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As already noted, writing a back book blurb is a marketing exercise. However, this task typically comes just when youre at your least able. Blurb, an online selfpublishing platform for photo books, is announcing a new program that will allow books created with its online tools to be sold on amazon. Company overview blurb is a company and a community that believes passionately in the power of books. Malcolm gladwell hands out book blurbs like santa does. Print as you go sell one copy at a time and let blurb fulfill the orders or place a large order and sell inperson. Can you see what the title girl on wire is referring to. When you hear about authors being asked to blurb a book, its this endorsement theyve been asked to provide. Sell your book in the blurb bookstore, through amazon, or in the global retail network of over 38,000 retailers, libraries, and schools. Feather is the first book in a new series by olivia wildenstein, angels of elysium.

To find your book on the computer you created it with, open booksmart on that computer and you should see your book in the list under open a book or open book project. Blurb charges a base price per book to cover printing, and amazon charges a fee based on list. Reckless angel is a romance with sensual overtones that should make ms. What kind of things are you now expecting to see inside the book. Roberts class is asked to participate in a project where they are paired with an old geezer, and must connect the past with the present. But fear not, because theres a secret science to writing the perfect book blurb. Apr 22, 2014 blurb, an online selfpublishing platform for photo books, is announcing a new program that will allow books created with its online tools to be sold on amazon. These may be used for an interview, a book jacket, or even an event program in.

She has achieved a perfect balance of romance and history by introducing us to england as it was at the time of civil strife, and gifting us with characters that were threedimensional. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I was also thrilled because it allowed me to go to the blue peter studio, which had been my ambition since i first sent val singleton a plasticine alien about 40. I have been a long time user but they are unable to print photo books true to the original images. Hetty is abandoned by her mother as a newborn baby and is left at. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading writing awesome book blurbs a modern indie authors guide.

While you can sell the book through the blurb bookstore, lacking an isbn. Writing awesome book blurbs a modern indie authors guide kindle edition by terra, evo, moriarty, jeff, conlin, karen. Its sad at some points but i would strongly recommend this book. The reader is drawn through this novel by some wonderfully moving moments of humour, tension and sadness. Blurb charges a base price per book to cover printing, and amazon. I am putting this story on wattpad as it is an amazing book and lots of people would love this book. Writing the blurb for your selfpublished book is one of the privileges of being an indie author. However, the blurb on the back is pretty vague, and doesnt really give you an idea of the direction the story is going. Im absolutely certain my mother wouldve picked a beautiful romantic name for me.

Oct 08, 2009 its sad at some points but i would strongly recommend this book. Writing a book blurb is a little like online dating, i suppose. Blurb is a bookmaking platform and creative community that enables individuals to create, publish, share, and sell highquality photo books, trade books. Apr 04, 2012 hetty feather is a brilliant book, showing you just what it was like in a foundling hospital in the 1800s. It angered me then and it angers me now, because the scene in question the grape incident is such a small portion of the book. This is probably a prohibitively expensive option unless you are already a licensed adobe user, but its worth recording that the indesign plugin. Book five in the welcome to chance series is coming. Thats what edith sorrell, mysterious resident of mayfield rest home, says when robert asks her to share a wisdom with him. Feather boy is the most intelligent book for youngsters ive read for a very long time. First published in 1976 by delacorte press, it was initially promoted as an authentic autobiography recounting forrest carters youth experiences with his cherokee grandparents in the appalachian mountains however, the book was soon revealed to be. First published in 1976 by delacorte press, it was initially promoted as an authentic autobiography recounting forrest carters youth experiences with his cherokee grandparents in the appalachian mountains. That feels like a bit of a strange positive when the book is really just a comingofage story. Your book blurb aka online description, like your dating profile.

Dec 17, 2015 one person on twitter posted a photo of mr. It may be written by the author or publisher or quote praise from others. Your book blurb aka online description, like your dating. How to create a back of the book cover blurb that sells. She has been a journalist on newspapers and magazines, and she worked as a book editor in childrens publishing for sixteen years, responsible for managing and commissioning a large range of titles. Put simply, being concise is hard, and being concise about something you know insideandout can seem downright impossible. Funday times this first childrens book is a winner. Teachers resources recommended for lower primary year contents 1. When malcolm gladwell was asked to write a blurb for the 2005 book freakonomics, he did not explain that it explored the dynamics of the ku klux klan or the impact of naming a child. Consider the blurb, one of the most pervasive, longestrunning and, at. The education of little tree is a memoirstyle novel written by asa earl carter under the pseudonym forrest carter.

Sep 27, 2015 whatever the old adage might warn, there is a bit of merit to judging a book by its cover if only in one respect. Gladwells blurb from michael lewiss 2014 best seller, flash boys, saying he almost picked up the book after seeing mr. Feather boy by nicky singer 9780007332007paperback. The guy antibes official website fantasy writer with a. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 286 pages and is available in paperback format. Told in first person, feather boy is a quick, uplifting read. She has that month to get her last feathers to complete her wings. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading reckless angel. Guy antibes books are available as ebooks at amazon, and available as. The burning beach and is followed by the prequel out of this world following tyrone lewis. How to write an interesting bio blurb this is a satirical article.

Create, print, and sell professionalquality photo books, magazines, trade books, and ebooks with blurb. Blue peter book award feather boy was nominated for the blue peter book awards 2002. Youve snagged a prospective date by your alluring cover, so now youve got to show theres more than just surface appeal. Free download or read online feather boy pdf epub book. A series has been made from it and one of the filming scenes is madonnas house. Every 12yearold will see a bit of themselves in robert and wont be able to put this book down until feather boys emotional, thoughtprovoking climax. Blurb blurb is a creative platform and community that enables and encourages people to make books of the things they love. Chose from several free tools or use adobe indesign or adobe lightroom. I couldnt be more excited to bring to you feather annes song, but i confess this was a tough one. Once a book is created through blurb, authors may choose to create an isbn, name a price and list the book for sale with the online retailer. Feather boy by nicky singer is roberts story of coming of age. The bbc has even turned this book into a tv series. Feather is about a month shy of 21 years old leigh.

The 5 core elements of a book blurb and why you should know. Albert anyway bang breathing brick cardigan chance house feather chips coat of feathers comes corridor course creak dark dog leg donkey jacket door ducks dulcie edith sorrel ernest eyes feather boy feel finger fire door front glass hand happened head hear hello hot chocolate ian wright inside jonathan niker jump kate barber kates kitchen look. Blurb is a company and a community that believes passionately in the power of books. Jul 19, 20 writing a book blurb is a little like online dating, i suppose. Feather and fang is the sixth and last book in the shapeshifter series by ali sparkes. Feather annes song book five in welcome to chance author. Writing awesome book blurbs a modern indie authors guide. She is tragically abandoned as a baby at the foundling hospital, but it is not very hospitable at all. I was also thrilled because it allowed me to go to the blue peter studio, which had been my ambition since i first sent val singleton a. Create, print, and sell professionalquality photo books blurb. The last book in the wizards helper series, the purloined soul, is in editing.

Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The main characters of this young adult, childrens story are robert nobel, edith sorrel. This means all the focus needs to be on the reader their needs and expectations. If i had sat down and read this straight through, it probably would have taken me four hours. The feather by margaret wild 9781760124212 booktopia. Blurb is a bookmaking platform and creative community that enables individuals to create, publish, share, and sell highquality photo books, trade books, magazines, and ebooks. She goes to paris to meet her newest project, 25 year old mafiaboss jarod.

They include old pig shortlisted, cbca picture book of the year, fox winner, cbca picture book of the year, the dream of the thylacine honour book, cbca picture book of the year, and on the day you were born, all illustrated by ron brooks, plus many more. Blurb collaborates with amazon to distribute selfpublished. Blurbs were originally printed on the back or rear dustjacket of a book, and are now found on web portals and news websites. But something compels him to do what edith asks to visit old chance house, where. Jan 19, 2020 book five in the welcome to chance series is coming. Hetty is abandoned by her mother as a newborn baby and is left at the foundling.

Pdf feather boy book by nicky singer free download 286. How is it that a writer can write a story spanning tens of thousands of words but stumble at a 250300 word book blurb describing it. I have started reading hetty feather and im loving this book. First, with ediths encouragement, he makes a solo trip to the place that holds the key to her pastthe topfloor flat of spooky, derelict chance house, where, it is rumored, a 12yearold boy. A blurb is a short promotional piece accompanying a piece of creative work.

One problem with blurb is that, unlike book print on demand services like lulu, there is no inhouse way to get an isbn number, thus you have to work harder to get one and place it in the book. Forget the book, have you read this irresistible story on blurbs. Robert nobel, the school pariah, triumphs over his own fears and the school bully, in this extraordinary tale of selfempowerment, legend and death. Embossing, foil stamping, and other customizations.

Emma, 11, london, england hetty feather is a very inspiring book about doing what you think is right. The only problem i had with this book was how british it was, not that being british is a bad thing, it just took me a few seconds to puzzle out that crisps were potato chips and chips are. Blurb is a basic service useable for basic book printing. Robert is pair with a woman who tells him, you look like a boy who could fly if he wanted to. A beautiful mix of photography and poetry, which are both by the author. Margaret wild was born in south africa and came to australia in 1972. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Here are six rules to be mindful of before you put pen to paper on your back book cover blurb. I was thrilled about this because, although the shortlist is drawn up by adults, the actual winner is chosen by children.

Feb 12, 2015 jacqueline wilson, hetty feather the book is about a girl named hetty feather who goes through a hard childhood. Feather boy was nominated for the blue peter book awards 2002. Margaret has been the recipient of the nan chauncy award and the lady cutler award. Feather boy is a novel by brightonbased author nicky singer. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. For a large landscape format book with 240 pages with 880 images supplemented by over 73000 words, i used the blurb plugin for adobe indesign, which has much more capability in managing text. Robert is a boy who can do anything or so old edith sorrel at the nursing home tells him. Blurb create, print, and sell professionalquality photo. The book is about a girl named hetty feather who goes through a hard childhood. The 5 core elements of a book blurb and why you should. If you want instruction on how to write a professional biography from someone who actually cares. They are not stored on blurbs site until you upload them for ordering. Robert nobel is the type of kid most of us were in school, not picked first for sports, dorky, but with a sense of humor. Death, storytelling, divorce, fiction, courage, old age, schools, dwellings.

Robert doesnt think so, knowing as he does that he is the school geek. I picked up feather boy based on a discussion had during a childrens literature class regarding censorship, where fb was used as an example of a book that was questioned for publication in the u. Towards the 100 page mark, where you start learning about how. The blurb of your book is the second thing a potential reader will look at after the coverso take the time to get it right. Searching for a book you remember reading as a child, college student, or happy dropout, but havent seen anywhere since. I wanted to print a photo book with blurb for a long time, and finally ordered my first blurb photo book in june 2014. They are not stored on blurb s site until you upload them for ordering. H ettty feather is a beautiful book about a girl named hetty feather.

Their technical staff is obtuse and they use a biased color profile. Chalk boy by margaret wild 9781760630683 booktopia. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and i recommend it to people who like a long book that. Feather boy by nicky singer meet your next favorite book. Feather boy depicts the type of boy who everyone knowsremembers from childhood the one who could not be accepted, who seemed to be funnylooking and who was persecuted in some way, shape or form. All books are stored locally on the computer you originally used to create the book.