Tag Archive | traditional publishing
Introduce Yourself – Promotional Opportunity for New Authors
Originally posted on The PBS Blog:
Tomorrow marks the exact date of the premiere of this feature. On March 27, 2017, I opened my blog to authors who were interested in being interviewed here and to promote their work. I am reposting this for any authors out there who are interested in taking advantage of…
Advantages and Disadvantages of Self-Publishing
Originally posted on Ruth Nestvold – Indie Adventures:
I am finally (finally!) compiling my “Starting Out as an Indie Author” series into a book, and since I started this weekend, I’ve noticed a couple of things I still need to add. Since the first part of the book revolves around the question, “Is Self-Publishing For…
Fran Kimmel
Originally posted on Reading Recommendations:
Fran Kimmel What is your latest release and what genre is it? The Shore Girl is a contemporary novel set in Alberta. Quick description: Rebee Shore’s life is fragmented. She’s forever on the move, ricocheting around Alberta, guided less than capably by her dysfunctional mother, Elizabeth. The Shore Girl follows…
Writers: Stop Romanticizing Rejection. Or, Why I Love Amazon.
I read a wonderful post on The Atlantic by Kavita Das the other day, which discussed one of my pet peeves. Jamaican writer Marlon James recently won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his ri… Source: Writers: Stop Romanticizing Rejection. Or, Why I Love Amazon.
What we Learn from The Publishers Association’s Statistics Yearbook 2014
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Continuing on the theme of change in publishing, I came across the latest report by The Publishers Association, released a few days ago. Philip Jones did a great job at going through it, explaining what one can learn from it. Although it refers specifically to the UK market, the trends are…
Robert Runté Recommends Dave Duncan
Originally posted on Reading Recommendations:
When Robert Runté suggested recommending Dave Duncan on this blog I jumped at the chance to feature an author whose work I’d known since I first began selling books in Calgary in 1978. The Guild Gallery did not stock many science fiction or fantasy books, but we did sell those…
Anna Faktorovich
Originally posted on Reading Recommendations:
Anna Faktorovich What is your latest release and what genre is it? Gender Bias in Mystery and Romance Novel Publishing: Mimicking Masculinity and Femininity – Non-Fiction/ Literary Criticism/ Feminism Quick description: Examines gender bias from the perspective of readers, writers and publishers, with a focus on the top two best-selling…
Lesley Crewe
Originally posted on Reading Recommendations:
Lesley Crewe What is your latest release and what genre is it? Chloe Sparrow is Fiction Quick description: Chloe Sparrow is 25 and a television producer. She somehow becomes involved with a television series she doesn’t want and has a terrible time trying to adjust to The Single Guy.…
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