Boring books
According to Martin Amis, awards only go to boring books. You know, he's on to something here. I can't remember the last time I actually enjoyed a book that won…
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June 11, 2010
Credit where credit’s due
In reading through the open letter on piracy I linked in my last post, I came across yet another reference to Richard Nash and Cursor, in which he's cited as…
June 7, 2010
Speaking of piracy…
Speaking of piracy, I was just clued in to this great open letter to Scott Turow of the Author's Guild, by Brian O'Leary. It says everything we've been trying to…
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June 7, 2010
Piracy and the Internet
Ahh, piracy. Nothing gets a publisher's hackles up like a good discussion of piracy - and I've been seeing a lot of them around lately. A major theme of the…
June 4, 2010
Behind the Curtain, Part 2: Prepping Your Pitch
So you've written your manuscript. You've put it in a drawer for a bit, and you've gotten it back out and read it over with a fresh eye. You've rearranged,…
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June 3, 2010
Goodies
Taking a bit of a break before the next Behind the Curtain post to ask...what sort of goodies would you dig for a book release? I'm thinking of freebies, downloadables…
June 1, 2010
Behind the Curtain, Part 1.5: Revenge of the Manuscript
Okay, I lied. We're not doing Part 2 yet. It was pointed out to me that there's some key aspects to the manuscript process that I ignored. Really, they're more…
May 28, 2010
Behind the Curtain, Part 1: The Manuscript
I threatened to do a series of posts demystifying the publishing process. Now I guess I get to follow through on that. But where do I start? When the manuscript…
May 27, 2010
Giddy
Getting a revised version from an author makes me giddy. No, seriously. It's like Christmas and my birthday, all rolled into one. I'm sitting here, staring at the revised version…
May 26, 2010
What Price Digital?
What price digital? That's the big question these days, it seems. What price is a reasonable one to charge for an eBook? What are people willing to pay, and what…
May 21, 2010
