Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I just arrived home from a whirlwind tour of publishing houses in Nashville. Janet Kobobel Grant and I had six meetings in two days. After that I had the privilege of spending time with a group of …
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I just arrived home from a whirlwind tour of publishing houses in Nashville. Janet Kobobel Grant and I had six meetings in two days. After that I had the privilege of spending time with a group of …
// by Wendy Lawton// 24 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Yesterday brought the surprise of the Penguin-Random House merger. If approved Penguin Random House will be the world’s largest book publisher. The announcement caused a groundswell of author angst that very nearly paralleled the anxiety over the …
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Blogger: Mary Keeley
Lately I’ve been thinking about special challenges nonfiction authors face. Since so many novelists are away at the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference (ACFW), today is a good time to focus on nonfiction. But stick with me, …
News for Nonfiction Writers and Novelists from the EditorsRead More
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Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Okay, admit it. You’ve accused the younger generation of practically having their thumbs permanently affixed to gamepads, right? Or if not gaming, you expect them to be found texting or talking on their iPhones. Thumb dexterity is …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Wendy Lawton, Mary Keeley and I returned last week from ICRS (the International Christian Retailers Show) where we met with editors and publishers to talk about what’s hot and what’s not in the publishing industry.
We …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Numbers that show us important publishing trends were released last week. One of the takeaways from these numbers is the biggest problem every book has today: discoverability. Here are a few figures that show why this …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Part 3 of 3: The Brave New Publishing World
If I’m correct when I posited over the last two days that there’s a new kind of agent and a new kind of publisher in town, what …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Part 2 of 3: The Brave New Publishing World
Yesterday I gave you a glimpse into how the role of the agent is morphing, as publishing’s changes are coming at all of us faster than we …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule
What Writers Can Learn from Kodak
Part 1 of 2
Rachelle Gardner started her blogging with Books & Such Literary Agency with a bang this week. Owing to technical difficulties, some of you may have missed her …
How to Become Business Savvy Without Losing Your Creative SoulRead More
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
In many ways, our society feeds a sense of being part of the milieu rather than being uniquely you or me. As a result, individuals are looking …