We Write!
I woke up this morning to see that the beautiful, wealthy people at the top of the American publishing scene are telling me publishing is doing well! Whew. That’s a load off. And here, I can’t actually remember the last time I purchased a hardcopy genre novel. I suspect it was before Wee Dave was... Continue Reading →
I haven't done one of these in a long time. When I first joined MGC a number of years ago, I kept asking Sarah and Dave why they wanted me. I wasn't a writer (okay, I may have had one book out). No one would want to read what I had to say. Sarah, being... Continue Reading →
On one of the mailing lists I belong to, someone commented about how Publishers Weekly was basically declaring the imminent death of science fiction. According to PW, sales of SF were down 21% in 2013 and another 7% in 2014. In other words, SF sales were down approximately 4.14 million units and now is smaller... Continue Reading →
As I was trying to figure out what to blog about this morning, I took a digital walk over to the pages of Publishers Weekly. I really didn't expect to find anything. PW, once the bastion of news for the publishing industry long ago proved to be nothing more than the mouthpiece for the traditional... Continue Reading →
I'll try to get back with a "real" post later today, but I have to run out of here shortly for a doctor's appointment and, duh, I forgot to write my post last night. In the meantime, with a hat tip to Cedar Sanderson and J. Michael Antoniewicz II for two of the following links.... Continue Reading →
Last week's post about the Fifty Shades of Grey books and the success they've had sort of rolls right into at least part of today's post. As I pointed out last week, I'm firmly convinced one of the main reasons those books have had the success they have is because of the push they received.... Continue Reading →
The Department of Justice has published the 868 comments in response to the proposed settlement with three of the five publishers named in the price fixing suit it filed earlier against the original Big Five publishers and Apple. I'm not surprised to find that the vast majority of responses were opposing the proposed settlement. After... Continue Reading →
I'm running a bit late this morning and -- gasp -- without coffee. Yes, that horrible day finally came to pass. I have to start a day without that magical elixir that jump-starts my brain and body. I won't go into details, but let's just say I am NOT amused. The only thing worse would... Continue Reading →
Earlier this week, it was announced that Tor/Forge was going to go DRM-free by July 2012. Normally, I'd view such news as very good news indeed. However, I'll admit I'm still playing Scrooge about it. Maybe it's because of who owns Tor/Forge -- Macmillan. You remember them. They are one of the Big 6, those... Continue Reading →
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