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Nov.29.2010
It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving, and last week I returned from a whirlwind trip to New York for a writer conference. While I love these events, and especially enjoy reconnecting with colleagues and making new friends, I’m always delighted to return home. By the time you read this, I will have...
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Nov.26.2010
The Sentimentalists finally gets its storybook ending
by MARSHA LEDERMAN
If you’re already out holiday shopping for the bookish on your list, chances are you’ll come across the trade paperback edition of The Sentimentalists. The Giller Prize-winning novel landed on store shelves across the...
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Nov.25.2010
Ryoma and I were talking today about the letters that we wrote when we were children, and I began thinking about the first formal letter I ever wrote. When I was eleven years old, I persuaded my mother to buy me a book called 'The Dracula Collection: Selected paintings from the Unique Gallery of...
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Nov.22.2010
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Internet Stunts Vs. Blurbs: Is There a Difference?by Buzz Poole
The trenches of publishing can be equal parts reward and frustration. It is amazing to have a publishing house, no matter the size, respond to your work. You engage with the editor,...
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Nov.18.2010
Q: I am looking to pitch agents with my query and book proposal for my first book. However, with holidays approaching, should I wait till January 2011 to send them out? Does the industry, like all others, also go through a lull from November to January? — P.J., Seattle
A: It’s true that the...
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Nov.18.2010
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Rainforest Action Network Issues Guides to Forest-Friendly Books/Publishers By Jim Milliot
The Rainforest Action Network has issued a report and consumer guide aimed at encouraging holiday...
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Nov.10.2010
(This post on the proposal process was the Nov. 9 Write Nonfiction in November blog post; sorry...seems not to have been posted here in Red Room.)
As the number of books published each year increases, the number of people who buy them decreases. The average nonfiction book sells less than 250...
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Nov.08.2010
glass half-full
Smaller Presses, Bigger Authors As large publishers increase their expectations of midlist sellers, indie presses see an influx By Rachel Deahl
The midlist is dying. That sentiment has been a mantra in publishing circles for years as agents, authors, and editors have decried that...
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Oct.29.2010
A few weeks ago, I uploaded two e-books to Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, and the Apple iBookstore. Since then I’ve been doing the equivalent of a full-court press on Twitter and Facebook to promote the books.
THE LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF SQUIRRELS, which translates actual squirrel behavior into...
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Oct.19.2010
Judge says Bloomsbury did not submit Jacobson for Booker
Booker winning title The Finkler Question was not submitted by Bloomsbury for the prize Man booker judge Frances Wilson has revealed.
Speaking to the Telegraph, Wilson said the judging panel had called Jacobson's novel in from his...
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