publishing | publishing
Dec.06.2012
The marathon of writing is only the first third of a book's triathlon: authoring + publishing + entrepreneuring.
Guy Kawasaki calls our unrivalled options today "artisan publishing". His new book (to be released December 10, 2012, click on the image to go to Amazon) is a practical...
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Nov.30.2012
The Random House Publishing Group (my happy literary home!) just announced three new digital imprints to add to LOVESWEPT, their digital imprint for romance and women's fiction: ALIBI, for mystery/suspense; HYDRA, for sci-fi/fantasy; and FLIRT, for "college-age New Adult" fiction Their stated...
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Nov.29.2012
What has been going on at the United Nations? Why shouldn’t the Palestinians at least be a nonmember observer state of the United Nations? For that matter, why not full membership?
I guess I’m confused by it all. When I...
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Nov.26.2012
The “meek shall inherit the earth.” That’s the promise, but through human history it has not proven true, especially during the past hundred years. The punishing treaties after the violence of World War One led to...
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Nov.24.2012
Wow, this is exciting!
My publisher, Emma Barnes, at Snowbooks, in the UK, just put up a blog about my upcoming novel, Alias Hook.
"Now, I don't like to brag. But. Next year we have a book coming out which is going to knock your socks off," she writes. "Alias Hook is really special."
Aw, shucks!...
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Nov.20.2012
My digital publisher's accountant recently emailed me a report of the sales of my ebook, saying, "Should you have any questions, feel free to email me."
Well, as it happens, I had quite a few questions but ones that were too embarrassing to email her about. The first was those scary currency codes...
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Nov.20.2012
Despite the fact that you’ve been told ebooks are simple and inexpensive to produce, you may still be scratching your head and wondering how to produce and publish one after you’ve written it. And the fact that an ebook is digital may cause you some concern if you’re a technophobe (which many...
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Nov.16.2012
It's like being the unpopular girl for so long that when any old popular guy shows a bit of interest, you immediately latch onto him and proudly proclaim him your boyfriend, ignoring little things such as barely knowing or having anything in common with him.
What's like that? you ask....
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Nov.15.2012
Ever since I got the rights back to my first hard cover book, When Danger Calls, I’ve embraced indie publishing. Given that I came into writing well into the digital age, I’d always created my manuscripts on the computer, and had to learn...
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Nov.13.2012
I have never had sexual relations with “Judo” Gene LeBell. Thanks to David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell, I actually have to say this.
Way back in May 2002, I began working on LeBell’s autobiography, titled “The Godfather of Grappling.” During the following months I got to know the...
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