Tag: agents
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The High Cost of Agents
I have read many articles this year stating that one of the major economic struggles of the publishing world are rooted in the high cost of publishers garnering books. And who determines the cost of an author’s publishing or book contract?
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The Decline and Fall of Books: But Is Writing and Reading Dead?
I doubt it. One has to be really careful when reading articles such as, “The Decline and Fall of Books” written by Nicholas Clee. In it he writes, “Traditional bookshops are closing; vending machines are churning out novels; and e-books are the new paperbacks; so is this the final chapter for the book industry?…Booksellers have…
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A Thick State of Denial
While training to become a psychotherapist I was taught that the thicker a client’s state of denial, the deeper the wound that lay beneath it. As I look at the ways various sectors of the economy are continuing to spend money like there’s no tomorrow, never mind the economic depression that lay upon us today,…