Traditional publishing was always – or at least for as long as I had anything to do with it – a two tier affair. If
Category: Book Stores
Writing a Classic
We’ve had discussions over the years about what a classic is, and isn’t, and can there really be ‘instant classics?’ (spoiler: no, absolutely not, that’s
Books are struggling to survive
In past articles, I’ve frequently commented that the market for books is only one element of a much broader market – that for entertainment as
When the old is new
Once upon a time, in trad pub, books that were perennial midlist sellers were re-issued every 10 years with new covers to keep up with
Some Interesting Numbers . . .
While US numbers are kind of odd at the moment, a Vienna, Austria-based analyst started looking at European (EU) and British book sale patterns, including
Tock tick
Ve know your trope makes ze genre tick, ja. But ve vill interrogate it until its resistance is exhausted and is it villing to TOCK!”
