Tag: publishing
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Of E-books, Royalties and Taking Charge of Finances…
Unless a publisher can provide strong marketing and distribution, I cannot see where they have earned 75% of royalties from electronic book sales. In the past, when books only came in hard/paperback, publishers could justify their actions in that they paid the bill on having copies of our books printed up. Now with Amazon stating…
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Radio Interview | Anjuelle Floyd on “Off the Shelf”…
Please join me as a guest of Denise Turney host of Off The Shelf where I discuss writing and publishing in the 21st century, my collection of short stories, Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident, and my soon to be released, novel The House. So tune in.
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Of Reviewers, “Where the Dog Star Never Glows,” and Lifting Spirits…
Author, and editor, Tara Masih recently wrote a blog on the importance of reviewers. Book reviewers provide an invaluable service to writers in both the areas of helping us get the word about about our work–promotion–and emotional support. Mention in Tara’s blog is author and reviewer, Angela Lam Turpin. In addition to writing reviews, Angela…
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Of Shrinking Advances, Entertainment, and That Which Remains Present in Translation…
One of the things we learn as psychotherapists is to interpret what clients are actually saying vs. the words they speak. This is not to say that clients lie. I have found those with whom I have worked to be incredibly honest. They were investing a substantial amount of time and money into their sessions…
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Of Apprenticeships, Marketing and Patience…
[Writer’s Digest]–“What’s the most important change happening in the publishing industry right now that’s impacting the future of the author-agent relationship?” [Agent–Paige Wheeler of Folio Literary Management]: “The change in the delivery mechanism is huge. Barriers of entry to publishing are down, and authors are able to make (their work) available to anyone with an…
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Of Agents, Publishing and Writers…
I recently read an article in the October 2010 Issue of Writer’s Digest Magazine. While it bears the title, Evolution of the Literary Agent, one could easily substitute the word Publishing, for Literary Agent and the title would remain consistent with the content, if not more in line with and indicative of the topic(s) discussed…
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Of Dreams, Making them Real and What We Are Willing to Pay…
I recently read two articles on acclaimed mystery author, Janet Evanovich, the first stating that she had requested $50 million from her then publisher St. Martin’s Press to renew her contract, the second, published some weeks later, announcing that in response to St. Martin’s had refusing the requested amount, Evanovich had subsequently returned to Bantam/Random…
