EP36 - Sara Cywinski - How to get your comedy / humour book noticed, sold and published by eBury Random House. - a podcast by Simon Caine
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Sara Cywinski is Senior Commissioner of Comedy, Humour & Gift Books at eBury Random House (the worlds largest publisher). She's previously written books including Kate:Style Princess and been an "ideas generator" for books at John Blake Publishing. She's been at eBury for nearly 3 years and enjoys combining her love for social media with discovering the new big thing in writing.
I got her on the podcast to talk about -
- How Random House scouts for authors using social media
- How to get noticed by Random House Does Amazon have too much power in the book industry?
- What are selling more, digital or physical books and what’s the future for both?
- What is a good way of getting noticed by Random House without sending something weird to the office?
- Can I book just be launched as book or does it need to have a tour / launch party / blog content associated with it?
- How long does it take for a book to go from an idea to the bookshelf?
- When is the best time to bring out a comedy / humour book? How much and what should an author send Random House? The whole book? An idea?
AND MORE!
This podcast would be useful to anyone who wants to get a book published or self-publish a book themselves.
You can stream the podcast here (with show notes) - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/SaraCywinski
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My 2nd book is finally out! It's called "How To Make A Living By Working For Free" and you can buy it here for £5 (digital) or £8 (paperback). Here's the synopsis of the book -
The book is a how-to guide for artists to create their own online community for their work and how that community can support the artist to become sustainable in every way.
The book takes a critical and in-depth look at the media's perception of "free content" vs the reality of what the general public see it as.
If you're an artist in the modern age who wants a sustainable audience you're no longer just an artist, you're a community leader.
If you'd like to read the first few chapters of the book you can find a PDF version of that here.
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