Editorial bulletin
ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
Editorial Bulletin #10 New resources and authors
Dear Book Lovers and Authors,
I am excited to inform you that our digital library is proliferating.
Many accomplished authors joined our journey.
We call this online library ILLUMINATION Book Chapters. It is designed for Medium members. We offer many fresh chapters each day from published books. It is free reading for members.
We add new book chapters continually. This library is open all day. It can be accessed from any part of the world.
We offer an excellent opportunity to creators. Authors are motivated to share world-class content because their content finds new readers and monetises it.
I reviewed your valuable feedback in our recent pulse survey. Thank you for your encouragement and motivation for us to speed up the service.
New readers and authors can learn about our services on this link.
In this bulletin, I want to provide a quick update on our progress.
Today, one of our authors, The Garrulous Glaswegian, featured a published poet Ivette Cruz with a beautiful YouTube video.
Another editor Britni Pepper featured popular author Phil Truman.
Several new authors joined us.
Let’s welcome: Christie Adams — Writer, Dr Fatima Imam, Michelle Forsyth, Veronika Kaufmann, Trista Signe Ainsworth, Daniella Mini, Wry Welwood, Libby Mitchell, Marne Platt, Brian Loo Soon Hua, Ruby Lee, Greg Aunapu, Stephen J. Lalla, LMNOP, Laurie Weiss, PhD,
You can easily and quickly access chapters via a single story located on the top of the publication. We created this index of book chapters adding links to it each day.
Recommendations to Authors
In the previous bulletins, I recommended a summary of your book in a story format and submit it to ILLUMINATION.
You can create a short form of your story and submit it to ILLUMINATION-Curated. You have writer access to this publication.
We have a collaboration group on Goodreads. This remarkable site is very large bringing authors and book lovers in one place. Please join our collaboration group, meet our members, and grow your network.
I also mentioned importance of tags.
Medium enhanced the look and functionality of tags pages.
My recommendation is in addition to your key tags like fiction and writing, you may use two others tags illumination and illumination-book chapters. The reason is these tags are followed by our community members and your stories in these tags can increase visibility of your book chapters.
These are the two tags your stories can be visible to more readers.
Please share your stories in two key large networks: Quora and Facebook.
On Quora where there is a dedicated Space for book chapters.
Please also consider your book chapter links in the Facebook group of SYNERGY led by Holly Kellums. This group is active and growing rapidly.
Please consider to participate in this writing challenge.
You can introduce yourself, your books, and connect with many readers. Remember, visibility is critical for your success.
New and prospective contributors, please review our value proposition for ILLUMINATION Book Chapters.
Value of ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
We offer three unique values to writers.
1 — Published authors can gain new readers via their repurposed book chapters. They can also earn income from their published content on their Medium.
2 — Published authors can gain new followers and beta readers who can provide feedback for their manuscripts.
3 — Aspiring writers can gain create manuscripts derived from their published stories. They can transfer them into the ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, obtain reader reviews, and publish them as books later.
Let me share sample chapters submitted to ILLUMINATION Book Chapters. We are building this service rapidly.
Chapters List
Since we have so many chapters, I cannot provide the links in my bulletins anymore. Instead, you can find them in this index including the name of the authors, titles of the books, and the chapter numbers. We will partition them in monthly chunks. The master index will be our curated collection.
Please enjoy some chapters from this list.
You can also submit book reviews. We publish book reviews including your own ones or other books that you review.
Please check a sample self-review for one of my books.
Our editor, Thewriteyard published two book reviews as sample for you.
Jay Toran reviewed five chapters and created a story on ILLUMINATION.
Let me share some thoughts and sentiments about our new publication.
Testimonials for ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
Liam Ireland,
So, all you published creative authors out there, jump on the bandwagon now and get the power of Medium and Illumination behind your marketing and promotional efforts. Like I said, it works. It does what it says it does on the tin. It is a wonderful opportunity for published writers like you, don’t miss it.
Maria Rattray
If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade. So let me introduce to you, one window of opportunity! If everyone on Illumination is as excited as I am, this most recent innovation of Dr Mehmet Yildiz should go off like a rocket.
The Garrulous Glaswegian
I‘ve just come upon a new and intriguing proposition. In its first year, ILLUMINATION gained an incredible 90,000 followers, making it one of the fastest-growing and most successful publications on Medium. You can learn more about that in Dew Langrial ’s piece here. Dr Yildiz has a busy, inventive mind, and is always looking for clever ideas to support writers. Enter his latest project ILLUMINATION Book Chapters.
Britni Pepper
ILLUMINATION is breaking new ground here. With the introduction of ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, a longer, richer, and deeper reading experience becomes available on Medium. Our new publication has nothing but longform stories, divided up into chapters. Here the writers spread out their biggest and best work, and readers can immerse themselves in the experience, coming up to draw the occasional breath of the everyday world when it’s time to click on the link to the next chapter.
Dr Preeti Singh
Illumination has the policy of inclusivity. Dr. Mehmet Yildiz is very clear that everybody should get a chance to publish their stories. People from all walks of life, different countries, nationalities are welcome to this family. Those who do not have English as their first language are also given a chance to express their views and can be mentored with the support of editors. This publication is also inclusive. It gives us all a chance to express something.
Karen Madej
Hello lovelies, this week is all about my favourite, FICTION! A special edition today to celebrate the launch of a new ILLUMINATION family publication. If you haven’t spotted Dr Mehmet Yildiz’s ILLUMINATION Book Chapters publication invitation yet, I suggest you give it a read.
Linda Kowalchek
“I have wanted to write a book since I was a teenager. I remember sitting at the desk in my bedroom with my powder-blue plastic Smith Corona manual typewriter in front of me. I was ready. But then I realized that I had no idea what to write about, so I went back downstairs and watched Luke and Laura’s wedding on General Hospital. But I digress.
Jay Toran
“For all those who’ve jumped the gun and started typing their first chapters into the laptop, you’ve got to understand a few things: And it goes back to the same problem of editors having a limited amount of time. No amount of frenzied typing is going to get around this problem. I’m not an editor, but I’ve done some editing for a couple of the big names here on ILLUMINATION.
Liam Ireland
Like a lot of you writers, I have tried to promote the books on Linkedin and didn’t get a single sale out of it. I also used Facebook and got one sale. Of course, I shall continue to use those platforms, but from now on it’s ‘Illumination Book Chapters’ for me, first and foremost.
Thewriteyard
Two informative short-form stories
Thank you for reading my bulletin and these great chapters.
ILLUMINATION Book Chapters is currently edited by Claire Kelly, Ntathu Allen, Karen Madej, Britni Pepper, Thewriteyard, Maria Rattray, Dr. Preeti Singh, John Cunningham
As we grow and scale our services to more authors, we will need more editors for this publication. Please show your interest by leaving a comment on this bulletin or contact me.
Thank you for your support and for reading my bulletins.
It is a pleasure for me to serve both published and aspiring authors.
Please enjoy this beautiful video crafted by Alison Tennent, hosted on the ILLUMINATION YouTube channel. All writers are welcome to submit videos to our YouTube channel.
More videos on ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel
If you enjoyed this story, you may also check our curated and featured stories compiled by ILLUMINATION daily.
Chief Editor of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
If you have published books or growing manuscripts, please contact us by sending a request with your Medium account ID to contribute to ILLUMINATION Book Chapters. We will publish your book chapters in story format. Not only do you generate passive income, but you also gain new readers and testimonials.
