Sue Collier | May 14, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From Book Marketing Today: How Much Is an Email Newsletter Worth? How much is an email newsletter worth? Letter.ly lets you build an email newsletter and decide if you want to charge readers for the newsletter subscription. From Autho Publisher: How Self-Publishing Makes Writers Much [...]
Sue Collier | May 6, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From IBPA: How to Subdue the Procrastination Beast One of my all-time favorite New Yorker cartoons features a businessman standing behind his desk. He’s holding a phone to his ear, and the caption reads, “No, Tuesday’s no good for me. How about never, is never [...]
Sue Collier | April 23, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From HuffPost Books: Why You Can’t Find Indies In Bookstores Just a few years ago, readers paid little attention to books published by independent (indie) authors. Self-published books were considered second rate, not worth the investment of hard-earned cash. From Jane Friedman: Writing & Publishing [...]
Sue Collier | March 25, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From Jane Friedman: How to Get Media Coverage for Your Book Today’s guest post is by Ken Brosky. I asked him to share his experience because many authors have made the same mistake he has. Plus, his advice on how to do things right is [...]
Sue Collier | March 5, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From The Washington Post: Jan Berenstain, co-creator of Berenstain Bears children’s books with husband Stan, dies at 88 Jan Berenstain, who with her husband, Stan, wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books that have charmed preschoolers and their parents for 50 years, has died. She [...]
Sue Collier | February 19, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From Publishing Perspectives: Why Foreign Rights are a Big Deal for Small Publishers SAN FRANCISCO: As Director of Subsidiary Rights at Berrett-Koehler Publishers, one of the most common questions that I get from other independent houses is: “Are translation rights worth the effort?” My answer [...]
Sue Collier | February 14, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From Mashable Business: Amazon to Open Retail Store [RUMOR] In what may be a sign that 2012 really is the year of the apocalypse, revered online retailer Amazon is rumored to be opening a brick-and-mortar retail store. From Publishing Perspectives: Are We Verging on a [...]
Sue Collier | February 8, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From Publishers Weekly: B&N Will Not Stock Titles Published By Amazon Ever since Amazon began expanding its publishing program, Barnes & Noble has said it would only carry physical copies of Amazon titles in its stores if it also had access to the e-book editions. [...]
Sue Collier | January 30, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From Media Life Magazine: Behind the surge in holiday tablet sales For tablets and e-readers, the future is now. After months of buzz in the print industry over the messiah-like potential of these gadgets to revive a flagging industry, consumers went gaga over the devices [...]
Sue Collier | January 22, 2012
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views: From PaidContent.org: Did Self-Publishing Hype Hit Its Peak In 2011? The average price of a self-published Kindle top-100 bestseller continues to drop, but a new look at these titles’ performance in 2011 suggests these books are facing increased competition from traditional publishers. From MediaShift: Self-Published [...]
