28 Amazing Gifts for Writers That Will Help You "Win" Christmas
Left your Christmas shopping to the last minute? Quick, pop on here and get something great for the writer in you life.
7 Top Tips for Creating a Great Professional Profile on Reedsy
If you're a freelance book professional looking to join the Reedsy Marketplace, here are our top tips. With a well-written profile, you will improve your chances of being selected to the network and attracting great new clients.
Uncovered: How much do freelance book editors and designers make?
Updated 08/23/2017: this post previously featured median rates of complete freelance transactions. It has since been updated to provide average editorial rates based on service and word count, which we believe is more indicative of freelance rates. There has genuinely never been a better time to be a freelance publishing professional. Not only has the ... read more »
Print and Distribute Your Book with Blurb and Reedsy
At Reedsy HQ this week, we’re taking a big step towards our goal of making it easier for authors to get their books into the hands of readers. With the announcement of our partnership with Blurb, you now have the option to seamlessly print and distribute the books you produce with the Reedsy Book Editor.
New to Reedsy: Author Website Services
Hi! It's Matt from the Product Team at Reedsy. We're pleased to announce the launch of author website design services on the Reedsy Marketplace. Some of the finest author website designers and waiting to collaborate with you to improve your web presence, or even build your site from scratch. Authors in 2017 simply can’t do ... read more »
ShoreIndie Webinar: How to Refine your Novel's Blurb and Opening Pages
A free webinar for authors: Saturday, May 20th | 12pm EST (New York) | 9am PST (Los Angeles) | 5pm BST (London). Register below! Register for the webinar! The blurb and the opening lines of a novel act as an invitation for the reader to keep reading. Just like your cover, they need to ... read more »
Announcing #IWriteBecause: A Campaign For Writers, By Writers
The pinnacle of a writer’s life may not ever be a tearful speech at the Oscars. (“I want to thank my ergonomic keyboard for not giving me carpal tunnel.”) However, though it might not take the form of a miniature golden statue, all writers possess inspirations that drive them to put pen to paper. So what's ... read more »
A gift to our romance authors!
A new romance book template... that's made for you Earlier in the year, we sent out an April Fool's email suggesting that we were turning Reedsy into a dating service for lovelorn authors. From the kind replies we received, it became clear that more than a few of you have a soft spot for romance... ... read more »
Introducing Reedsy Learning: The Five-Minute Publishing School
“Once you stop learning, you start dying,” a great man with a mustache once said. And while I’m sure most of us agree with the sentiment, our hectic modern lives often leave us with little time to expand our knowledge. That is, of course, until now.
Launching the Reedsy Live Chats
As our Reedsy authors and regular blog readers know, one of our main missions at Reedsy is to provide as much education as possible in the form of free content. Writing a book and publishing it are two very different — but equally formidable — challenges, and both have steep learning curves. The great thing ... read more »
