After five decades of rejections, Stephen Bentar — who sold most of his books one at a time — is getting recognition for his writing. A great example of perseverance.
Tips on promoting your books from debut author Wendy Webb and JA Konrath.
Agent Sarah LaPolla at Curtis Brown LTD is taking on clients:
Sarah is interested in literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, urban fantasy, paranormal romance, science fiction, literary horror, and young adult fiction. She loves complex characters, coming-of-age stories, and strong narrators.
Why agent Kristin Nelson knows The Tipping Point For eBooks Is Here Or Very Near:
“When I’ve got an older grandmother expressing unabashed enthusiasm in owning an eReader, I can’t help but think the tipping point is near—even if current electronic sales only equal about 2% of the market right now (statistic via a recent PW article).”
The Huffington Post tells us “The 50 Best Book People To Follow On Twitter.” Here’s a Tweet from Meg Cabot:
“What if my last Tweet before I die had the word corndogs in it? You know that would so never happen to Nicholas Sparks.”
Orbit, the Science Fiction and Fantasy imprint of Hachette Book Group, plans to publish digital short fiction later this year. It would be interesting to see this happen in all genres, including commercial fiction.
“Orbit (US) has offered to publish digital editions of all original short fiction written by its authors. The digital editions will be distributed widely through major retail channels, for reading on a variety of devices. Authors will be paid a royalty for each story sold, rather than the flat fee more common in the short story market.”
From RWA enNotes (you can read more on Publishers Weekly):
The Bantam Dell and Ballantine imprints have merged into one division under the Random House Publishing Group. Libby McGuire, senior vice president and publisher, will oversee the new Ballantine Bantam Dell unit. The new BBD executive team consists of Jennifer Hershey, senior vice president, editor-in-chief; Scott Shannon, publisher, BBD Mass Market. Gina Wachtel, Bantam associate publisher, takes on the role of associate publisher for BBD Mass Market; Linda Marrow, editorial director, will report to publisher Libby McGuire. Nita Taublib, executive vice president, publisher and editor-in-chief of Bantam Dell is leaving the company.
Thanks so much for all of these great links, Edie!! Really appreciate your work on this.