Books
On this page, I have recommended some of the most useful books for writing, publishing and book marketing. Below those are details of my own books – Thrillers on the edge and Career Change.
Books For Self-Publishing and Book Marketing
I recommend the following:
Choosing a self-publishing service – Edited by Orna Ross from the Alliance of Independent Authors
Let’s get digital: How to self-publish and why you should – David Gaughran
Self Printed: The Sane Person’s Guide to Self-Publishing – Catherine Ryan Howard
APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur – Guy Kawasaki
Scrivener for Dummies – Gwen Hernandez
Writing a novel with Scrivener – David Hewson
Want to join a community of active self-publishers who help each other out with information and advice? Check out the Alliance of Independent Authors. (I’m an active member and advisor).
Platform: Get noticed in a noisy world – Michael Hyatt
Let’s Get Visible: How to get noticed and sell more books – David Gaughran
Thrillers On The Edge
I write thrillers under J.F.Penn and non-fiction under Joanna Penn. So I don’t just talk about writing, publishing and book marketing – it is the reality of my life!
The ARKANE series
Pentecost, Prophecy and Exodus are available now on all ebook stores.
My fiction site is at www.JFPenn.com
Career Change: Stop hating your job, discover what you really want to do with your life, and start doing it!
I used to be an IT consultant, working in large corporates and boutique consultancies in Europe and Asia Pacific. I earned a 6 figure salary and was well-respected in my field, but I hated my job and I was miserable. I ate too much as a reward to myself, putting on weight over the 13 years and at points, I had a drinking problem.
In 2007, I knew I had to change something so I set out to understand how I could find a job that made me happy. Out of that research, I wrote the first iteration of this book, and then I followed my own advice … In Sept 2011, I left IT consulting for good and became a full-time author-entrepreneur.
I rewrote this book in 2012 in order to add chapters on being an entrepreneur and insights from actually taking the journey myself and successfully making it out of the rat-race to living a life and doing work I love!
Find out more here, including sample chapters.
Click here to buy the book on Amazon.com (also available for borrowing with Amazon Prime)
Click here to buy the book on Amazon.co.uk
