When the stats about the top 10 book ideas getting votes for June came through my Inbox, I thought “It’s too bad there’s not another blog scheduled until next week.” And then I went through a whole series of mental machinations about whether to write a one-off blog or just tweet a single congrats or ask […]
July 4, 2015 By Leave a Comment
SOOP on Saturdays: Special Shout Out for “Stolen” Getting Votes in June
June 15, 2015 By 1 Comment
The Easiest Way to Get Votes: Part Two
So last week we looked at what you need to do in order to create for yourself a good Twitter account. We saw that your avatar needs to look professional, that your bio should be interesting and as non-generic as possible, that your header should reflect your personality or the mood of your book, that […]
June 10, 2015 By 1 Comment
The Easiest Way to Get Votes: Part One
As a writer hoping to be published with SOOP, you know that you need to get votes, but how do you get them once people like your mother, your spouse (whom you had to bribe), and that crazy uncle that had to be told eight times how to do it have voted? It’s actually […]
June 8, 2015 By 3 Comments
Make People Hate Your Writing!
No, I’m not drunk. I’m not writing this as a joke. I’m really saying that you should consider making certain people hate your writing. I’m completely serious. So…WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH ME?!?! You can ask the same of Dan Brown, actually. Dan Brown is the author of Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Inferno, and […]
June 3, 2015 By Leave a Comment
New book ideas for May 31, 2015 and SOOP Dollar winners
Congratulations to these writers who are just beginning their journey with Something Or Other Publishing by publishing a new book idea. Lao Tzu said: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” So congrats for taking that first step. We think of the path to publishing as climbing a mountain, and we’re here to […]
May 23, 2015 By Leave a Comment
SOOP on Saturdays: Top 20 popular book ideas for May 23, 2015
How do you like our new look? If you love it, Hurray! If you don’t, we know… it’s a work in progress. The main thing is the ranking and the vote count. (Below each title is listed its genre and keywords.) Maybe you’re itching to get your book idea in […]
May 18, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Votes to Fans
As you guys may have seen, RED by Nicole Collet and Sealed by Christian Lee (hmmm…that name sounds familiar…) have both passed the 1000-vote level, which gives us an opportunity to unveil the latter section of our publishing process. In the former, between zero and 1000 votes, the goal is to bring in votes and […]
March 11, 2015 By 1 Comment
Wednesday is for Writers: Christian Lee on keeping your momentum
Remember the first time you were able to drive on your own without your nagging parent telling you to turn with a half-second to spare? That was super exciting, right? Do you honestly get that excited about the prospect of driving to work now? Probably not. I think that the same thing can happen with […]
February 28, 2015 By 5 Comments
SOOP on Saturday: Top 20 popular book ideas for February 28, 2015
Congratulations to all the authors whose books are “steady” and steadily climbing the SOOP Top 20 most popular book ideas list. We’ve had some great voting at the top of the chart and a lot of ideas holding their own among the ranks. The Top 20 most popular book ideas as of February 28, 2015 […]
