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Optimism Is Contagious

October 16, 2014 //  by Mary Keeley//  34 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

I try to keep up with publishing trends in order to advise clients knowledgeably and report new developments to all of you. For some time news updates have been sobering. But we won’t rehash. Today is a …

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How to Make Your Book Cover Stand Out

October 13, 2014 //  by Janet Grant//  31 Comments

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 …

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Be Diligent and Let Your Agent Do the Talking

September 18, 2014 //  by Mary Keeley//  52 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

Publisher mistakes happen. Oversights occur. Disagreements with your publishing team take place. Delays cause negative ripple effects. Any one of these can have a detrimental, sometimes devastating, effect on your book during the production process. Not if…

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Ever Newer Ways to Read Books

September 14, 2014 //  by Janet Grant//  34 Comments

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 …

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What if ebooks were no more?

August 8, 2014 //  by Rachel Kent//  86 Comments

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 …

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Books via Subscription: A Growing Trend?

June 9, 2014 //  by Janet Grant//  38 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

I recently received a letter sent to all agents with clients at Simon & Schuster from Carolyn Reidy, S&S’s president, announcing the publisher’s decision to offer backlist titles through ebook subscriptions services. S&S is the second …

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Endurance for the Writing Journey

January 16, 2014 //  by Mary Keeley//  51 Comments

Blogger: Mary Keeley

Authors who achieve their dream of publication share certain habits and traits that bolster their endurance for the long journey to publication and then throughout their publishing career. Negative criticism, discouraging news in the industry, and frustrating …

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Does it make sense to publish digital only?

August 19, 2013 //  by Janet Grant//  86 Comments

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-images-print-book-e-book-old-vs-new-media-image19604894Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Various traditional publishers and self-publishing venues offer digital-only options to authors, but does it make sense to go that route?

Obviously the answer will differ for each writer’s particular circumstances, but as I read the most …

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Innovations publishing should try

June 17, 2013 //  by Janet Grant//  55 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

I call May and June Convention Alley. Three major events that focus (mostly)  on books occur one after the other: Book Expo America (BEA), which is the largest of the shows, focuses primarily on general market …

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The Self-Editing Myth

May 14, 2013 //  by Wendy Lawton//  132 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

One of the best writing books of all time is Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Browne and King. I’ve devoured that book multiple times. I used to read it, William Zinsser’s On Writing Well, and The Elements …

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