bookpublishing – Open Diary

80 Book Giveaways

Elizabeth Barstone - Novelist

February 18, 2025

So, I decided to put about 5 books on free kindle giveways for five days. The first giveaway of about five or six books ends tomorrow (the 19th) and then tomorrow I have the first of a five-day giveaway of Brothers of Atlantis on Kindle. I decided to give away all these ebooks at once…

Sunny Saturday & Figuring it out as I go!

Elizabeth Barstone - Novelist

January 25, 2025

I still have a ways to go in figuring out stuff. Yesterday I learned that I actually have one subscriber to my blog on my website. (I saw this accidentally and not sure how to ever get back to that part of my website to see that again lol). Today I learned that EVERY time…

One of those days!

Elizabeth Barstone - Novelist

December 17, 2024

Today is a busy day. I have some emails to send to book marketers today. If anyone is interested in my new company, it is a brand new traditional publishing company. It's called A Big Five House. You can view it HERE. We are now accepting submissions from Canadian authors. Ironically, we aren't ...

My Modern Office Girl Sims4 Machinima – Episode 1

Elizabeth Barstone - Novelist

December 13, 2024

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0ASNMyu4tk&t=14s[/embed] So, this was my first attempt at machinima. The first episode or so is not the best visual quality because I was filming within the Sims4, but for the later episodes (I think episode two or three on) it got better because I star...

Back To Normal & A New Plan

Elizabeth Barstone - Novelist

December 11, 2024

Well, my husband and I are back to normal. Didn't speak much yesterday but weren't mad; just quiet. Today things are back to normal and our "fighting season" is in the past once again lol. A marriage can only survive if both people are willing to forgive, forget, and move on. I have a new…

A Modern Office Girl Rambling Session lol

Elizabeth Barstone - Novelist

December 5, 2024

So, last summer, I started working on a Youtube story series called Modern Office Girl, and I even made a theme song (Modern Office Girl theme song is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNgPLJ-akyA ) And then I got sidetracked with a sci fi series called Messages From 2334. Then I created abou...

The Book Launch – The Day After . . .

Elizabeth Barstone - Novelist

December 4, 2024

On Day 1- Morning of release Thrilled to see my book hit #1 in Amazon Hot New Releases for Single Women Fiction! Day 2 - the day after release However, that was yesterday, and today it is at #3 in that category. Still good, but we will see what advertizing does for it. Meanwhile, in…

Kindle Launch and Tales of a Book Publisher

Elizabeth Barstone - Novelist

November 30, 2024

I stayed up late last night, working on our catalogue that has to be mailed to stores in January for Spring. I had so many resizing issues with it after working on it all day. I stayed up until 2 a.m., mainly because I was too tired to go to bed. This morning I want…