Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
We talk a lot about what it takes to be a successful published author, but have you ever wondered what it takes to be a successful agent? As each …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
We talk a lot about what it takes to be a successful published author, but have you ever wondered what it takes to be a successful agent? As each …
// by Wendy Lawton// 22 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
First published: February 12,2009
On Monday we talked about book advances and how important it is to “earn out” advances. Tuesday’s blog addressed the sometimes-depressing subject of sales numbers. …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
First Published: February 10, 2009
Yesterday I wrote about book advances. I briefly touched on the issue of numbers and how they can affect advances. Today we’ll delve more …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, Calif.
First Published: February 9, 2009
This week, I’m going to revisit some “oldies but goodies” here on the blog. I decided to start first with money and answer the …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I’ve been talking about being a writer my whole life. Even my elementary school-aged daughter, however, was on to my lack of publishing success when she asked ten …
// by Wendy Lawton// 26 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
For my last good-news-post of the week, let me make one more prediction. We are going to reap the results of a pent-up buying demand on the part of …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
Last month I blogged about broken things. I cited things like self-published e-books and self-publishing. Today I’m going to take a different tack and look at the new …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Old New Castle, Delaware
E-books seem to have reached the tipping point. It’s all anyone’s been talking about lately. If you read our blog you know that I was a Kindle early-adopter. I’m crazy about my
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Old New Castle, Delaware
Broken things drive me crazy. Just call me the Fix-it Fairy. If something is broken–be it an object, a person, or a system–I have trouble accepting the state of brokenness. I want
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The final aspect of what an in-house editor brings to the table is…
–Understanding the interplay between the publisher, the author, the agent.
This is a delicate …