Pressing Matters: Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2013
Editing
- Made an offer on a new novel from a beloved Candlemark & Gleam author. As soon as the contract’s back, we’ll let you know what’s happening!
- Going through Editrix Sarah’s commentary on The Daughter Star and gearing up for lots of news regarding that novel…soon!
- We’ll have a number of other announcements soon, too – just have to clear up details and then we’re good to go!
Production
- Art Demigod Chris is sketching a lot of concepts for the cover of The Dominion, and all the ideas are amazing ones. It’s going to be hard to choose!
- Eleni Tsami sent us the final wraparound for The Other Half of the Sky. It actually looks even better than in this thumbnail!
- Font work on the Daughter Star cover is continuing apace.
- Working through concepts for the new novel series hinted at in Item 1 of Editorial this week; hopefully we’ll have some comps to the author today!
Reviews, Promotions, and Buzz
- What are you doing on Monday, February 4? If you’re in the New York metro area, you should head to Rough & Ready to get a sneak peek at Blue Diamond Delivery by Anne E. Johnson!
- Pencil it in: Justin Robinson will be on hand at the Redondo Beach Mysterious Galaxy on Feb. 16 for their local authors meet-and-greet!
- We’ve just created a microsite for The Other Half of the Sky! Stop by for a preview of the stories, a look at the pre-publication buzz and reviews, and more.
Sundries
- Apparently, sending tea with royalties puts you in contention for Best Publisher Ever. It even beats out paying authors with ponies, it seems.
- Speaking of payments for writing, MediaBistro had an interesting post this week on the financial realities of being a genre novelist. Combined with some of the posts the fabulous Jim Hines has done in the past, it puts a lot of things in perspective for writers.
- 1099s are out! One more thing crossed off the accounting list…
- Still need to redo the sales database, though.
- And figure out why some cover images aren’t populating to WorldCat/OCLC. Librarians, can any of you give a hint?
- We just started a new occasional blog series to try to support both our authors and other people in the writing community, with looks at what happens after a book launches. Is there anything you’d particularly like to discuss, or have us comment on?
