The week in publishing (September 5 to September 11)
Posted By Sue Collier on September 11, 2011
Here’s some of the latest in industry news and views:
From Publishing Perspectives: An Argument Against Agent-Publishers
Nearly two thousand years ago, Plutarch wrote of a great ship that bore Theseus home from Crete. As its planks decayed, the plucky Athenians preserved it by replacing each rotting board in turn, until eventually nothing was left of the original vessel. Was it then the same ship? Plutarch asked. Or was it something wholly new?
From The Vandal: Buy My Book – Or Else?
The last few days has seen some very funny and very sad attempts by a number of authors who have tried to convince me to buy their books. From the lazy and repetitive to the imaginative and then to some who really need a course in basic human reactions to people making a complete idiot of themselves.
From the New York Bookwoman: New Contributor, Dina DiMaio, Answers Questions About the Use of Lyrics in a Novel
I want to quote lyrics from a popular song in my novel? Must I get permission to do so? Published works, including song lyrics, copyrighted before 1923 are in the public domain, which means they are no longer copyright-protected and you may use them freely in your work without permission.
From Michael Hyatt: “Seth Godin on Blogging”
In this podcast, Brian Clark of CopyBlogger interviews Seth Godin about blogging, business books, and creating content that matters. It is worth both listening to this episode and subscribing to the CopyBlogger Radio podcast. You can also follow Brian on Twitter.
From Publishers Weekly: Random House Moving to Digital Catalogues in 2012
Random House is the latest publisher to replace paper catalogues with digital editions. Random will begin the transition with its Random House Children’s Books division’s summer 2012 list which reps will start selling in January. The three adult groups will begin using all digital catalogues for their fall 2012 lists which the company will start selling in April.
From GalleyCat: Publishing Perspectives Launches Children’s Publishing Newsletter
Publishing Perspectives, the online industry news journal, has launched its first newsletter focused on children’s publishing.
From The Book Designer: Amazon and Lightning Source: The End of an Era?
For some years now many small publishers and self-publishers have been using a very effective strategy for distributing their books. This strategy has been widely written about and imitated. It was pioneered, as far as I know, by Aaron Shepard and Morris Rosenthal, both early proponents of print on demand distribution.
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