Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
I’m an inveterate bookstore lurker, slipping into any shop along my path to peruse the aisles. On a recent trip, I checked out a Hudson News store in an airport and was taken aback when I …
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Publisher As Prestige Brand?
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I was recently talking to a client about traditionally published books vs. self published books. She worried that with so many under-edited and half-baked books* making their way to the market, readers might get frustrated by …
Soapbox: The Importance of Your Book Proposal
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week I wrote about what constituted a “perfect” pitch— you can find that post here— and promised that this week we’d dig deeper into proposals. I’m not going to talk about the nuts and bolts …
Book Production Process: Editorial and Design
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, IL
Today we’ll visit two of the rooms down the hallway at Your Publishing House, Inc.: the editorial and design departments.
The editor and acquisitions team are meeting with the designer …