Author, mother, horse trainer, and part-time healthy food cook, Virginia Fox is a woman who cares deeply about family, animals, the environment, and friendships. Creative from a young age, she turned her love of books into a prolific career as a writer. Her German-language Rocky Mountain series saw every volume enter the Top 50 of the Kindle charts on day one of launch. Now the bestselling Rocky Mountain Romances series breaks onto the US scene. Set in the Rocky Mountains with a cast of characters who feel like instant friends, Virginia captures the essence of a life most people only…
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It is generally not necessary to copyright your book before sending it to a publisher. In most cases, the publisher will handle the copyright registration process for you once your book is accepted for publication. However, it is a good idea to include a copyright notice in your book to protect it from unauthorized use. A copyright notice is a statement that indicates that the work is protected by copyright and provides information about the copyright owner. To include a copyright notice in your book, you can use the following format:Copyright [year] [your name]For example:Copyright 2022 John Smith Including a…
Whiskers Abroad: Ashi and Audrey’s Adventures in Japan immerses readers in an unforgettable tour of the land of the rising sun, where they can experience the culture, cuisine and countryside through the eyes of a wanderlust-filled human and her steadfast cat companion. Author Carrie Carter has travelled to Japan 14 times, and she tapped into her real-world experiences to fill Whiskers Abroad with authenticity. Carter includes photographs of real places and travel tips to inspire other intrepid adventurers — with the added twist that Ashi, the cat, provides his own running commentary on the trip. “A cat travelling through Japan and talking about…
Wolf of Congo: Prince of Kinshasa is a non-fiction memoir and self-help book based on the true life story of Prince Arnold. The highly anticipated inspirational biography is a book that the Congolese prince co-authored with the purpose of telling his story to inspire African excellence. There are few accounts of events captured in book which resemble Wolf of Congo, and there’s never been a better time than this to share this rags to riches chronicle. As a youth, Arnold had never stepped into a palatial mansion, being waited on hand and foot by maids and butlers of the Kufulula…
It is difficult to identify the world’s first book because the concept of a “book” has changed significantly over time. In ancient civilizations, books were often written on materials like papyrus, clay tablets, and parchment and were often limited to religious texts or other types of literature. One of the oldest known books in the world is the Epic of Gilgamesh, which is an ancient Mesopotamian poem that dates back to around 2500 BC. Other early books include the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Chinese book of divination known as the I Ching, and the Hindu Vedas, which are…
A hashtag is a word or phrase preceded by a hash symbol (#) that is used to identify and categorize messages on social media platforms. Hashtags are used to help people discover content that is relevant to their interests and to facilitate online conversations around specific topics. Hashtags can be added to the text of a social media post or used in the comments section to help the post or comment be more easily discoverable by others. For example, if an author writes a post about their latest book, they might include hashtags like #bookstagram #amwriting #authorlife to make their…
Copyright is an important legal protection that allows you to control how your book is used and shared by others. Copyright gives you the exclusive right to reproduce your work, distribute copies, and create derivative works based on your original book. This means that others cannot use your book without your permission. There are several benefits to obtaining copyright protection for your book: It helps you control how your work is used: With copyright, you have the right to decide how it is used and by whom.It can help you to earn money from your work: If others want to…
Sacramento, CA, January 5, 2023 — Her childhood was scarred by her mother’s schizophrenia. But she still had fuel in the tank. Leslie Reyes says she felt like a prisoner of trauma. At the tender age of 10, Reyes prevented her mother from committing suicide. Panic attacks soon followed, and Reyes ultimately realized that her mother’s struggles with mental health had distracted her parents from teaching her the tools she needed to survive. At age 50, Reyes decided to learn how to ride a motorcycle. Stunned by how many liberating life lessons lay within the open road, her years of…
Author Fay Weldon, best known for books including 1983’s The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, died at 91 Throughout her career, the author released more than 30 books and collections of short stories, television movies, and journalism. Weldon was raised in New Zealand despite being born in the UK. She released her debut book in 1967, and for her novels Praxis and Worst Fears, she was later shortlisted for the Booker and Whitbread literature prizes. Weldon frequently took inspiration from her own colourful and chaotic personal life and relationships in her humorous, caustic, and naughty tales about the lives…
A budding author called Susan Meachen complained on Facebook in September 2020 to around 1,300 followers about her job and the literary world in general. She also revealed that she had previously tried suicide and that her final work would be out on October 30. A few weeks later, Meachen’s daughter, or someone pretending to be her, announced on Facebook that her mother had “died away.” The statement added that the website would continue to act as a platform for promoting her mother’s writing in tribute, including “Love to Last a Lifetime,” her final romantic book, which is available for…