yvonne Barlow on Wednesday, May 2, 2012,
National Reading Group Day is on June 30, and I think Hookline Books should do something to celebrate. After all, it is reading groups who choose the novels we put to print - we couldn't exist without reading groups.
But what do we do to celebrate this day?Free books, deep discounts are all great ideas, especially for consumers.But I'd like to do something to celebrate these communities of readers who meet regularly in homes, libraries, cafes and bars to discuss their monthly read.How can we p... Continue reading ...
Editor at Hookline Books - where book clubs and readers choose the novels that go to print.
