From the Slush Pile… | Ploughshares - 0 views
Friday Book Design Blog: Penguin Popular Classics | Jonathan Gibbs | Independent Arts B... - 1 views
Imagination and knowledge: The Basis of the Historical Novel | The Passive Voice | Writ... - 0 views
The rise of writer/fan collaboration - 0 views
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Perhaps the most radical example of this was the World Builder project launched in conjunction with Adam Christopher’s superhero noir novel, Empire State in 2011. The idea was to not just encourage fan art, but to give it the publisher’s seal of approval.
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Collaborations between writers and fans are nothing new, but a new wave of projects are revisiting the concept with modern technology
Long Odds for Authors Newly Published - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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But if the book is as good as critics are now saying it is, why didn’t it sell more copies before, especially since the rise of online publishing has supposedly made it easier than ever for first-time authors?
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Given how difficult it is for first-time fiction authors, especially in a crowded genre like mystery, to find both an agent and publisher, it’s not clear “The Cuckoo’s Calling” would have made it off the slush piles.
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An editor there told The Telegraph in London that the book “didn’t stand out.”
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“Robert was doing rather better than we expected him to,” she wrote. Ms. Dewey said it had sold an additional 5,000 copies in the United States, for a total of 13,500, which is “a great achievement for any unknown author.”
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“It would have stayed on the path it was on, which is towards oblivion.”
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“It’s the power of the author brand,” Mr. Entrekin said.
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Ten ways self-publishing has changed the books world - 0 views
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The industry has long suffered the irony that effective publishing is most evident when invisible; it is only when standards are less than felicitous that we realise how well what we read is managed most of the time.
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Gone is our confidence that publishers and agents know exactly what everyone wants to (or should) read
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The copy editor, a traditionally marginalised figure, is now in strong demand.
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Art and Photography eBooks: An Untouched World - How eBooks on visual arts can be profi... - 0 views
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color represents the core of merchandise
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presenting colors to the reader
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The Evolving Book Group: New Formats Mean More Engagement | Cover Story - 0 views
A Guide to Publishers in the Library Ebook Market - The Digital Shift - 0 views
So Much Marketing, So Little Time - 0 views
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