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State of the Biz: Publishing in 2014 and Beyond Part 5: Breaking News about...
I received this blog from Smashwords today, detailing developments in the lawsuit between Amazon.com and the Hachette Book Group. The references to “I” below are to the blog’s author, Mark Coker, the...
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The Truth about Book Marketing (A Spoof) Lisa Mason #SFWApro
I’m reposting this because it fits in with my State of the Biz Series. The following is a spoof, my friends, meant to send up the absurdities of Big Publishing’s marketing strategies. Apparently this...
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At #BookExpoAmerica, Remarks about Amazon Dispute Lisa Mason #SFWApro
Book Expo America was held in New York City last week. The biggest topic of discussion was the Hatchett Book Group’s landmark dispute with Amazon regarding pricing and the percentage of authors’ sales...
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State of the Biz: Publishing in 2014 and Beyond, Part 8: Print Books in 2013...
This just in from Publisher’s Weekly: “Bowker released its estimates of print book production for 2013, noting that what they call “traditional” output–which includes self-publishers like CreateSpace,...
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State of the Biz: Publishing in 2014 and Beyond, Part 9: Amazon Vs Hatchett...
No comment. Seriously, if you have the time and inclination to follow this latest crisis in publishing, you only need to Google the title above to find ten thousand opinions and renditions of it. One...
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State of the Biz: Publishing in 2014 and Beyond, Part 10: Conversations with...
In October, 2013 I started a series of conversations with my acquaintance, the author Elle Emerson. I don’t have the link handy, but if you scroll back on WordPress to October 19, 2013, you’ll find our...
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State of the Biz: Publishing 2015, Part 2: The Smashwords Speech: What Does...
I picked up this speech from Publisher’s Weekly after receiving Mark Coker’s Smashwords blog distributed to authors, which puts a considerably gloomier spin on publishing in 2015. I’m quoting this...
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State of the Biz: Publishing 2015, Part 3: Beware of the Latest Scam Aimed At...
We’ve got a wonderful little public library that’s a pleasant leafy walk away from home. Tom goes there nearly every week to borrow new magazines and books. We pay a lot of taxes to the city so, in a...
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Charles de Lint’s Comments About the Publishing Business in the May-June...
The acclaimed fantasy author, Charles de Lint, writes a column, “Books To Look For.” In the May-June Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, he reviews Black Wolf by Steph Shangraw, published by...
View ArticleHow to Create a Navigational Table of Contents in Your Ebook Lisa Mason...
These days all the retailers require a navigational Table of Contents in your ebook, so if you’re uploading a new book, updating an edited version of your previously published book, adding new titles...
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