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Friday News: New crowdsourced publishing effort for YA reads; Congress works hard to erode privacy; Horrible people try to profit off the internet.

Dec 28 2012

Friday News: New crowdsourced publishing effort for YA reads; Congress works hard to erode privacy; Horrible people try to profit off the internet.

Swoon Reads Introduces Crowdsourced Publishing Model – Macmillan is taking up where HarperCollins Inkpop left off. HarperCollins launched Inkpop in 2010 and invited writers to come and share their material with others. HarperCollins acquired at least one manuscript from the writers on Inkpop. HC sold Inkpop to Figment in 2012. For Macmillan, Swoon Reads invites(…)

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REVIEW: Can’t Get Enough by Sarah Mayberry

Sep 21 2012

REVIEW: Can’t Get Enough by Sarah Mayberry

Dear Ms. Mayberry, Why am I reading this older book of yours? There’s a story behind this and I’m going to tell it to you. You see, Jane usually gets all the printed arcs submitted to DA and then she divvies them up and mails them out to us. Sometimes she needs to pad the(…)

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In Praise of the Personal Review

Jan 24 2012

In Praise of the Personal Review

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a lot of bluster in the YA community over what reviews “should be” and how they should be written and defined and what they should and should not contain. It’s a conversation that was very common in the online Romance community not so many years ago, and the(…)

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2012 Publishing Predictions

Jan 1 2012

2012 Publishing Predictions

The following are my bold and not so bold predictions for publishing in 2012.  My boldest prediction will be that Amazon will buy Goodreads in 2012.  The most unlikely to happen prediction is Number 10.    What are your predictions for 2012? 1.  More authors will self publish than in 2011.  I suspect that nearly(…)

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Jul 3 2011

The Things I Learned from RWA 2011

Here is my list of things I learned from RWA 2011: Harlequin and Sourcebooks are really interested in what the reader has to say in all areas of the publishing process from the cover, titles, and content to how the stories are sold.  They use their blogs, facebook and twitter accounts, and customer service emails(…)

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May 19 2010

We Are in the Flux Vortex

In the movie Avatar (which I’ve watched, unfortunately, about 7 times now because my daughter is addicted to it), there is a phenomenon called the Flux Vortex.   The Flux Vortex affects the navigation systems of airborne equipment.   Once a mechanical flying object is within the Flux Vortex, the pilot must rely on their eyes, ears,(…)

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Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About

Jan 26 2010

Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About

A common refrain arising out of last week’s Magic Under Glass cover controversy is that authors are afraid to speak out against their publishers — even over racial misrepresentation on their covers. It seems authors fear that if they speak out they could be labeled as troublesome, and that the label could prevent the publication(…)

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The Road Ahead

Jan 5 2010

The Road Ahead

2010 came upon me so fast that I feel like I have whiplash. I feel like I barely touched the tip of my to be read pile which grows exponentially every month as I receive more books to review and I buy even more books for my ever expanding digital library. For some reason, despite(…)

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Can the Digital Market Expand Reader Choice?

Jan 3 2010

Can the Digital Market Expand Reader Choice?

While the traditional advance/royalty model is the least risky for authors, its open to only a limited few within a limited framework. Publishers are buying books that they can sell to bookstore buyers and distribution partners. The benefit of digital reseller market is that the filter is not the bookstore buyer or the distribution buyer because there is no artificial limitation set physical boundaries. The digital bookshelf is infinite and endless.

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Dec 22 2009

Tuesday Midday Links: Blogger Bundles Up for Presale (& Giveaway)

Candace Sams continues her notoriety tour by making the Guardian blog. “When Authors Attack” is the headline. Sams has since deleted her posts, but we do have screenshots for posterity sake. If you haven’t had your fill of Amazon review craziness, check out the review thread for this book that was published in all CAPLOCKS.(…)

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Dec 17 2009

Thursday Midday Links:

MediaBistro held an ebook summit for the past few days and there were some interesting tidbits released. One of the overriding themes of the summit was that the $9.99 price point was not sustainable. One panel suggested that ads were the best possible way for publishers of content (magazines and books) to offer a low(…)

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Dec 15 2009

Tuesday Midday Links: Stephen Covey Decouples

I have no idea the contractual terms under which Stephen Covey made his publishing deal with Simon & Schuster but apparently it is allowing him to sell his digital rights to Rosetta Books in a deal that will make two of his bestselling books available ONLY on the Kindle platform for one year.    My guess is(…)

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Dec 7 2009

Monday Midday Links: SFR Holiday Bash

Heather is having a huge science fiction romance book giveaway. 12 bloggers teamed up with 17 authors to give away over 30 books. It’s called the SFR Holiday Blitz and visitors have until Friday midnight to enter. ***** News Corp (Rupert Murdoch and the owner of Harper Collins) is partnering with Time Inc, Conde Nast,(…)

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Dec 4 2009

Friday Midday Links: MWA Breaks Up With Harlequin

Explicit sex is hard to write well and even if you do write it well, it means you are just packaging up pornography for women. Also, bla bla bla, romance books are killing romance bla bla bla. All according to this   article by Alan Elsner.   I don’t plan to comment over there because Alan Elsner(…)

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Why ePublishing Needs to Grow Up

Jan 25 2009

Why ePublishing Needs to Grow Up

With the book industry suffering from the recession despite the seemingly erroneous claims that books are recession proof, it’s with little dismay that I look to the one part of the industry that is actually experiencing growth.   It is, of course, ebooks.   According to the November AAP numbers, every category of retail book business suffered(…)

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