Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Janet Grant let the cat out of the bag yesterday about our new book, The Inside Scoop. I decided to follow up and tell you a little more about the process and the book.
The Challenge…
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A New Reading Experience
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
The book I’m currently reading/ listening to on my iPad Mini with my Beat bluetooth headphones ready.
I am practically addicted to a brand new reading experience. Well, perhaps that’s not exactly true since I remember loving …
Read and Listen
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
As writers we know how important it is to read the written word but did you know it is equally important to listen to the written word? Yes, read and listen.
I know you’ve heard writing experts …
The Significance of Reviews
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Last week, Wendy’s client Kathryn Springer received a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly for her new book The Hearts We Mend. A review like this in a significant magazine can really help a book to sell, …
Forecast Failure
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Several years back I remember attending workshops on ebooks and the promise of new e-readers at BEA. While most of us could hardly wrap our heads around the promised technology and the plethora of proposed delivery systems, …
Why Print Books are on the Upswing
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
What’s the health status of publishing, based on first quarter reports, which were released in July?
The industry is in stable condition, according to the Association of American Publishers (AAP) findings. Ebook sales are …
Is TV the Superior Medium?
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
If all media had a popularity contest, which would win?
Michael Wolff, in his new book Television is the New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media in the Digital Age, posits that, hands-down, TV is …
How to Make Your Book Cover Stand Out
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Here’s the good news for authors: Nowadays every book cover is face out…online.
Now the bad news: Every book cover is face out.
Most of us readers used to discover books in bookstores. I can recall …
Ever Newer Ways to Read Books
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
In June I wrote about several initiatives exploring how to make book subscriptions work for authors, publishers and readers. You can read it here. In the brief time span since then, several new developments have occurred …
What if ebooks were no more?
Blogger: Rachel Kent
From a reader’s perspective, how would you feel if ebooks were suddenly not available for purchase any more and we all had to go back to buying physical copies of books? Would you mind having to hold …