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View ArticleData Driven eBook Sales
How do you plan to market your eBooks? Check the Stats We are big fans of self-publishing and publishing in general, as long as it works to get good books into the hands of readers and lets authors...
View ArticleHow to Effectively Self-Edit Your Writing
We’re our own worst critics, and as writers we often scrutinize our own work. Self-editing can be a tough thing to do, but it’s necessary. Whether you’re going to turn it into an editor later or not,...
View ArticleThe Aspiring Author by Jim Magwood
Jim Magwood has written us a great post about anyone who is being ‘The Aspiring Author’. It contains some great and helpful advice for new authors. Send your thanks out to him. The Aspiring Author So...
View ArticleWater Danger Humour Novella Competition
The contest is open to all genres of fiction. The theme of the contest is: water, danger, humour. Stories must contain all three of these elements in order to be accepted. The submissions should be...
View ArticleWater Danger Humour Novella Competition (Postponed)
Novella Competition (Postponed) The contest is postponed until further notice. Let us know if you want to submit. The more submissions ready, the more likely we’ll open it up again. The contest is open...
View ArticleOctober Reviewer Rewards
This month we are going to be rewarding our reviewers. They do a lot for us and we want them to know we care about what they are doing. Since they are so great, we have decided to have some monthly...
View ArticleBook Reviewers Wanted
Book Reviewers Wanted Position Description: The book reviewer wanted is expected to read a story or partial story and write review about the book. The book review is expected to determine whether a...
View ArticleThe Lawsuit Against Lance Armstrong
According to CNN, readers who purchased the books It’s Not About the Bike and Every Second Counts, both of which were labeled non-fiction, have filed a class action lawsuit against Lance Armstrong and...
View ArticleA Change to Our Book Reviewing Policy
We’ve decided to make some changes to our book reviewing policy, in order to increase the pace of our reviews and keep readers engaged with the site. We know that reviewers don’t want to keep coming...
View ArticleOnly Two Weeks Left to Review These Great Books!
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View ArticleThese Great Books Need Your Attention!
Hard to believe, but it’s the middle of March already, and that means we are halfway through the first stage of reviewing our March books. At the end of the month, we will be moving forward any great...
View Article14 Questions to Ask Publishers before Signing on the Dotted Line
Welcome to our first installment of questions to ask publishers. I thought this was a good idea to write about since I can tell a little bit more about Bookkus while also helping out writers wondering...
View ArticleSecond Stage Books in Need of More Attention
Books in the second stage of the review process are those that we are seriously considering for publication. These books received good reviews in the first stage, when readers were given a shorter...
View ArticleManuscript Submission Format and Submission Tips
Listen up! Proper Manuscript Submission Format and Submission Tips Submitting a manuscript is no different than applying for a job: you want to look good to make an impression so the secretary in the...
View ArticleCall for Submissions – Bookkus wants Manuscripts
Bookkus wants Manuscripts – Call for Submissions Bookkus is looking for new authors and experienced authors to submit manuscripts for review and potential publishing possibilities. We use a community...
View ArticlePassionate about Books – Community Manager?
Bookkus is looking for a casual volunteer community manager to help tame the dragons and engage the Nancy Drews we have reading on the site. The community manager is responsible for making sure that...
View ArticleHave you read Dream Caster yet? #YA #Fantasy
Have you Read Dream Caster yet? Dream Caster is the first book published by Bookkus Publishing. It received 4.5 stars on Bookkus and continues its high star rating on Goodreads (4.26 out of 5 stars),...
View ArticleGive Bookkus a Chill: A Bookkus Story Challenge – #FlashFiction
HO HO—OH NO! Welcome to the holidays. Season’s greetings all. There’s a chill in the air and the longest night of the year draws close…then something terrible happens. After a weeks-long manhunt,...
View ArticleThe First 15: The First Sentence
According to the Bookkus Dictionary for Aspiring Authors, THE HOOK is defined as any eye-catching work typically of an external nature. It’s your cover image, your title font, your book’s spine, and...
View ArticleThe First 15: The Opening
Make your first 15 pages perfection! Starting this December, Bookkus Publishing and the Bookkus Community are here to help you create the perfect bait. Here’s how it works: Bookkus provides guidelines...
View ArticleThe First 15: Your First 10
Make your first 15 pages perfection! Starting this December, Bookkus Publishing and the Bookkus Community are here to help you create the perfect bait. Here’s how it works: Bookkus provides guidelines...
View ArticleThe First 15: Perspective
Make your first 15 pages perfection! Starting this December, Bookkus Publishing and the Bookkus Community are here to help you create the perfect bait. Here’s how it works: Bookkus provides guidelines...
View ArticleThe First 15: Introductory Character
Make your first 15 pages perfection! Starting this December, Bookkus Publishing and the Bookkus Community are here to help you create the perfect bait. Here’s how it works: Bookkus provides guidelines...
View ArticleThe First 15: The First Words
Make your first 15 pages perfection! Starting this December, Bookkus Publishing and the Bookkus Community are here to help you create the perfect bait. Here’s how it works: Bookkus provides guidelines...
View ArticleThe First 15: Settling in First
Make your first 15 pages perfection! Starting this December, Bookkus Publishing and the Bookkus Community are here to help you create the perfect bait. Here’s how it works: Bookkus provides guidelines...
View ArticleThe First 15: Structure
Make your first 15 pages perfection! Starting this December, Bookkus Publishing and the Bookkus Community are here to help you create the perfect bait. Here’s how it works: Bookkus provides guidelines...
View ArticleYour First 15: To in-TEN-ity, and beyond!
Make your first 15 pages perfection! Starting this December, Bookkus Publishing and the Bookkus Community are here to help you create the perfect bait. Here’s how it works: Bookkus provides guidelines...
View ArticleCriticism and the New Author – Michelle Hiscox
Ahhh…where do I start? As the author of A New Day at Midnight, I’ve had to deal with criticism in the development process. Good, bad, even mean spirited. Some of it absolutely wonderful because I...
View ArticleFinal Response – #Published #Mystery
Bookkus publishing is proud to announce the mystery Final Response by the well written E. R. Yatscoff is published. We hope we keep pumping out great books and that Bookkus is publishing part of the...
View ArticleLost and Found: Why You Should Write Even When It Hurts
My very kind, supportive publisher recently suggested I write an article giving tips for romance writers. With my present circumstances facing down some rather serious illness, I just don’t seem to...
View ArticleThe First Draft Thing – Part 1
The End As you stare at your computer screen you get this sudden, exhilarating rush of emotion. You’ve done it! You’ve written a novel! Hardly able to contain yourself you want to high-five the world,...
View ArticleOctober Re-Runs
Welcome to October October is going to be a month of re-runs. We have many books that NEED your vote to choose the best novels and books Born in October: Arthur Miller October 17, 1915 “Don’t be...
View ArticleThe First Draft Thing – Part 2
So here you are, staring at the complete first draft of your novel. What do you do with it? I’ve already told you not to send it to a publisher or post it on-line, so what’s left? Put it aside for a...
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