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Three Agents And A Publishing Offer |
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Randy Davis entered the Bookhabit Unpublished Competition and then set about finding an agent and publisher. In less than a month he had a signed contract with an agent, two other offers, and a publisher keen on his book.
Randy took a... Read More >> |
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Bookhabit.com Announces Unpublished Competition Winner and Podcast |
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The Bookhabit Show talks to Matt Fullerty, author of The Pride and the Sorrow, the winner of the Bookhabit Unpublished Competition. The international competition received nearly 300 unpublished books from authors vying for the $5000 prize... Read More >> |
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The Shock Value of a Fake Celebrity |
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Robert Black, an English-born New Zealander, now gets to indulge his writing passion in China, where he is hoping to realize his dream of writing full time. Robert has a fascinating discussion on The Bookhabit show where he talks abo... Read More >> |
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Round 2 Wraps Up And It's On To Round 3 |
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Congratulations to the winners of Round 3. The people's choices are listed below. You can click on a link to read the book. Applause to the writers for getting their work in the public eye, which is never painless, requires much bravery, an... Read More >> |
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100,000 Books Sold - And Now On Bookhabit |
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Frank Newman has sold over 100,000 copies of his books. That’s not bad in a market as small as New Zealand (pop. 4M). Frank predicts “ebooks are the future of book publishing. It will evolve the same way mus... Read More >> |
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Believing Wholeheartedly In The Fantasy Of Her Life |
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AC Gaughen writes in the fantasy genre and considers herself lucky to be able to create her own stories, and lucky to be able to believe wholeheartedly in the fantasy of her life. Her family jokes that she doesn’t pay attention to t... Read More >> |
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From Horror and Crime to Strange Tales |
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Nathaniel Hensley talks with Clare Tanner on The Bookhabit Show and shares how writing has been the central theme in his life, and even had a part to play in the courting of his wife.
Nathaniel has been dabbling in Fiction writing for year... Read More >> |
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Don't Judge A Book By The Cover |
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Adam Neal’s book Silence should not be judged by the “in your face” cover. The cover is meant to be a warning. It features a skull with the glowing eyes of the Hiroshima nuclear explosion. Adam discusses the danger and the... Read More >> |
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Christopher Fyles – The Boy Who Ate Himself |
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The churning stomach, thoughts and feelings of a teenage boy are explored in Christopher Fyle’s new novel on www.Bookhabit.com The Bookhabit Show talks to Christopher and learns more about this story of morality, right and wrong, and ... Read More >> |
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Foreign Language ebooks and a Heartwarming Tale |
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Bookhabit.com has had a Samoan and two books in Russian uploaded. These are the first foreign language books uploaded to the site. Not being big in either of these two languages we have relied on the book blurb to see what they are about, a... Read More >> |
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Revelations of Jessica Cooper |
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One of the biggest surprises to Jessica Cooper and her family about her book ‘Revelations’ was that it was based upon the Book of Revelations from the Bible. Jessica speaks with Clare Tanner on The Bookhabit Show and explains th... Read More >> |
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Bookhabit Unpublished Competition Week 7, 8, 9, and 10 Winners! |
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Here are the 5 books that have made it through to Round 2 for week ten:
Dance With the Devil - Megan Derr
Dance of Deception - Estelle Joyce
The Mystery of the Solar Wind - Lyz Russo
For All Appearances - Deborah Davidson
Primordi... Read More >> |
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A Fright A Day – Sailing Your Way Into Retirement |
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The Bookhabit Show speaks with author Judith Thomson about her book ‘A Fright A Day’.
Judith wasn’t content with putting on her slippers and sliding into retirement. Instead she and husband Don embarked on a 2 yea... Read More >> |
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From Illiteracy and 500 Page sentences to 5 Books – Christine Jones |
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Christine Jones remembers the days when she used to make up excuses to hide her illiterate secret -“I didn’t bring my glasses, I haven’t got time to look at it right now”. After a lot of work, help from family, frien... Read More >> |
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More great reviews on Bookhabit |
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Bookhabit has been approached by http://www.planetstarz.com and http://www.mysticlivingtoday.com and they are going to review 5 books from Bookhabit a month. They select the books for review, and are completely independent of the Bookhabit ... Read More >> |
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Bookhabit.com - Rated as a TOP 10 site to sell your ebook |
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Bookhabit has only been officially live for 40 days, but we’re being noticed and approached by all sorts of people and organisations keen to talk about what we’re doing, our authors and the books on our website. This is great ne... Read More >> |
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Souled on Science Fiction |
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Richard Errington talks with Clare Tanner on The Bookhabit Show about his love of Science Fiction that has seen him writing Science Fiction stories since he was 10 years old.
Click here to listen.
Souled is Richard’s first complet... Read More >> |
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Bookhabit Unpublished Competition Week 4, 5 and 6 Winners! |
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Here are the 5 books that have made it through to Round 2 for week six:
Musings: Worlds Greatest Athlete - Crawford Washington
Silence - Adam Neal
Doing 'Terribly' Well - Trevor Gallop
Sally - Scott Christoper Shuman
The Pourne Id... Read More >> |
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Ashley Wilson and his 7 steps to happiness |
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After spending 30 years as a life coach Ashley Wilson says the truth can be shocking, but it can also lead to freedom. And his book, Truth is Freedom, helps you unlock what makes you happy, and work through 7 steps to work out exactly ... Read More >> |
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Aaron Smith and what his mother said when she read his book! |
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Aaron Smith’s book about his six months through bottomless Mother India doesn’t make for the usual mom “I’m so proud of you” kind of remark or parental glow. That didn’t stop a lot of people voting his ... Read More >> |
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BOOKHABIT Unpublished Book Competition Week 2 Winner Christopher Lucas |
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Christopher Lucas has just got through to Round 2 of the Bookhabit Unpublished Competition with his entry Other People’s Children.
The Bookhabit Show talks with Christopher while he visiting Wellington and learns more about the no... Read More >> |
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Bookhabit Unpublished Competition Week 1 Winner Graham Allardice |
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Graham Allardice’s 'Come Motorcycling With Me' has just finished top of Week 1 in the first round of the Bookhabit Unpublished Competition. The Bookhabit show finds out about the passion that drives Graham, why he wrote his book, and ... Read More >> |
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Bookhabit Unpublished Competition Week 1, 2 and 3 Winners! |
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Congratulations to the winners!
Here are the 5 books that have made it through to Round 2 for week three:
Souled -Richard James Errington
Sword of Fyre -AC Gaughen
Coyote Redux -Yulalona Leelanee Lopez
The Mobius Twist - Markham T... Read More >> |
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Radio New Zealand National talks with Bookhabit.com |
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Radio New Zealand National speaks with Clare Tanner of Bookhabit.com.
Noelle McCarthy on the Afternoon programme discusses the self publishing option for authors, the Bookhabit.com launch, the US$5000 competition and the difference a... Read More >> |
| Posted By: admin | Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/20080225 |
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Bookhabit Terms and Conditions have been updated |
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Our new terms and conditions have been uploaded. They are not short and we apologise. Maybe it's because lawyers practically get paid by the word - now wouldn't that be nice.
However, in order to best protect your work and th... Read More >> |
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Bookhabit Launches With US$5000 Competition |
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Click here to listen to The Bookhabit Show podcast as broadcast on www.reviewyak.com. We talk about the competition and give you some hints - Clare
Authors fed up with publishers’ rejection slips, and readers hunting for new ma... Read More >> |
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The Funny Side With Susan In The Suburbs |
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Writer and comedian Susan Fogarty managed to write a book by thinking up random tasks that would keep her three sons occupied for 20 minutes at a time. Undoubtedly the boys thought the tasks were very entertaining as Susan worked as a p... Read More >> |
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To Walk Again – the Eion Bowen story |
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3 generations of Bowen women – Trixie Bowen, his 91 year old widow, daughter Denise and granddaughter Debbie - share their memories of Eion Bowen (1915 – 1983) with Bayly and Clare Tanner of Bookhabit. You can listen to th... Read More >> |
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