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Merry Christmas from Mystery Publishers | Pan-African Premier Publisher of Choice

News & UpdatesDecember 24, 2019590Views 0Likes 0Comments

During this festive season, we take time to reflect upon the good things we have … like our partnership with you and your supporting us in any way – reading our articles, checking us out, using our services, attending our events, buying our books, and many more. We appreciate working with you we take this…

Equity Bank Kenya to Partner with Publishers

News & UpdatesDecember 23, 2019840Views 0Likes 0Comments

Equity Bank Kenya motto is: Your Listening, Caring Patner. One man can attest to this—the Kenya Publishers Association Chairman, Lawrence Njagi.

Writing the Novel | What to Know

About Writing, News & UpdatesJuly 29, 2019885Views 0Likes 0Comments

Novelists claim that an average person dreams of writing a novel. However true this is, I don’t know, but sounds like they were off the curve some. Well, penning a bestseller may be any Tom, Dick, and Harry’s (or Mary, Jane, and Penny’s) wildest wet dream, soon forgotten once they wake the hell up…

Enroll Now for the 11th Annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale

Book Sales, News & UpdatesJune 24, 2019620Views 0Likes 0Comments

It’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. That means it’s time for Smashwords biggest ebook sale of the year! The 11th annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale kicks off July 1 and runs through July 31.

An Opportunity to Meet Publishers From All Over the World In Nairobi, Kenya

Book Fairs/Events, News & UpdatesJune 4, 2019719Views 0Likes 0Comments

To support the rapidly growing African publishing industry, the International Publishers Association (IPA) and the Kenya Publishers Association (KPA) have partnered to host a continent-wide platform for sectoral innovation. This year’s seminar, themed Africa Rising: Realising Africa’s Potential as a Global Publishing Leader in the 21st Century, builds on discussions from the ground-breaking event held in Lagos,…

Of Online Publishing and Vanity Writers

About Writing, News & UpdatesApril 15, 2019617Views 0Likes 0Comments

Online publishing is the way to go these days: unless one is a prophet of doom and sees an Internet Armageddon where the entire World Wide Web will be totally wiped out.

Digital Rights Management, Piracy, and Jittery Writers

About Writing, News & UpdatesMarch 27, 2019957Views 0Likes 0Comments

DRM is Digital Rights Management – schemes in which a digital book is copy-protected, or limited to reading on only certain devices.

How Long Should a Manuscript Be?

About Writing, News & UpdatesMarch 2, 20192KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Manuscript length depends on word count. Most genres have expected word lengths, which have been driven by audiences—in terms of their own expectations of the genre, as well as professional expectation.

New Book Release | The Boy With Shoes By Hillary Lisimba Ambani

News & UpdatesFebruary 19, 2019596Views 0Likes 0Comments

Gorgeous in form, humorously narrated. The Boy with Shoes recounts the author’s very adventurous upbringing, rich life anecdotes that will tickle the fancy of any individual who grew up on the African continent.

2019 African Writers Conference to be Held in Nairobi, Kenya

Book Fairs/Events, News & UpdatesFebruary 16, 2019632Views 0Likes 0Comments

The African Writers Conference is an event conceptualized by the African Writers Development Trust aimed at bringing together writers of African descent to a common platform, building bridges for networking, providing opportunities for writers to promote themselves and their work, and sustaining conversations on the advancement of the collective interests of African writers.