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Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
These days there is no shortage of small publishers offering to publish your book. They range from established small presses, to hybrid (“subsidy”) presses in which the author partially funds production and marketing, to houses that assist …
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I was looking at past blogs. Here is a blog I wrote six years ago. At that time it was somewhat of a futurist post. Now, so much of it has come true. Do you believe the …
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
I read an article in Publishers Weekly recently that advised writers to publish a lot: “The more books you have out there, the easier the marketing game is….This principle applies to any creative pursuit. The more …
Critical Mass vs. Cannibalism: What Authors Need to KnowRead More
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Labor Day seems like the perfect day to take a nap. The idea behind the holiday, which was created in 1885 to celebrate workers’ contributions to the economic and social well-being of America, is for people …
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
In an age when so many of the “big stories” in publishing are about amazing self-pub successes, I’m hearing some writers asking, “Why would I want a traditional publisher?”
Here are six big reasons.
1. Objective validation.…
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
One of the most frustrating attitudes that has grown out of the new publishing paradigm is a them vs. us mentality. If you’ve spent any time at all reading writing blogs it won’t be long until …
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 …
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Part 1 of 2: Going At It Backwards
We’re always pointing out interesting trends observed here at Books & Such. Recently, I’ve had a significant uptick in self-published authors—both in print and e-only—contact me, seeking representation for …
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
Last month I blogged about broken things. I cited things like self-published e-books and self-publishing. Today I’m going to take a different tack and look at the new …
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: New Hope, Pennsylvania
I touched on self-publishing yesterday when I talked about self-pubbed e-books but many people are still paying hundreds (thousands?) of dollars to self-publish traditional books. Let me be clear up front. There are …
