‘Industry News’ Archives
Industry News: 8/26/10
The last WordPress for Non-techies post is up on Romance University. Blogger Carrie Spencer's next group of lessons will be for Super Bloggers. Here's a fun site for writers: Wordnik, the online dictionary and language resource , has "launched a new, smarter online thesaurus that shows related words in context to help writers find the right [...]
Industry News: 8/16/10
Most of you have heard this by now, but Dorchester is switching from mass market to e-book and print on demand. Dorchester President John Prebich said: "These are like pioneer times in publishing. We felt like we needed to take some chances and make a bold move." Since the initial announcement, there's been some confusion and backtracking. [...]
Industry News: 8/05/10
Though this isn't technically industry news, it's about promo, which is important to all of us. I'm awed at Therese Walsh's "Big, Fat 49-Author Contest for My Debut, Take 2." A brilliant idea. Great article in USA Today about the romance genre and the RWA National conference. Romance University has an excellent series of posts about [...]
Industry News: 7/16/10
Digital publishing is dominating the news this summer, and I'm starting with a long but brilliant post by Randy Ingermanson on The Future of Publishing. Well worth your time reading. According to Reuters, "The slow rise of electronic books is paving the way for more safe-bet fiction blockbusters and serial-type books, at least in the short [...]
Industry News: 6/25/10
If you're a coffee drinker, you'll be happy to know that as of July 1st Starbucks will have free WIFI at all US locations. On Chuck Sambuchino's Guide to Literary Agents blog, McIntosh & Otis agent Rebecca Strauss posted Allie Larkin's query for her women's fiction book, STAY, which Ms. Strauss ended up representing and selling. New [...]
Industry News: 06/14/10
Looking for an agent? QueryTracker has tips from 20 agents on how to make your query shine. Agent Sara Megibow is looking for romance novel queries. Agent Rachelle Gardner gives advice on writing one-sentence pitches. She also gives advice on Sussing Out Legitimate Publishers. Harlequin announced a new licensing deal with a Russian [...]
Industry News: 6/03/10
In this Galleycat video, David Baldacci talks about getting rejections for 15 years before he sold. If you'd like to know what went on during BEA, check out Janet Reid's posts from last week. You'll be entertained as well as informed. Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, talks about 5 Ways a company can benefit from twitter. I'm [...]
Industry News: 5/22/10
With his agent's permission, Boyd Morrison published 3 thrillers on Kindle and sold 7500 books in 3 months, which his agent used to sell to Simon & Schuster. Ballantine Books and Harlequin Teen "plan to issue short standalone digital works intended to serve as 'bridges' to coming novels." Author Mitchell Reiss, a former diplomat, says [...]
Industry News: 5/9/10
The biggest news for RWA members this last week is the change of location for the National conference from Nashville to The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida, July 28–31. According to the NY Times, self-publishing numbers are up and they're gaining in cachet. Cheap, digital-publishing technology — [...]
Industry News: 5/1/10
Random House has reorganized for the second time this year. If you want the details of the restructuring, you'll find them here. According to this New York Times article, Random House's decision to release the digital rights to some of William Styron's books could "potentially open ... the way for other authors to take their e-books away from [...]
