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Interesting Timing

Today I followed a link provided by David Gaughran to a website run by Bowker (the exclusive provider of ISBN numbers in the U.S.).  The site purports to be informational for folks looking to self-pub… more →

Blair MacGregor

Interesting Timing

blairmacg wrote 2 days ago: Today I followed a link provided by David Gaughran to a website run by Bowker (the exclusive provide … more →

Tags: self publishing, Publishers, Author Solutions, Scam, Self Publishing, Traditional Publishing, Vanity Publishing

Warning All Writers Should Heed

blairmacg wrote 2 weeks ago: David Gaughran outlines the on-going influence and growing reach of the Penguin-owned vanity publish … more →

Tags: self publishing, Publishers, Royalties, Self Publishing, Craft, Traditional Publishing, Money, Sales, Vanity Publishing

What a Writer Deserves

blairmacg wrote 2 weeks ago: From Joe Ponepinto at The Saturday Morning Post: “Literary writing teachers are fond of tellin … more →

Tags: self publishing, Publishers, Self Publishing, Traditional Publishing, Money, Sales

The year of the mergers

ambergunn wrote 2 months ago: (Image taken from Aziz Isham, The House of Penguin: Notes on a Publishing Apocalypse) Penguin Random … more →

Tags: Publishing Companies, the future of the publishing industry, bookshops, Trade publishing, Waterstones, Amazon, Publishing, Curtis Brown, Future

A Disappointing Turn Indeed — 2 comments

blairmacg wrote 2 months ago: I was twenty years old when an established author first explained to me how the process of publishin … more →

Tags: writing, Publishers

For the Curious...

blairmacg wrote 5 months ago: From my LiveJournal: Self-Publishing: Why Would You Do That? … more →

Tags: Sword and Chant, self publishing, Royalties, sword and chant, Self Publishing

Professional Barbs

Books, Libs, Scripts wrote 9 months ago: Joseph Ellis, a historian at Mount Holyoke College and the author of “serious nonfiction … more →

Tags: Books, Writing #2, historians, writing style, popular, academic, Scholarly Publishing

Go Read This | International restructure for Holtzbrinck | The Bookseller

Eoin Purcell wrote 11 months ago: Very interesting indeed! From 2nd July, the company is to operate through three divisions. Global Tr … more →

Tags: Future of Publishing, Macmillan, Educational Publishing, Books, eBooks, UK, US, One World, Holtzbrinck

Day One

Julia wrote 11 months ago: Class starts Tuesday, but I got to town a few days earlier to explore. And I’m already thinkin … more →

Tags: Libraries

Best Editing Post Eva!

cheryl wrote 11 months ago:   via  Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Editing symbols! UPDATED! … more →

Tags: Musings and ramblings, Rewrites and Edits, Mechanics of writing, Procrastination, blogs of interest, Editing Services, mechanics of writing, Author, Editing

Two surveys highlight the "satisfaction divide" between indie and trade-published authors — 9 comments

Karin Cox wrote 12 months ago: Image CC licensed by http://www.flickr.com/photos/wakingtiger/3157621994/sizes/m/in/photostream/ The … more →

Tags: Editing, Self Publishing, Indie Publishing, DIY, social networking, Trade publishing, Indie publishing, taleist survey, Traditional Publishing

"Research That Makes Good Fiction" - Guest Blog - Natascha N. Jaffa — 2 comments

SBibb wrote 12 months ago: We have a guest blogger with us today, Natascha N. Jaffa. Hopefully you’ll find her advice hel … more →

Tags: writing, Stephanie Bibb, SBibb, Editing, Self Publishing, self publish, Writing #2, Natasha Jaffa, Book Design

Academic Publishers: A Semi-Completish Taxonomy

Phill wrote 1 year ago: So, I know I talk a lot about academic publishing, how it isn’t trade, how nobody loves us bec … more →

Tags: Publishing, academic publishing, journals, textbooks, university press, academic publishing isn't trade, Elsivier, Diplomacy, tact

A little food for thought for academic publishers

SAGE Publications wrote 1 year ago: The ALPSP 2011 International Conference videos are now live on River Valley TV. Several members of t … more →

Tags: Industry News, . SAGE Connection, ALPSP International Conference, Digital

Inpatient of Job -1

atelierprincipen wrote 1 year ago: I am an experienced writer, copyeditor, proofreader, and translator. I have worked in trade and acad … more →

Tags: A Man of Cover Letters, experienced, writer, proofreader, copyeditor, Editor, TRANSLATOR, advertising, Pharma

Week 2: Meetings, Mailing, & Musings

Nancy C wrote 1 year ago: I followed this poster one day during a break Another week has passed, which means another update fr … more →

Tags: Publicity Intern Ramblings, publicity intern, Cambridge University Press, Library, academic publishing, NYT, American Literature, Production

Self-Publishing & Trade Publishing Are Not Mutually Exclusive Paths — 13 comments

davidgaughran wrote 1 year ago: There was one thing that stuck out like a sore thumb amidst all the huffing and puffing surrounding  … more →

Tags: Indie Publishing, Self Publishing, Amazon, Konrath, eisler, Margo, lerwill, Either/Or

The Third Way - Barry Eisler Signs Trade Deal With Amazon — 33 comments

davidgaughran wrote 1 year ago: In a move announced yesterday at BookExpo America, Barry Eisler has signed a trade deal with Amazon … more →

Tags: Self Publishing, Amazon, Hocking, thomas-mercer, eisler, Third Way

No New Normal - The Value Web — 37 comments

Eoin Purcell wrote 2 years ago: For some reason this has been a very hard post to write. It’s a rather strange situation for m … more →

Tags: Publishing, agents, Amazon, Apple, audience, b/n, Books, Content, Distributors


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