Sue Collier | November 30, 2011
Some say that publishing is dead, that mainstream book production is fast going the way of the dodo, and that we should all be in a state of cultural panic. Others say that there’s never been a better time to be a writer, and that we’re living in a publishing renaissance on a par with [...]
Sue Collier | November 28, 2011
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From The Register: Penguin pulls its e-books off library shelves A new “security concern” has forced the British book publisher Penguin to stop making electronic editions of its new books available to American libraries. Penguin has also banned the libraries from loaning existing Penguin e-books [...]
Sue Collier | November 21, 2011
My team and I come across so many useful websites, I thought it would handy to put them together in a regular blog series. So a couple times a month, I’ll be listing a few of them in a new series called “Webtips for Authors and Self-Publishers.” If you have or know of a website [...]
Sue Collier | November 20, 2011
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From Media Bistro: Quentin Rowan Explains Why He Plagiarized Quentin Rowan, the novelist who wrote under the pen name Q.R. Markham, explained why he plagiarized numerous spy novels for his debut book… From Mystery Writing is Murder: 9 Pieces of Bad Writing Advice it’s Best [...]
Sue Collier | November 14, 2011
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From PC World: Amazon’s Prime Lending Library Collection Now Viewable Online Amazon is tempting Kindle owners to sign up for its Prime service with free e-books, and if you are wondering if there are any good ones to read you can now peruse a list [...]
Sue Collier | November 11, 2011
My team and I come across so many useful websites, I thought it would handy to put them together in a regular blog series. So a couple times a month, I’ll be listing a few of them in a new series called “Webtips for Authors and Self-Publishers.” If you have or know of a website [...]
Sue Collier | November 7, 2011
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From Media Bistro: Author Finds Flaws In Kindle Auto Pricing Author James Crawford has found some flaws in using Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing platform. After noticing a huge spike in downloads over night for his novel Blood Soaked & Contagious, he went to see what [...]
Sue Collier | November 3, 2011
There is a lot of information available on self-publishing today—there are blogs, books, and groups galore where authors can learn the ropes. Unfortunately, I still run in to authors who have made costly mistakes with their projects—blunders that could have been avoided. Here are some of the most common: 1. Setting unrealistic goals. In spite [...]
Sue Collier | November 1, 2011
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From The Book Seller: OFT gives go-ahead for Amazon/TBD merger The Office of Fair Trading has cleared Amazon to take over The Book Depository, ruling the merger would not lead to a lessening of competition within the UK book industry… From Publishers Weekly: U.S. Copyright [...]
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