Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such, Nashville office
Weather: More rain, low 80s
This exploration of the comic world has been an eye-opener for me. Like everything else in publishing these days, the world of comics is changing. Those …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such, Nashville office
Weather: More rain, low 80s
This exploration of the comic world has been an eye-opener for me. Like everything else in publishing these days, the world of comics is changing. Those …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such, Nashville Office
Weather: Still wet and low 80s
Not only have I not been an ardent comic page reader, I’ve rarely read comic books, which were originally a spinoff or reprinting of the …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such, Nashville
Weather: mid-70 s
After one day of reading the funny papers, I’m reporting there’s not much funny to be found. On one page of newsprint, there’s everything from elementary humor about common …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such office, Nashville
Weather: Rain, rain, rain
Recently I’ve been reading Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography by David Michaelis, and that led to looking at the history of comics. For those of us in …
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Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist
Location: The Woodlands, Texas PR Office
Weather: Rainy and warm–fall’s coming!
Congratulations! You’re published! Likely your publishing house began planning for publicity and marketing months–or even a year–before the book’s release. At Books & Such, we …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: On my way to the ACFW conference, Denver, Colo.
It should come as no surprise that influential books are the best books for book clubs. When an author writes a book that speaks to the reader’s …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Since we’ve been talking this week about influential books, I searched online and found a list from the Boston Public Library of the 100 most influential books of …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office; Santa Rosa, Calif.
If we’re affected by some of the books we read, how does an author write a book that will make a difference in a life? Whether it’s fiction …
// by Kathleen Y'Barbo// 7 Comments
Blogger: Kathleen Y’Barbo, Publicist
Location: The Woodlands, Texas PR Office
Next week Christian novelists will converge on Denver for the American Christian Fiction Writers annual conference. While this meeting of the authors will be part-business and part-pleasure for most, there …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
Weather: Mid-nineties
So many agent blogs talk about what writers do that make the agent cringe—everything from crazy queries to attention-seeking ruses. Addressing some of these issues makes great …