Category: Authors

The Nielsen Book database

The Nielsen Book database

All formats of our books are available on Nielsen. Who are Nielsen, you might ask? About Nielsen “Nielsen Book Discovery range of search and discovery services are used by booksellers, libraries and publishers in over 100 countries worldwide. We collect bibliographic metadata from publishers in over 70 countries (including the UK, Ireland, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa) and work closely with the leading data providers in the US to ensure we have the most consistent and comprehensive global database of title records available. The Nielsen Book database, which now holds over 30 million title records, is available to booksellers, libraries and publishers worldwide to inform…

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Avoid the Slush Pile (#1)

Avoid the Slush Pile (#1)

Learn from professional Crimson Cloak Publishing executive editor Denna Holm (and prolific writer) on how to best avoid the dreaded slush pile upon submitting to publishers.

Amazon Author Central

Amazon Author Central

It is hard to believe that some authors do not complete their Amazon Author Central Page to use in their promotional work. So many readers tend to use Amazon to look at an author’s complete list of books, so by making the most of your Author Central page you’ll find that you could bring in more returning readers than ever before. If you are a reader, don’t miss this easy opportunity to check out your favourite author’s other books! Simply click on their name under the title of any of their books to take you to their Author Central page….

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Kindle Unlimited

Kindle Unlimited

If you already pay the monthly subscription for Amazon Kindle Unlimited, do you also know that ALL Crimson Cloak Publishing’s books are available on Kindle Unlimited? That means that if you would like to check out any of our authors and  their books, you could do so for free! We cover so many genres from children’s books to Sci Fi, Fantasy, horror, romance, westerns, YA, crime, murder, suspense and more, there is something for everyone! Why not check out what is available on our website, then nip over to Amazon and choose your free kindle unlimited books? If you are…

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Dedications

Dedications

Does anyone read dedications in books, I wonder? I always do, because it took me some time to try to get mine right in just a few words. How can you sum up the importance of the person you are dedicating your book to in so few lines?             My first two published books are dedicated to my Mum, who I lost to a stroke very suddenly in 1997. I wish she could have seen them  published, as she always believed it would happen. In my way, the dedication keeps her memory alive forever.             So, when you skip by…

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An Authors Tale to writing ‘If Only You Knew’

An Authors Tale to writing ‘If Only You Knew’

by Louise Mercer Ever since being a little girl, I have always wrote short stories. More to humour myself than anything else. Despite reading large quantities of Enid Blyton and as I got older, romantic fiction, I never found the ‘perfect book’ for me.                  Back then, I couldn’t quantify what my perfect book would be either, but at bed times, particularly during the colder months when my feet were snuggled around a hot water bottle and the rain blew hard against my window, I would imagine myself in another world, somewhere safe, warm, cosy, and of course….with the ‘perfect…

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