By The WBR Team Writing and publishing a non-fiction book is rarely ever a linear journey. In most cases, it plays out like this. You decide to write a book. You spend the next few weeks (or months) pouring your heart and soul into it. And then you ...
How To Write A Book Blurb That Sells
By The WBR Team Last year, we published a guide on how to come up with a book title. While the book title is an important marketing tool, choosing one can leave any author feeling stumped. However, that’s not where the work ends. You still have to com ...
How To Turn Your Book Into An Audiobook: The 5-Step Guide
By The WBR Team What book format is the fastest-growing one in the publishing industry? If you guessed audiobooks, you’re correct. According to Statista, sales revenue from consumer audiobook downloads in the UK alone reached £164 million in 2022, ...
6 Useful Questions To Help You Choose The Best Publishing Route
By The WBR Team The publishing industry has had a good run over the past few years. In 2021, over 80 million business books were sold. In 2022, total publisher sales of books, journals, and rights in the UK reached £6.9 billion, up from £6.7 billion i ...
Book Cover Design Ideas: How To Design A Great Book Cover
By The WBR Team "Why would they have book covers if we aren't supposed to judge the book by them?" – Ingrid Weir When it comes to writing a book, most people (rightfully) focus on the book’s content and overall structure, leaving design until the v ...
How To Overcome Writer’s Block: An Editor’s Guide To Improving Your Creative Flow
By Kat Lewis Editor’s note: This post was originally published in 2021 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. We can all suffer from writer’s block, and it can be intensely frustrating when we do. If you’re writing you ...
How To Submit To Publishers: 3 Simple Tips To Make Your Book Stand Out
By Kat Lewis What does it take to land a major publishing deal? Recently, Nicky Perfect, a former client of ours, signed a deal with Harper Collins, and launched her book, Crisis. It’s since become a #1 Amazon bestseller and has acquired numerous p ...
Technicality Vs EQ: Why Every Editor Needs A High Empathy Filter
By Georgia Kirke Have a read of the two passages below, each of which was written for the same book. The first version is by an excellent technical editor with an impressive professional background. The second version came from exact ...
How To Unlock Winning Books With Cutting-Edge Tech
by Christopher Acheson In the fast-paced, digitally connected world we live in today, pen and paper have made room for keyboards and screens. If you are writing your own business book, you want to make the process as painless as possible by arming you ...
How To Effortlessly Write A Winning Business Book In Three Simple Steps by Christopher Acheson
Should I write a book? How does writing a bestselling business book work? We get asked these two questions all the time by curious entrepreneurs sticking their toes into the pool of business authorship – trying to decide if the water is safe eno ...