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This question came up recently in comments - why should we, on MGC, report on what The Big 5 (4?) are doing, or on B&N? 1. There's scope and scale. What business are we in? We're in the entertainment business. We're competing with every other entertainer out there for Joe Sixpack's beer money - and for... Continue Reading →
Sorry for the delay this morning, everyone. I have had an upper respiratory infection for the better part of a week that is laying me low. Because of that, I'm taking a break from the formatting series. I will pick it up again, hopefully, tomorrow on my blog. Today, however, I'm going to take my... Continue Reading →
Today, I am a pirate, Arrr! where's my cutlass? You may be laughing (which was my intent), but I actually feel pretty badly about it. I accidentally bought two pirated books. I wasn't on a pirate site, I was on Amazon. I saw two Heinlein titles on sale, and I pounced on them as I'm... Continue Reading →
I know I'm late but it's with good reason. I've spent much of the last 24 hours debating whether or not to write this particular post. I finally decided that I would because it points out yet again how so many of the so-called reviewers (and all too many vocal writers) are putting their politically... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, Sarah sent me a link to a post by Joe Konrath. The post itself is as informative as it is entertaining (and I really need to quit reading him during the work day. As with the Passive Voice, I tend to read all the comments, follow all the links and -- oops -- there... Continue Reading →
Yesterday over at According to Hoyt, Sarah kindly posted a guest blog by yours truly asking "Where's the Money?". The post came out of reading Jim Hines' annual reporting of what he made as an author and the results of he 2014 Digital Book World and Writer’s Digest Survey. I won't rehash that blog other than... Continue Reading →
Having finished the latest work in progress, I'm at that phase where my brain is still thinking about the project and the inner me -- that very insecure and scared writer -- is worrying as I wait to hear back from The Boss about whether or not she likes what I did. Other plots are... Continue Reading →
I've had a hard time writing this blog today. It isn't that I couldn't think of anything to write about. Just the opposite, in fact. The problem is that I've had to decide if I want to give more traffic to a site because of a post that had enough people talking about it yesterday... Continue Reading →
Last week, Toni Weisskopf of Baen Books announced that she'd inked a deal to bring Baen e-books to Amazon. This has been a deal long in the works and one that will broaden Baen's digital exposure. In my opinion, this is a necessary move for Baen, the pioneer in e-books, if it wants to continue... Continue Reading →
It's no surprise to anyone who has been a regular follower of this blog to know I'm a big supporter of small press and indie publishing. I have been for a long time, long before I actually started working in the industry. But that doesn't mean I wish ill to traditional publishing. It has its... Continue Reading →
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