Some interesting reading this week. Enjoy! Pablo Defendini on The New Sleekness On Production. “It absolutely boggles my mind that, at this late stage in the game, publishers still consider themselves somehow exempt from the repercussions of the digital revolution.” JA Konrath on A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing You Can Pry My Ebooks From My […]
This Week in the Blogs: February 1 – 7, 2010
It’s been busy here this week at Marin Bookworks, with design proposals going back and forth with several clients at lightning speed, ARCs headed for the printer, cover designs getting fine tuned. Alas, my reading time has suffered. But never fear, Sunday brings goodies. Today another thoughtful post from veteran author JA Konrath, a discussion […]
This Week in the Blogs: January 25 – 31, 2010
This week iPad fever hit, sweeping everything else out of its way for a couple of days. Since the device isn’t available yet, I think we can safely hold off with any more analysis until there’s actually something to talk about. E-books seem destined to shake up the publishing business this year, but it was […]
6 Ways to Jump-Start Your Self-Publishing Career
For some authors, making the leap into self-publishing is an easy and natural extension of their past activities. For others the move can seem strange and overwhelming. Since we know it’s hard to do right by your book if you’re feeling overwhelmed, it makes sense to try to set yourself up to succeed. If you’ve […]
This Week in the Blogs: November 30 – December 6, 2009
The talk this week has continued the discussion of “traditional” publishers entering the world of subsidy (some would say “vanity”) publishing. With Thomas Nelson and Harlequin Books each establishing new subsidiaries to make the publishing process available to anyone who chooses to pay for their services, it seems to me the ground is shifting under […]