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Oct.23.2010 MARKETING, KINDLE, AND THE NEW AUTHOR PERHAPS the biggest challenge for an author like me, publishing literary fiction under my own imprint, is to get the word out. One has to work mainly with the kindness of strangers, which means getting books to reviewers and hoping that among the 200,000 books published from companies each year...	Apr.15.2010 TO PUBLISH OR SELF-PUBLISH AND OTHER ADVENTURES (Part Three of the AWP) Just over two years ago when I was teaching creative writing at USC in the Master of Professional Writing Program, I'd volunteered to head up a search for fellow faculty to write proposals for the next AWP Conference. We were between program directors then, and the associate dean who was...
Apr.12.2010 EPIPHANIES AT THE AWP (Part One) I just returned from the AWP Conference in Denver, which was a rich and intense experience that's still washing over me. The AWP (the Association of Writers and Writing Programs) puts on a yearly conference where writers and creative writing instructors from North America gather. Over three days,...	Oct.16.2009 How well do you know the produce section? If you know your veggies, you could win a book. You'll also get a chance to ask your own interview question of Henry Baum, author of The American Book of the Dead. Read the interview, participate, and enter to win in the easiest contest ever.
Oct.15.2009 Readers! Writers! Play along & win. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Henry Baum (interview to post tomorrow, Friday the 16th) about his new book, The American Book of the Dead. The interview is one that does not approach him from the perspective of a writer or someone interested in the literary elements and yadda yadda...	Jul.28.2009 NEW BOOK MARKETING (A Positive Approach for Negative Times) Many novelists I know are a bit like Rodney Dangerfield, feeling like they get no respect. Yet after diving into publishing three years ago. I remain optimistic. Before I explain why, let me remind you of the state of publishing: book advances continue to diminish; imprints are disappearing; red...
Jul.22.2009 New Book Consortium to Fill Gaps in Publishing Biz for Literary Authors LOS ANGELES, July 16 -- Backword Books, a new publishing enterprise out of Los Angeles, fills a huge gap in the publishing business, according to founder and literary author Henry Baum (North of Sunset). "With the changing landscape of the publishing industry," says Baum, "and the...	Mar.24.2009 Miscellaneous: a Grab Bag SPR has published a couple of my pieces recently: "One of the Many Author Sins I'm Most Enjoying," and also "But, They Do Judge a Book by Its Cover," an interview with book cover designer Cathi Stevensen. Some informative stuff, there, about what people look for in a cover, why...