Edit Red welcomes Lulu Authors

Dear Lulu Author

Edit Red has been designed by writers, for writers. The sole aim of Edit Red is to help writers develop their skills, promote their writing and sell their books.

Edit Red founder Alan Emmins learnt very quickly in his writing career that online articles and short stories are effective tools for selling hard copy books. It is simple and obvious, but not enough authors take advantage of their shorter pieces. The simple fact is that readers are more likely to buy a book from a writers whose work they have already enjoyed, and unless you are already a famous novelist commanding shelf space in all the best stores, this is where the short story and Edit Red comes in.

Creating your personal Edit Red author profile takes just minutes, adding a short story and placing a dynamic advert for your book at the end of it will take just two more.

The author section of this site has been set up to take advantage of on-line content and to help you harness your short stories and articles into powerful selling tools. You control your book advert. Upload a cover, blurb, long-lines, excerpts, reviews and then link your book to the retailer of your choice. You can send your short story readers to your Lulu store page, or your amazon page, or even on to Paypal, where they can buy your book directly from you.

Here's a snap shot of what a book advert looks like:

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All your book adverts will be permanently shown on your author profile page (you can view a sample profile here). If you have several books published, one randomly selected title will be displayed at the end of all your short stories, articles and reviews (you can view a sample here), furthermore, we will also take adverts for your books and display them randomly on key pages of Edit Red.

Basic membership to Edit Red is free, but we are offering an additional 3 month free membership of the author package exclusively to Lulu authors. That's a saving of $23. All you need to do to claim your free membership is sign up and follow the 'Lulu Author' instructions in your welcome email.

Here's what some of our existing author members have to say:
writing community Digby Beaumont: 

On Edit Red I’ve got to know other writers whose short stories I admire and whose views on writing I value. Their advice and support has inspired me and helped me to develop my craft, as has reading and commenting on their work. And, of course, writing has become a less isolated activity. The feedback I’ve received on Edit Red has definitely helped to make my short stories more publishable. In the year since I joined the site, I've had eleven stories published, both online and in print, all of which I first workshopped here.

writing community Meleina Backhaus:  

EditRed is an excellent motivator for any aspiring writer. This site is dedicated to a quality of workmanship that I rarely find anywhere else; and has a community full of caring, intelligent and creative people. The opportunites for friendships, valuable critiuqes and credible publication opportunites is unrivaled. EditRed has helped me grow as a writer. I love this place; and I'm positive others will too.

writing community Shaun Jeffrey: 

An online community committed to providing valuable advice to writers at all levels, I think of Edit Red as my virtual guiding hand, and it’s my first port of call when I want a critique of my work to improve my prose. With the members help, I keep selling stories to markets around the world, which is proof enough to me that it works. Whether it’s friendship or help I’m after, at Edit Red I know I’m only a click away from people who share my passion.