TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » writing http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:30:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Self-publishing vs. traditional publishing: The religious debate http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/self-publishing-vs-traditional-publishing-the-religious-debate/ http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/self-publishing-vs-traditional-publishing-the-religious-debate/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:09:48 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/?p=87102 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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]]> http://www.teleread.com/writing/does-epidemic-of-scare-quotes-threaten-a-civil-society/feed/ 2 A Conversation with Author Mercedes M. Yardley http://www.teleread.com/interview/a-conversation-with-author-mercedes-yardley/ http://www.teleread.com/interview/a-conversation-with-author-mercedes-yardley/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:30:24 +0000 Paul St John Mackintosh http://www.teleread.com/?p=86202 Mercedes Murdock Yardley has already released her first short story collection after a long series of short stories and articles in different anthologies and magazines, and has just completed her novel, Stormlight. I spoke to her about the continuing attractions of finding an established publisher, serializing a story on Twitter, and other topics. [[]] TeleRead: [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/interview/a-conversation-with-author-mercedes-yardley/feed/ 0 Ode to the typewriter harks back to the days of slow http://www.teleread.com/writing/ode-to-the-typewriter-harks-back-to-the-days-of-slow/ http://www.teleread.com/writing/ode-to-the-typewriter-harks-back-to-the-days-of-slow/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:38:11 +0000 Paul St John Mackintosh http://www.teleread.com/?p=86193 An Agence France-Presse report originating from Los Angeles on Beverly Hills’ last typewriter repairman and “the return of the art of slow writing” circulated recently via The Australian and other organs. It seems to have struck a chord—albeit a jangling one—as writers on Twitter tweet about their experiences in the days of clattering keys: “It was [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/scott-turow-and-the-publishing-marketplace/feed/ 1 Famed Film Critic Roger Ebert Dies at 70 http://www.teleread.com/writing/famed-film-critic-roger-ebert-dies-at-70/ http://www.teleread.com/writing/famed-film-critic-roger-ebert-dies-at-70/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:19:43 +0000 Susan Lulgjuraj http://www.teleread.com/?p=82649 Robert Ebert was my first and last source for movies and writing. The iconic film critic died Thursday at 70 years old, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. More than 10 years ago, movies were one of my main joys. With my film passion came the need to write. So I created a website for my [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/writing/storylane-will-join-forces-with-facebook/feed/ 0 What was the first book ever written with a word processor? http://www.teleread.com/publishing/what-was-the-first-book-ever-written-with-a-word-processor/ http://www.teleread.com/publishing/what-was-the-first-book-ever-written-with-a-word-processor/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:14:33 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=80750 I’ve always been a sucker for stories about the history of American pop culture. So when TeleRead founder David Rothman sent me an email last weekend with a subject line that read, “This Was the First Word Processor Ever Used By a Novelist. It Weighed 200 Pounds and Had to Be Brought in Though the [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/publishing/what-was-the-first-book-ever-written-with-a-word-processor/feed/ 3 More reviewers say ‘yes’ to indie authors today, but getting noticed is still an uphill climb http://www.teleread.com/publishing/more-reviewers-say-yes-to-indie-authors-but-still-an-uphill-climb/ http://www.teleread.com/publishing/more-reviewers-say-yes-to-indie-authors-but-still-an-uphill-climb/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:10:34 +0000 Susan Lulgjuraj http://www.teleread.com/?p=80052 Allen Schatz published his first book two years ago. After things didn’t work out with an agent, he went the self-publishing route and knew he had to market on his own, which meant contacting reviewers. Some said yes, many said no. But Schatz noticed a change in the business around this time and self-publishing didn’t [...]

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