Hi RWA-WF! I’m filling in for our usual Industry News maven, Pat O’Dea Rosen, who is on a brief hiatus this week. Department of Justice Lawsuit Pat did an awesome job of presenting the ins and outs of the Department of Justice suit and settlements regarding agency pricing on e-books. Check out last week’s Industry [...]
RWA chapter contests, classes and conferences with WF categories or of interest to WF writers, compiled this week by Anne Crowder. Check the contest entry dates (SOME ARE VERY SOON!) and websites for more details. ### ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER OF ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA SPONSOR OF THE ORANGE ROSE CONTEST FOR UNPUBLISHED WRITERS – APRIL [...]
**REGISTRATION NOW OPEN** Please go to the registration page. Enrollment limited to the first 150 to register. Cost: Members $60 / Nonmembers: $80 An information packed day with giveaways of current members’ releases, guest speakers, a buffet dinner, and two panel discussions. Join us! Schedule 11:00am – 12:00pm Check in 12:00 – 2:30 Craft Speaker – [...]
Welcome! A new board and a new newsletter, lucky number 13! Enjoy. In this issue: President’s Letter by Laura Drake PAN Update from Sharla Lovelace Master Class: Getting Respect by Pamela Morsi, Wise Woman Craft: Lie vs. Lay–Quick Tips New Member Introductions Member Announcements Newsletter Team
Galley Cat reported on Amazon’s hardline reaction to Reader Views. Amazon banned the company, which is dedicated to reviewing books and author publicity, from posting reviews on Amazon that authors have paid for via Reader Views’ publicity services, and took down reviews already posted. In a follow up, Galley Cat queried reader reactions to paid reviews [...]
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and…my new book. Publisher’s Weekly reports on Random House Canada’s testing of a new book tour model: rolling a book purchase into the cost of an event admission for guaranteed sales. On Galley Cat, blogger and author Kristine Kathryn Rusch criticized this article, concerning author James Crawford‘s [...]
In Frankfurt, Germany, publishing CEO’s gathered at the Frankfurt Book Fair, billed as the world’s largest (and longest running) book expo, for a panel discussion on the future of global publishing. Market predictions are mixed, according to region, but overall prospects for book publishing, both digital and traditional, were positive. The bottom line: “We are living [...]
Espresso, anyone? I know I need a double this morning. In publishing industry news terms, however, espresso means the Espresso Book Machine (EBM), the nifty in-store machine that can whip you up a print-on-demand book while you wait. HarperCollins publishers—home of women’s fiction author Marisa De Los Santos (Falling Together) and romance icon Susan Elizabeth [...]
Heading out to DragonCon, Publisher’s Weekly’s Barbara Vey had an interesting conversation on the plane with a potential reader, which led her to ask the question: How do you get new readers? Read her answer, it’s maybe not what you would think. http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/beyondherbook/?p=4683 No new reporting on the agents-as-publishers controversy. Meanwhile, Chuck Sambuchino reports on a new [...]
The publishing industry is supposed to be on summer lull right now, but the blogs have been active as late summer conferences wind down, and Apple and Amazon launch salvos in the ebook access and pricing wars. On Barbara Vey’s Beyond Her Book blog, guest blogger Maggie Mae Gallagher gives a rundown of reader-author event [...]