Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We’ve all unwrapped the new year, expressing ourselves in the individual ways we’ve celebrated the tossing out of the old and the ushering in of the new. …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
We’ve all unwrapped the new year, expressing ourselves in the individual ways we’ve celebrated the tossing out of the old and the ushering in of the new. …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The other day I wrote about the new kid on the block: The concept that, by offering something for free, you can make a living. My response: …
Best of the Blog 2009: Trendspotting: “Free” Is Not a Business PlanRead More
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
If the publishing industry is shrinking, what is it doing to stay relevant–and alive? In talking to editors and publishers at the two major book trade shows, …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
You’ve waited for years and envisioned a variety of potential covers for your “baby” book, the book you’ve been creating, modifying, rewriting, revising, and fussing over for …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office
What do you think is a book cover’s main function: Read this blog to get Seth Godin’s opinion.
What makes a cover so clever, so iconic, that you have to …
Best of the Blog 2009: Why a Book Cover Matters AnywayRead More
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Enroute to Santa Rosa from BEA
Weather: Um, cloudy, looking at the view below the plane
A couple of you asked for trend info based on what Etta, Wendy, and I observed at BEA. I …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
For the tiny remainder of 2009, we’ve looked over our blog offerings from throughout the year and have chosen those that received the most responses. Those posts …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: A Wine Country condo, Mt. Hermon Writers Conference Career Track Planning Retreat
To recap, so far this week we’ve talked about three ways to respond when an editor takes the proverbial red pen to your …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: A Wine Country condo, Mt. Hermon Writers Conference Career Track Planning Retreat
So far this week we’ve talked about two responses to the editing process on your contracted manuscript. If you aren’t sure the editing …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: A Wine Country condo, Mt. Hermon Career Track Planning Retreat
When you read the changes your editor has made on your manuscript, some changes can be a real surprise. Maybe you thought it was imperative …