Chris Robley
How long should my book be? (standard word-counts by genre)

Adult Novels: (literary fiction, romance, mystery, thriller, etc.)
Here's what Chuck recommends for commercial fiction:Forbidden print: a brief history of banned books [infographic]
Censorship: it's like a publicist's dream!
Nothing makes me want to read a book more than when someone says I can't read it.
Check out this infographic featuring some now classic books that were banned because of... well, you'll see the reasons.
What makes a great BookShop page?

How to optimize your BookShop page to capture the most sales
1. You need a striking book cover It’s the first thing someone sees — because it's HUGE. And that’s good. BookShop puts the attention where it should be, on YOUR book. Hopefully your book cover makes people want to read more about it. If so, well done. If not, you still have time to capture a visitor's imagination when you…BookBaby will handle new VAT changes for EU authors
Have recent changes to EU tax law got you down? Don't worry, BookBaby is handling it for you!
Many of our European authors have worried about how a new law in the EU concerning VAT (value-added tax) — which is similar to sales tax — will affect them. The short answer (at least in terms of your sales through BookBaby's BookShop) is: not at all! We will be collecting and remitting the VAT for all eBook sales on BookShop on behalf of our artists and label clients in the 28 EU countries. If you live in the EU, the VAT will be paid by your customer and will not affect what you make on sales of eBooks. This will save you from having to worry about reporting and remitting the VAT yourself.15 powerful quotes from writers we lost last year

The bookshelves of your dreams and nightmares

How to know when you’re done writing your novel
When you finish writing the first draft of your manuscript, there's a good chance that your novel is NOT done. In fact, if you expect your novel to be a work of permanent perfection, it probably never will be "done."
Sure, you could just wait ten years to publish your novel, but who's to say that after twenty years you won't have the same "how could I have missed it" experience?
There comes a time when "good enough" is good enough. So how do you know when you've reached that point?