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| Monday, 10 March 2008 | |
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Authors fed up with publishers’ rejection slips, and readers hunting for new material will welcome the launch of online publisher www.bookhabit.com on 29 February – especially writers, who have a chance to win US$5,000 in Bookhabit’s “Unpublished Competition”.
Bookhabit.com enables authors to publish their work online for free. Book lovers visiting Bookhabit.com can sample a book with a free first chapter before they buy. Full books start from US$2.50 to download and authors take a 40% slice of each sale. Bookhabit.com converts works into a format readers can download to computers, mobile phones, PDAs, e-readers, and almost any device.
To celebrate the launching of Bookhabit.com, the website is running the first international “Unpublished Competition” where registered site visitors can help determine the winner. The competition consists of three rounds and start on March 3rd 2008. In Round One, authors contribute their works over a period of 10 weeks, with the five most popular books each week, as rated by readers, making it through to Round Two. After two weeks of voting for the favourite book during Round Two, the top 10 ranked books will be announced on 26 May on Bookhabit.com and will advance to Round Three, for final judging by a panel. The winner will be announced on 24 June on Bookhabit.com and will receive a prize of US$5,000.
Clare Tanner, Managing Director of Bookhabit comments: “Our website and the launch competition provide an excellent channel for writers to get more exposure, more feedback and readers, immediately. Authors frustrated by the tough world of traditional publishing can now put their work in front of millions of eyes for free,” .
For more information visit www.bookhabit.com or contact: Clare Tanner Phone (+64 4) 389 9173 Mobile: (+64 21) 384 935 |
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