Random House book designer Chip Kidd gave a TED talk called “Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.” The video embedded above features his entire talk.
Many publishing executives feel that the cover design is the number one marketing tool in their arsenal. Kidd drew on stories from his twenty-five year career working at ... click here to continue
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
A Newbie's Guide to Publishing
Pricing
Books and Ebooks
by J.A. Konrath
by J.A. Konrath
Some authors still seem to be confused
about Agency pricing, what it means, and how does it compare to wholesale
pricing on ebooks and paper books. They somehow think Amazon is a bad guy for
trying to lower ebook prices.
Here's a deeper explanation. Continue reading
Here's a deeper explanation. Continue reading
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Writer’s
Cramp: In the E-Reader Era, a Book a Year Is Slacking
By Julie Bosman (Published: May 12, 2012)
For years, it was a schedule
as predictable as a calendar: novelists who specialized in mysteries, thrillers
and romance would write one book a year, output that was considered not only sufficient, but
productive. Continue...
Sunday, May 13, 2012
#1
Today
my Six comes from Knight
to Remember, a time-travel romance set at the Bristol Ren Faire in
Wisconsin.
Set
Up:
Courtney
is watching Reyn in the jousting list.
My
Six:
As much as she’d tried to eavesdrop
on the two men, the horse had captured and held her imagination. She could feel
herself on its powerful back, sheltered in the arms of the Black Knight of
Heartsease.
She rocked with the rhythm of the
horse’s canter, strong forearms wedging her between a pair of mail-covered
arms. A black plume matching the blackness of the arnet flowed in the breeze—a
perfect complement to that of the horse’s tail. From under the metal headpiece,
long hair fell over a broad width of shoulders. Courtney reached up and ran her
fingers over the nicked metal. Slowly she lifted the front plate to see the
eyes peeking through the narrow slats…
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Brenda and Steve, Authors of Erotica: "Go Publish Yourself! by Katie Salidas. If you sel...
Brenda and Steve, Authors of Erotica: "Go Publish Yourself! by Katie Salidas. If you sel...: Self-Publishing made simple. Get your polished novel ready for Kindle, Nook, or Print in thirty days or less. Avoid the common stumbl...
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