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Can’t We All Just Get Along? Nope!

Juli Monroe — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:32:32 +0000

I couldn’t resist adding my own contribution to the recent articles decrying the devolution of worldwide writing (caused in large part, apparently, by self-published authors). I’ve self-pubbed, and I’ve worked with a small indie publisher, and I have to echo what TeleRead senior writer Joanna Cabot said: Publishers do not ensure quality. Trust me on this [...]

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Self-publishing vs. traditional publishing: The religious debate

Chris Meadows — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:09:48 +0000

Seriously, that’s what it’s become at this point. We’ve seen traditional publishers attack self-publishing with all the fervor of a Catholic denouncing Calvinism, and it’s not surprising to see self-publishing advocates respond in kind. In particular, my attention was drawn by this counter-rant by Libbie Hawker on The Seattle Vine. Hawker’s rant, of course, has [...]

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Peter Riva relates a veteran agent’s perspective, from Antioch

Paul St John Mackintosh — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:21:18 +0000

U.S. literary agent Peter Riva (photo at left), co-founder of the wide-ranging agency International Transactions Inc., shared some thoughts on the position of agents, authors and publishers in today’s digitally disrupted print universe with Lise Quintana, editor-in-chief of Lunch Ticket, “a literary journal from the MFA community at Antioch University Los Angeles.” Some were helpful, some [...]

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Iain Banks on E-Books: The legacy of a great Scot

Paul St John Mackintosh — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:21:41 +0000

Myriad tributes have flooded cyberspace since Iain M. Banks, one of Scotland’s greatest modern writers, finally succumbed in his heroic losing battle against cancer. I want to spotlight one small aspect of all the work and life he crammed into his 59 years: his perspective on e-books and the state of publishing. Banks was a great if [...]

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Interview: Small press author Phil Geusz on cross-platform e-book sales figures

Chris Meadows — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:03:49 +0000

In light of the recent discussion about selling Amazon-exclusive versus cross-platform, I reached out to my friend, small-press published author Phil Geusz, to ask him about his sales experiences with Amazon versus other platforms. Geusz’s most successful novels to date have been his David Birkenhead series, a space-navall retelling of the Biblical story of King [...]

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An open letter to Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly

Dan Bloom — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:37:08 +0000

Dear Jim, When I wrote to you the other day by email with a brief note asking if Publishers Weekly might want to link to the recent news on NPR and at the Christian Science Monitor in the U.S., and in The Guardian and the Financial Times in London, about a new literary genre called “cli-fi”, [...]

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Ellora’s Cave, a digital publishing pioneer, still going strong in erotic romance

Susan Lulgjuraj — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:30:23 +0000

Ellora’s Cave started small. Just one writer who wanted to publish her erotic romance fiction. But no publisher would take her on. So Tina Engler (a k a Jaid Black) created Ellora’s Cave in 2000 to get her books in the hands of readers, in the process becoming one of the first digital publishing companies in the [...]

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Ten years after publication, The Time Traveler’s Wife to come to e-books

Chris Meadows — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:09:13 +0000

The Guardian reports that author Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, is finally giving the go-ahead for an e-book version of her popular 2003 novel to be published through new independent e-book site Zola Books that her agent is starting. She is also writing a short-story-length sequel for the site. Niffenegger said that [...]

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Apple anti-trust case hinges on ‘Most Favored Nation’ clause

Chris Meadows — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 03:46:32 +0000

In case you hadn’t noticed, the trial of Apple on serving as the ringleader for the agency pricing trust has just closed out its first week, with an expected two more to go. Fortune has a decent recap of the issues at stake, as well as some cogent analysis of why this case could very [...]

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Author John Green backs traditional booksellers, editors and publishers

Susan Lulgjuraj — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:47:30 +0000

Author John Green is an Internet sensation. He has millions of followers through various channels such as Twitter, YouTube and Tumblr. Green recently was named Indie Champion by the American Booksellers Association. The ABA published his acceptance speech on YouTube last week, which I spotted on the Huffington Post today. His speech may be not [...]

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Six Book Publishing Lessons From Open Road Media

Joanna Cabot — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:39 +0000

Laura Hazard Owen of paidContent brings us this great story about Open Road Media, an e-only publisher that specializes in backlist republications of titles which were not yet available in e-book form. Along with the history lesson on the history of this unique publisher, the article offers six ‘lessons’ other publishers can learn from what Open Road [...]

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James Patterson and His Publishing Bailout Non-Plan

Juli Monroe — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:55:30 +0000

I know I’m coming a bit late to this party, but I was out of town while everyone was discussing James Patterson’s ad. And I’m kind of glad I was. It gave me time to digest what other people were saying and form my own opinions. I wasn’t in favor of the government bailout of [...]

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Keeping Score with VIDA: Women in Literary Arts

Lynn Rosen — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:15:45 +0000

It was the first day of my first college English class, and the teacher of our freshman seminar opened the discussion by announcing that, in this class, we were going to read only books written by women authors. My first thought was that that seemed to be a rather arbitrary and meaningless distinction. Then she [...]

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David Gaughran on Argo Navis and Lazy Literary Agents

Juli Monroe — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:17:09 +0000

David Gaughran published a scathing article yesterday on Argo Navis Author Services and the agents who are promoting it to their clients. I wasn’t surprised that yet another barely dressed up distribution service was attempting to convince authors to give up a ridiculous percentage for services which are little better (and arguably worse) than those [...]

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Steps We Must Consider When Pricing E-Books? Really?

Juli Monroe — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:15:02 +0000

When I read the DBW article yesterday entitled “7 Must-Consider Strategies for Ebook Pricing,” I ended up scratching my head. What happened to “listen to the consumer and what they consistently tell you they want?” That sounds like a good idea when considering pricing e-books. Apparently not. It started with strategy #1. “Charge extra for [...]

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