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Oops! I guess I should do my best impression of the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland now and start muttering, "I'm late. I'm late. For a very important date." Instead, I'll simply apologize for being late with today's post. I got up way too early and fell down the writing rabbit hole. As I... Continue Reading →
Let's face it. Most anyone with the slightest understanding of supply and demand, and even economics in general, can see the problems inherent in traditional publishing. These problems are legion and go well beyond the issue of editors choosing books they think we should read instead of those we want to read. After weeks and... Continue Reading →
Let's start with a singular truth many of us don't think about when considering the publishing industry. It consists of much more than the publishing houses. There are distributors, like Simon & Schuster which is now on the auction block. There are the various contractors who work for publishers, including editors, proofreaders and even those... Continue Reading →
It should come as no surprise to any of us that one of the biggest problems facing traditional publishing is the declining number of bookstores, especially chain stores. Part of the reason is because publishers still cling to the old ways like a drowning sailor will cling to a life preserver. Unlike the sailor, however,... Continue Reading →
To say the last few weeks have been interesting is putting it mildly. We've seen Barnes & Noble, after years of speculation, finally selling. The publishing world was rocked by the news and it will be years before we see how the sale finally shakes out. Indies and traditionally published authors alike are being impacted... Continue Reading →
Let's face it, publishing is little more than a legal, and non-lethal, form of Russian roulette. If you want to go the traditional route, you are rolling the dice at so many levels you probably have a greater chance of being hit by lightning. If you go the indie route, will you be able to... Continue Reading →
We've talked a lot about bookstores in this blog. It's perhaps no surprise - not only are we authors, we were readers before we started writing. I suspect most of us, myself included, started writing in no small part due to running out of reading material. For me, this was in part a byproduct of... Continue Reading →
I'm going to start out by saying I'm sleep-deprived and cranky (well, crankier than usual) as I sit dow to write this. I'm in the final push to finish everything necessary to get Nocturnal Revelations ready for publication. I'm in the middle of preparing a new entry in the Honor & Duty series. I have... Continue Reading →
So she's run away to have some fun. At least I hope she has. In the meantime, here's an echo of my post today over on my personal blog. B&N is showing that old is new or new is old or some such thing. Barnes & Noble "New" Concept a Return to Old I’ve not... Continue Reading →
Innovation Telling stories around the campfire. Plays and puppet shows. Scrolls. Books. Movies . . . The only thing that changes is the technology. A the bottom is still an enjoyable story. Or not. Some things do fizzle, after all. Right now we—both writers and readers—are in the middle of two major changes. Ebooks are... Continue Reading →
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