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JANUARY 2018
YOUR GUIDE TO SELF-PUBLISHING
Book Cover Redesign • Indie Scouting Report •
Ask the Editor with Betty Sargent •
First Lines from BookLife Authors • 60 New Titles Listed
A Win
For Indie
Authors
After embracing self-
publishing, Ian Andrew,
the winner of the 2017
BookLife Prize, sets his
sights on helping other
independent authors
BY NICOLE AUDREY SPECTOR
Face Value, Ian Andrew’s detective thriller and the winner of the 2017 BookLife Prize, is packed with action
and suspense. It’s easy to imagine that a
first draft was dashed off in a storm of
passion, the author seldom pausing to
apply edits until after everything was
down on paper. But, in fact, Andrew edited
the novel section by section as he wrote
it, taking contemplative breathers to review
and perfect each scene before advancing
to the next.
