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Jane Davis How to Plan a Box-Set In 2014 I experimented with producing two box-sets, firstly releasing my own three novel box-set, and then collaborating with six other authors to produce a multi-author limited edition box-set.  'Outside the Box: Women Writing Women' a bundle of 7 novels by 7 different authors in a limited edition. I called my own box-set Second Chapter  as it contains what I consider to be the results of the second chapter in my journey as an author, which began after my first novel, Half-truths and White Lies  won the Daily Mail First Novel Award in 2009 and was published by Transworld. Second Chapter contains three full-length novels, I Stopped Time , These Fragile Things, and A Funeral for an Owl . The idea was simple. I wanted to attract new readers by offering three books for the price of two. Of course, single author box sets are the perfect solution for authors who write a series, as JJ Marsh explained about her European...

Jane Davis lives in Carshalton, Surrey with her Formula One obsessed, star-gazing, beer-brewing partner, surrounded by growing piles of paperbacks, CDs and general chaos. Her first novel, Half-truths and White Lies , fulfilled every young writer’s dream. It won a major First Novel Award and was described by Joanne Harris as ‘A story of secrets, lies, grief and, ultimately, redemption, charmingly handled by this very promising new writer.’ She was hailed by The Bookseller as ‘One to Watch.’ But then things didn’t quite go according to plan.  Last month she published her fifth novel ‘ An Unchoreographed Life’ with Amazon – her fourth as a self-published author.  I was interested to know how and why she had taken the path from traditional to independent author. Q. When Half Truths and White Lies won the Daily Mail First Novel Award and was endorsed by Joanne Harris, you must have thought your path to the top in traditional publishing was clear - you were a high-pr...