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Some independent bookstores now charge admission to author signings in an attempt to wring a buck from the lookie loos who peruse the independents’ stock but place orders with Amazon. While Gawker applauds the fees, the response of agent Miriam Goderich, of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, is nuanced. She sympathizes with the independents’ financial reality yet remembers hanging at a used bookstore after school and learning to browse.
If editors, designers, marketers, and sales agents are super busy, why does publishing seem to move at a glacial pace? Agent Rachelle Gardner of WordServe Literary Group says there’s a disconnect between publishing realities and authors’ perceptions.
At “Writer Beware,” Victoria Strauss discusses book market efforts that don’t work.
From Cindi Myers’ Market News blog comes word that Entangled Publishing’s website is up. Yes, the new print-and e-book house wants romantic women’s fiction.
What’s in a name? At the Awl, four authors discuss their books’ titles.
Safe travels for those WF-RWA members headed for RWA National, and happy writing to all.
