We review here for free, but it’s not much different if you review for a trade magazine like Publishers Weekly. With traditional media hurting financially, PW has responded one way by reducing the amount of money that reviewers will be paid for each review to $25.00. Obviously reviewing is done by those who [...]
A couple of weeks ago, the news came down that the PW Tech blog was being put on hold. I wondered what that meant for romance blogger, Barbara Vey. She’s having a one year anniversary and will be off to a conference to talk about blogging for PW. I suggest that if [...]
Publishers’ Weekly is up on the auction block and its causing some internal turmoil. David Rothman of Teleread.org got the notice that the ebook blog will be put on hold. A few months ago, PW blogger, Barbara Vey mentioned that her editor got laid off, and now I wonder how long Ms. Vey’s [...]
Reed Business Information (in its guise as Publishers Weekly) was a co-founder of the Quill Awards which was one part Oscar, one part People’s Choice with Publisher’s Weekly putting up a slate of nominees and the readers voting on that slate. Nora Roberts won Book of the Year in 2007 for Angels Fall.
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Publishers Weekly published a list of 15 trends to watch for in 2008 by “industry guru” Mike Shatzkin. I have something to say about all of these predictions, but no time to do so right now. Alot of the trends relate to ebooks, digital ventures, and web based advertising.
With the sniggering title “Textually Promiscuous”, Publishers Weekly takes an inside look at romances and the romance community. While the title is rude, the contents are mostly positive with a focus on the diversity (not ethnic but theme) of the genre. While paranormal or otherworldly romances are popular, it appears that the historical [...]
Publishers Weekly announced its list of top books of the year 2007 for various categories including fiction, science fiction/fantasy, and romance. To say I am out of step with the critical media is to put it mildly. I sometimes wonder why that is.
Weirdly all the genre suspense and thrillers were [...]
Jane Friedman is the CEO of HarperCollins, the parent company of AVON. Since Friedman joined HC in 1997, revenues have increased almost 80%. Per Publishers Weekly.
I read an article once where Friedman talked about a return to the branding of a publisher/imprint than individual authors. I think its interesting to see her [...]
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