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A New Reading Experience

September 5, 2016 //  by Wendy Lawton//  37 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

IMG_7370The 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 …

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Read and Listen

April 18, 2016 //  by Wendy Lawton//  25 Comments

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 …

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Forecast Failure

January 19, 2016 //  by Wendy Lawton//  62 Comments

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, …

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repurposing

Repurposing and Blog Posts

December 3, 2015 //  by Michelle Ule//  37 Comments

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Sitting in for Mary Keeley who is visiting a publisher today

In the interest of being a more efficient writer, have you considered repurposing already completed work into something else?

Rachelle Gardner was the first person I …

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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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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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Bye-Bye Bookstores

November 14, 2012 //  by Rachel Kent//  78 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Our agency received a notification in the mail yesterday from The United Methodist Publishing House about the closing of the 56 Cokesbury stores nationwide. This closure has also been reported online on sites like ECPA.org. The mailing …

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Ebooks and Library Usage

September 5, 2012 //  by Rachel Kent//  77 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Now that ebooks are a common and accepted way of reading, I’m curious to know how they are affecting your library usage.

Personally, I’m much more likely to buy a book on my Kindle or at an …

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Independence Day for Writers

July 3, 2012 //  by Wendy Lawton//  40 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Tomorrow we celebrate the birthday of the United States of America— the day in 1776 that we adopted the Declaration of Independence.

Many in our writing community have been declaring a similar independence recently. I’ve jokingly called …

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Performance Anxiety

February 24, 2012 //  by Wendy Lawton//  30 Comments

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Don’t Believe Everything You Hear

Part 3 of 3

Several of my client phone conversations this week centered around sales. I’ve never seen such anxiety over sales numbers. Some of the things I’ve heard lately went something …

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