Blogs about Publishing
10 blogs about Publishing.
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— As in guillotine...
Guy LeCharles Gonzalez: As in guillotine. Old/new media pragmatist. Sometimes loud, one-time poet, still opinionated.
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Five Things: April 11, 2024 Check out As in guillotine... for more. This is my bi-weekly “newsletter” delivered straight to your inbox, as requested at some point in the past. Hopefully you’re enjoying it? If not, there’s a link down …
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Ask the Agent
I'm Jennifer Laughran. I'm a Senior Agent at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, representing great authors and illustrators….
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The main character in my story is a girl who’s crazy about math and technology. There’s an element of fantasy but mostly focused on the character’s passion for STEM. Should I be querying agents in a more general way saying it’s a 100,001 word “Middle Grade” rather than specifying MG Fantasy? Does it even matter? Your advice is very much appreciated :-) If it's not a straight-up contemporary MG, but it's also not a full-on FANTASY fantasy, maybe just describe what it actually is in the query? Like it's a MG with a focus on STEM and …
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Jane Friedman | Blog
Information and resources for writers, from a 20-year veteran of the publishing industry.
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A Writer’s Secret Weapon: Add a Listening Pass to Your Editing Arsenal Today’s post is by author, editor, and book coach Suzy Vadori. When you’re reading your own words during an editing pass, your brain works against you in two ways: Your fears can take hold. When …
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Janet Reid, Literary Agent
"Never miss a chance to do good"--David Stanley.
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Past Missteps Several years ago, when I was much stupider, I briefly interned for a reasonably well-known agent. I let her know ahead of time that I had a vacation lined up where I would be off …
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Publishers Weekly
Book Reviews, Bestselling Books & Publishing Business News.
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Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity
Erica Verrillo has written seven books and published five. She doesn't know why anyone with an ounce of self-preservation would ever want to publish….
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72 Writing Contests in May 2024 - No entry fees This May there are six dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes this month range from $50,000 to publication. None charge entry fees.Some of these contests have age …
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Publishing Perspectives
News and information about the international book publishing industry, book sales, rights deals, and more.
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Arpita Das: Screening the Word With a surge of streaming services in India, writes Arpita Das, publishers must play a more active role in book-to-film adaptations. The post Arpita Das: Screening the Word appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
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Publishing Trends
An incisive monthly newsletter that provides news and opinion on the rapidly changing world of book publishing in all its forms.
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People Round Up, Mid April, 2024 PEOPLE At Hachette Book Group, Diana Venitmiglia has joined Balance as executive editor, reporting to publisher Nana Twumasi. She was previously at Sounds True. Lauren Roberts joins Little, Brown, as senior publicity manager. She was …
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Robert Kingett
A fabulously gay blind author.
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Royalty statement 2023 I’d like to show you how much I made for 2023 on my published books. In short, not so well, but you can read the table below! It’s a good thing I have other books …
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Writer Beware
…shines a bright light into the dark corners of the shadow-world of literary scams, schemes, and pitfalls. Also providing advice for writers, industry news, and commentary.
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Guest Post: How a Book Really Becomes a Movie Book-to-film scams are extremely common these days. If the publishing industry is opaque and secretive, the movie biz is even more so, and scammers take full advantage. From disreputable marketers claiming to take your book …