Sue Collier | June 28, 2011
My friend Jody Rein, a terrific agent and former Random House Executive Editor, will be hosting a hot webinar for self-publishers on Thursday, June 30! Writer’s Digest asked her to put together an insider’s take on how self-publishers can find literary agents. Of course this is a controversial proposition: Why would a happy self-publisher want [...]
Sue Collier | June 27, 2011
Here’s some of what’s happening in publishing right now: From GalleyCat: Self-Published Author Sells 1 Million Kindle eBooks John Locke has become the first self-published author to join the Kindle Million Club—the eighth author to sell one million eBooks through Amazon. Follow this link to read free samples of his novels. From Write Nonfiction Now!: [...]
Sue Collier | June 26, 2011
It was just a couple weeks ago that I found out I had an opportunity to take a week’s vacation on Maui. Even though I have a couple other trips planned for the upcoming summer months, it was too good of a deal to pass up. I didn’t really have time to prepare as much [...]
Sue Collier | June 20, 2011
Here’s some of what’s happening in publishing right now: From Publishers Weekly: Will the “First Printing” Become a 20th-Century Relic? …Now, in an era when first printings are down because e-books can account for as much as 50% of sales on frontlist titles, the term “first printing” sounds more and more out of place. From [...]
Sue Collier | June 18, 2011
I speak with many authors who are writing children’s books, and questions around the illustrations—who? what? and how?—are usually the most common. This is part one of a series of articles professional illustrator and designer Lisa M. Griffin will be writing for us to try to help clear up some of the confusion. Lisa’s illustrations have been [...]
Sue Collier | June 14, 2011
As self-publishing continues to go mainstream and lose its stigma, more and more authors are taking the plunge and going indie. Success, however, is certainly not guaranteed. By following the tips below, you’ll avoid many of the pitfalls and enhance your chances of flourishing. 1. Educate yourself. Publishing is a business and needs to be [...]
Sue Collier | June 13, 2011
Here’s some of what’s happening in publishing right now: From the Wall Street Journal: Darkness Too Visible Contemporary fiction for teens is rife with explicit abuse, violence and depravity. Why is this considered a good idea? From Publishers Weekly: Is Kickstarter the #3 U.S. Indie Graphic Novel Publisher? You’ve probably heard of Kickstarter, the website [...]
Sue Collier | June 7, 2011
Back when I was in college, I had two English lit professors one semester who I would frequently see on campus lunching together, having coffee, and so forth. They were so different from each other, it was always kind of surprising to see them hanging out. Professor Uptight was always quite serious in his approach to [...]
Sue Collier | June 6, 2011
I recently read a great list from LLReader by Shannon Yarborough, “My Own 10 Things You Should Know About Self-Publishing.” Shannon brings up a lot of good points, and I have some things to add to some of what she says that go a bit beyond just leaving comments at the blog site, so I [...]
Sue Collier | June 5, 2011
Here’s some of what’s happening in publishing right now: From The Book Designer: Smartphone e-Reader App Reviews: Kindle by Amazon In the first reviews in this series I looked at: Stanza, the versatile e-book reader app owned by Amazon. Google Books, the stripped-down e-reader from Google. Today I’ll look at the Kindle App for iOs [...]
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