Literary Round Up – October 5th
Hello everyone! Marina here with another Literary Round Up! I have some exciting and fun tidbits to share with you about everything that’s been happening…
Read a Book, Help Find a Cure
KWL author Terry Odell is splitting her February royalties for her novel “Deadly Engagement” with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Authors On A Train Part II
If thereโs one takeaway for me, it would be that Iโve now seen even more proof of how beneficial it can be to come together and collaborate โ even if it takes you out of your comfort zone.
Authors On A Train Part I: The Beginning
By Zach Bohannon and J. Thorn Zach Bohannon and J. Thorn are bestselling science fiction and horror authors, and the co-owners of Molten Universe Media. They…
Single-Focus Marketing (or How to Write Better Email Newsletters)
We all want to increase our reader engagement, right? More social media comments, more newsletter opens, more purchases. But did you know that offering more choices might actual result in less action from your readers?
Five things I learned putting together bundles at Bundle Rabbit
By Barbara G. Tarn Have you heard this great marketing tip? Include your book in a multi-author bundle, so that readers can cross-pollinate among various authors.…
Five things I learned at a professional writers workshop
By Barbara G. Tarn As an introvert, marketing oneโs own work is a huge challenge. Free advertising seems like a great way to get your name…
Multi-Author Bundles: Dos and Donโts
by Donna Fasano Multi-author anthologies require a lot of hard work. However, if 100% of the participating authors pull together to make the boxed set a…
Find your next read and promote your books with Helloreads
How do you decide what youโre reading next? Checking various book lists? Asking friends? Browsing endlessly through the bottomless internet? Helloreads has built one platform to…
Happy International Podcast Day!
by Christine Munroe September 30 is International Podcast Day, and weโre excited to join this โinternational celebration of the power of podcasts.โ You can spread the…
Are you a KWL Affiliate yet?
You can earn more with Kobo Writing Life’s Author Affiliate program! This program is free to join, easy to sign-up, and requires no technical knowledge. It’s…
Let’s Get Social
Are you looking for more ways to promote your books on Kobo? Are you looking to build your author profile on social media? Kobo Writing Life…
Kobo Writing Life Gets Lit Up!
KWL Director, Mark Lefebvre was recently a guest on Lit Up! with Angela Breidenbach on TogiNet Radio. In the interview, Mark talks a bit about his…
Take Your Writing Career To The Next Level at 20BooksVegas
by Craig Martelle Ready to take your writing career to the next level? 20Books Vegas — an independently published author convention by and for indies —…
The Fight for Phoenix
International bestselling author Mark Dawson has united two of his landmark characters (John Milton and Beatrix Rose) in a single intriguing team-up story entitled Phoenix. …
Deep dive into a writing retreat!
By Christina Delay Three weeks ago, 14 writers set out on a mission. The mission? Cross off as many bucket-list items as we could, create as…
First-time Ever Writing Retreat in France
Cruising Writers went to France for the first time, for an in-land retreat at Chรขteau Les Carrasses in Languedoc region. For one whole week, a crew…
Cruising Writers France 2017 Retreat
Feed Your Creativity with a Writing Retreat This time of year, itโs easy to crawl into our writing hole and disappear for a few months. We…
Rakuten Kobo and FNAC Partner To Lead The Digital Book Industry in Spain
Rakuten Kobo, leading innovator in eBooks and digital reading, today announced it has partnered with Fnac, beloved retailer of cultural, entertainment and technology products, to bring…
Best-Selling Books That Started From NaNoWriMo
It’s the end of week 3 of NaNoWriMo and anyone participating might be hitting a slump. But keep your chin up and your hands on the…
The World of Writing
If it werenโt for writing assignments, my house would never get clean. If that sounds remotely familiar, you know the inexorable agony of pencils and the…
5 Reasons to Attend Indie Author Fringe
The Indie Author Fringe (FREE ONLINE DAY CONFERENCE) is brought to you by the Alliance of Independent Authors. It’s happening on Saturday October 22nd. Are…
What I Do: Alex Adsett on the Ins and Outs of Working as a Literary Agent
by Malcolm Neil For most of us, working as a literary agent seems like a dream. Reading books for a living, hobnobbing with incredible creators from…
Unprecedented Demand Drives Shortages of Kobo Aura ONE eReader
Koboโs newest eReader Aura ONE is selling at a blistering pace in Canada. Less than a week since its in-store release date, the device that Business…
Rakuten Kobo Keeps Sainsburyโs eBook Customers Reading Digitally
Rakuten Kobo, a global digital reading company created by booklovers for booklovers, is working with Sainsburyโs Entertainment on Demand (part of Sainsburyโs, one of the UKโs…
Kobo Brings eReading Service to Taiwan, and Traditional Chinese Titles to the World
Taiwanโs booklovers have reason to celebrate this week, as Rakuten Kobo officially launches a local eReading service. The launch marks not only the arrival in Taiwan…
My Writing Life: Winning the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize 2016
by Nicola R. White As a self-published author, many literary contests are not open to me, so when I first heard of the Kobo Emerging Writer…
An Interview with Aussie Author Tony Wilson
by Malcolm Neil Tony Wilson is having quite a year. Recent highlights include aย CBCAย shortlisted childrenโs picture book; the launch of his speech aggregation siteย Speakola; producing and…
Kobo In Conversation on Zoomer Radio: Episode 5
In this episode of Kobo In Conversation we’re all about the movies. We speak with David Vella, one of the top Executives at the Toronto International…
Kobo In Conversation on Zoomer Radio: Episode 3
We’re very pleased to be partnered with Zoomer Radio to present a weekly Kobo In Conversation! In our third installment we have an interview with Canadian…
Announcing Kobo Aura One
For many, reading is not just a pastime, but an identity. Inspired by that insight, Rakuten Kobo announces Kobo Aura ONE, which was designed with the…
Kobo In Conversation on Zoomer Radio
We’re very pleased to announce that we’ve partnered with Zoomer Radio to present a weekly Kobo In Conversation. In this new half-hour radio show, we’ll chat…
Self Published Title Is Kobo’s Most Read Crime Novel Of All Time
Rakuten Kobo, a leading innovator in the digital reading space, joins WHSmith as a sponsor of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival taking place this…
Save Your Readers 50% Off On KWL TitlesโOn Us!
Attention all Kobo Writing Life Authors! Summer is officially here, and what better way to celebrate than with aย 50% off saleโfully supported by Kobo? This…
Kobo Writing Life at London Book Fair 2016
London Book Fair is one of the biggest publishing events of the year and we wanted to share this year’s highlights. We interviewed a number of…
The Joys of Misery
By Jenn Shenouda You have endless choices…but few real options.ย Hungover and stuck at a job you hate, will you show up for your big presentation, or…
Rakuten Kobo Partners With Waterstones To Keep Its Customers Reading Digitally
Rakuten Kobo, a global digital reading company created for those who put books at the centre of their lives, is working closely with Waterstones, the UKโs…
Free Webinar: 5 Steps to Selling More Books Through Copywriting
Writing a rich, compelling book is just one step toward the goal of a successful writing career. Selling your books is a challenge no matter how…
Kobo Writing Life at BookExpo America 2016
BookExpo America (BEA) is the leading book and author event for the North American publishing industry. Itโs the best place to discover new titles and authors,…
Are family reunions the best parties in town?
The London Book Fair has always been the fancy parlour of the publishing establishment. You can sense it when wandering around the stands, where the members…
KWL Author Service Introduces ISBN Purchase
By Hufsa Tahir If you’ve checked out the Author Services tab on your KWL Dashboard, you will have seen the array of services we hope to…
Second Annual Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Now Accepting Submissions!
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON DEBUT AUTHORS Award includes monetary prize and marketing support for books in three categories: Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction – Romance, and Non-Fiction…
Save Your Readers 50% Off On KWL TitlesโOn Us!
Attention all Kobo Writing Life Authors! The first month of 2016 is almost over, and what better way to celebrate than with aย 50% off saleโfully supported…
So you want to sign at an event? Here are some things Iโve learned
Byย Chelle Bliss Thereโs been a lot of buzz about author events recently and I wanted to throw a couple things out there. There are so many…
Bestselling KWL Books of 2015
As the year is coming to an end, we thought we’d look back over reader favourites. Here’s our list of the bestselling KWL titles of the…
Kobo In Conversation with Jenny Lawson
Known for her sardonic wit and her hysterically skewed outlook on life, Jenny Lawson has made millions of people question their own sanity, as they found…
NaNoWriMo Winners: Get Your Prizes Now!
Congratulations on hitting 50k! What an incredible achievement. You should have received your goodies email from NaNoWriMo directly listing your prizes. Here is some additional info…
Last chance: eRead Local ends Nov 29
November 29 marks the end of #eReadLocal, our 100-day incentive program to encourage US customers to sign up for a Kobo account affiliated with their local…
NaNoWriMo Write-In at Kobo HQ
Kobo is proud to be an official sponsor of NaNoWriMo and last week we opened our doors to 25 aspiring novelists. We received a great response…
NaNoWriMo: The Stats
A study of 2000 NaNoWriMo writers has discovered the most effective tips to help you write and finish a book successfully. Courtesy of: stopprocrastinatingapp.com