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Sep.12.2010
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Behind the Scenes at a Pub Committee Meeting by Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent Let's pretend this is a small-ish imprint where everyone gets along and respects each other. In other words, it’s a bit of a fantasy but...
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Aug.22.2010
Which vanity publisher is being sued by 16 authors for deceptive practices? Will ignorance of copyright law be a defense? The libel tourism bill becomes a law. Plus, whose secret identity are BBC lawyers trying to hide? And what Macmillan authors need to do when they get that little contract...
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Jul.27.2010
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Jul.27.2010
When Assholes Collide
by Matt Stewart
Two publishing industry titans smashed into each other last week, and it couldn't have come sooner.
Basically, Random House has been screwing authors by assuming ebook rights they were never contractually awarded--because ebooks hadn't...
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Jul.16.2010
Today I heard a story on the radio that caught my attention. It began with a story not unlike my own. A writer discussed how she’d received complementary letters from publishers and editors in response to her manuscript submissions. Although they liked her work respondents didn’t think they’d be...
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Jul.12.2010
(From www.bbc.co.uk)
Adapt to recover, warn publishing chiefs
12.07.10 | Bookseller News Team
The c.e.o. of HarperCollins has warned that the publishing industry is unlikely to return to pre-recession prosperity, after eight of the top 10 publishers saw a drop in sales in 2010.
Victoria...
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Jun.28.2010
For those of you who asked to see what form rejection letters look like here are a few. Before you submit your query letter to lit agents make certain that it pops with intrigue, but again, popping does not always interest a lit agent. Here we go.
Dear Mr. Campbell,Many thanks for your email...
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Jun.28.2010
Wylie agency on hold with e-book negotiations
28.06.10 | Benedicte Page
Agent Andrew Wylie is threatening to bypass publishers and license his authors’ e-book rights directly to Google, Amazon or Apple because he is unhappy with publishers terms.
In an interview with...
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May.31.2010
I just read in the NYPost that a best selling author is promoting her book by hiring actors and sending them to congested areas in NYC where they are to start laughing hysterically while reading her book. The hope is that when the actors attract attention and people ask what's so funny? Ta-da: the...
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May.27.2010
The BEA's main floor consists of rows and rows of books and publishers. It also has fast food and yesterday there was a rock band. The dissonance strikes me as being the result of a clone between an infinite library, a business convention, a club--and K-Mart.
The second floor, where agents...
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