This month we have competition news, expert advice on working in collaboration with other writers, Ten Top Tips for promoting your non-fiction book, successes stories and ideas to inspire you plus the usual useful websites.

• Editor's News
• Successes
• Expert Advice
• Top Tips
• Useful Sites
• Inspiration

USEFUL SITES FOR WRITERS

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Being a writer is as much about reading as it is about actual writing. Writers can use other people’s work as inspiration for their own pieces or for ideas on style for example. So, to that end here’s a site that allows you access to download thousands of classic literary texts free of charge, although I would urge you to donate if you can so that the site can keep running – it can be as little as £0.01! You can search by author, title or key word. Plus, those of you on our Proofreading and Copyediting course can get some valuable experience and help the site by proofing the uploaded work.

http://bookbuzzr.freado.com/indexB.php  
This is a great little tool for those of you who have websites or blogs where you can market your published books – a route that’s set to become more and more popular in the future. Upload an extract of your book to their site and then download the widget to your blog, webpage or social media page. Those interested in your book will see a dynamic cover and will be able to view a sample of your writing. They claim it should bring in more sales, but you have nothing to lose as it’s free!

Remember, if you run a website that you think may be of use to our readers, let me know. If I like it, I’ll publish a link to it giving you a free plug. What could be better than that?