I am forced to wonder, after reading this latest interview with the noted president of the Author\’s Guild, if the man has actually a) bought any books in the last decade, b) listened to any of the writers he is supposed to be supporting about what they\’d actually like, or c) thought for fifteen seconds …
I am forced to wonder, after reading this latest interview with the noted president of the Author\’s Guild, if the man has actually a) bought any books in the last decade, b) listened to any of the writers he is supposed to be supporting about what they\’d actually like, or c) thought for fifteen seconds …
WAY back in December last year, I made a post with a set of predictions about what would happen in 2011, in the realm of ebooks and epublishing. Here\’s the link. So I was curious, with the year ending, how I did. What came true? Where was my crystal ball horribly off? Let\’s see. …
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No, don\’t answer that question. It\’s pretty obvious that you think there are copious quantities of vapid, brainless dolts out there producing literature. For those who don\’t know yet, Book Country is a program founded by Penguin last spring as a community for writers. Which is fine. But now, Penguin has gone a step …
Dear Penguin and Book Country: How stupid do you think writers are? Read More »
OK, I haven\’t even seen this gadget, but if I didn\’t already own a Kindle, I\’d be sold. First, appearances. OK, we\’re working from photos and videos right now, unless you happened to be at BEA this week where they announced the device. But the new Nook has a sort of clean, streamlined look to …
Joe Konrath ran an interview with Mark Coker of Smashwords the other day. Great interview. Super comments thread. Well worth reading, even the comments, as there\’s a lot of meat and Mark takes the time to go in again and again to address various issues folks have had. But there was a repeating strand of …
In the wake of Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath\’s discussion of Eisler\’s move to self publishing (turning down a $500,000 contract in the process), Dean Wesley Smith has posted some thoughts that he disagreed with their views on how to get help in those bits of publishing a writer wasn\’t able to do, or didn\’t …
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In the wake of Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath\’s discussion of Eisler\’s move to self publishing (turning down a $500,000 contract in the process), Dean Wesley Smith has posted some thoughts that he disagreed with their views on how to get help in those bits of publishing a writer wasn\’t able to do, or didn\’t …
Pay\’in For It: How should writers pay for help with self-publishing? Read More »
