PENNY BATCHELOR
Amazon-bestselling crime author
What makes a bestseller?
The Guardian newspaper has published an article on what makes a publishing bestseller. Is there anything I can do to help my new novel fly?
The scourge of AI author spam
Back in the golden days before 2023 I enjoyed receiving emails through the ‘contact me’ page on my website.
AI fears around second hand book sales
Are US AI firms getting round UK copyright law by buying British second hand books to train LLMs?
Five things publishers don’t tell you about marketing
Marketing sells books. Here are the five key things new authors need to know.
One of the biggest myths about writing
I’m tackling something that in my opinion is one of the publishing industry’s biggest myths: You have to write every day.