Even though I often think of myself as just an author or your average, run-of-the-mill person, as a writer who self publishes, I’m a business, too. And it’s not a sound business strategy simply to root for other people’s stupidity. I say this because I read an interesting opinion piece on Salon the other day. […]
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I was in a Facebook writing group the other day, and a writer there posted that he didn’t “condone” self publishing. I asked him to explain, and one thing he said was that there is a stigma to it. I’d heard that before, but it seems like it’s been ages since anyone has said anything like
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The news has been abuzz the past week or two over the Hachette/Amazon dispute. Â The two are negotiating a contract, and Amazon, in what some are calling heavy-handed moves that hurts authors and consumers, has stopped stocking as many Hachette books (so customers have to wait 2-3 weeks for books to ship); stopped discounting Hachette
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Last week, I gave a couple of the highlights of the publishing section of the Virginia Festival of the Book (which I attended in March). One of the sessions I attended, How to Succeed in the Author Business by Really Trying had two publicity experts there: Sharyn Rosenblum a vice president at Willliam Morrow who
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I mentioned that over the weekend I attended the Virginia Festival of the Book. If you’re into books, authors or publishing in general, I’d definitely recommend you go in the future. The nice thing about the conference is it’s mostly free (there are some food-involving sessions–lunches and brunches– that require a fee, but the sessions
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Just a quick FYI that the Virginia Book Festival is going on this week in Charlottesville, Va. Virginia’s state slogan is Virginia is for lovers, but this week, Virginia is for readers and writers. The mostly free festival has several sessions open for writers and readers alike. As my in-laws live in Cville, we’re heading
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