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Today’s Publishing World Is Brutal
The evolving landscape of publishing has brought convenience but not ease. Traditional hurdles have been replaced with new challenges, like navigating through scam artists. While some writers enjoy direct access to readers, others face harsh criticism and rejection, sparing them from traditional gatekeepers but subjecting them to the unpredictable court…
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Where are the Gatekeepers?
Once upon a time, though not so very long ago, writers who wanted to become published authors had to pass through several gates to meet their goal. First, they had to attract the attention of a decent literary agent to represent their work. If the agent liked the manuscript and…
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Looking for Inexpensive Ways to Promote Your Book?
I haven’t been marketing my books very actively lately, so it’s always fun to get a notice I’ve sold copies (!), which tells me my past efforts must still be paying off. I can’t trace where readers are learning about my books, but here are a couple of places I’ve…
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Books as… decoration?!?
Do you get as distracted as I do by all those bookshelves behind the talking heads on TV? It’s hard for me to keep up with Judy Woodruff and the PBS Newshour when they broadcast out of the studio, presumably in the anchor and reporters’ homes. I’m more curious about…
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What Killed the Big Bookstores?
Some say the e-book revolution did brick-and-mortar stores in, but I recently read a fascinating interview that points in another direction: to the bookstore companies themselves. Notice I wrote “bookstore companies” rather than “booksellers” or “bookstores.” “Bookstore companies” is something that — as far as I know — I made…
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