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The Publishing Game: March 2010
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Publishing But Were Afraid To Ask. Saturday, March 20, 2010. Welcome to the Monster Mash! What was the next great book/writer just over the horizon? Well, along came Stephanie, and the rest is very recent history. But that's not all, folks. Well, my opinion is that it is here to stay. Evolving, for sure. But the wealth of writers out there each putting their own spin on the genre are creating a monstrously great selection. The aforementioned story of the Hachett...
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The Publishing Game: What's In the Wind for 2013? Some Thoughts
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Publishing But Were Afraid To Ask. Thursday, December 27, 2012. What's In the Wind for 2013? Via Morning Media news feed (the daily industry news feed provided by MediaBistro; the complete story appeared in TechCrunch by East Coast Editor, John Biggs) - Excerpts of Mr. Biggs' thoughts on what may the publishing biz may see in 2013:. And more thoughts from Mr. Biggs:. Not sure if the last is much of a prediction since it seems that the J. A. Konrath motiv...What ...
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The Publishing Game: November 2009
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Publishing But Were Afraid To Ask. Friday, November 27, 2009. My Head Hurts: The Google Settlement (Amended), et al. PW reports on the amended settlement in the Google/Authors Guild deal. Judge Chin accepted the revised agreement and imposed a new deadline for objections to the revised deal of January 28, 2010. A final "fairness" hearing is set for Feb. 18, 2010. They get 67% of the income. Google and the other "resellers" split the diff? What I found particular...
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The Publishing Game: December 2011
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Publishing But Were Afraid To Ask. Friday, December 2, 2011. Farewell To A Great Man and A Wonderful Author. Milton T. Burton, aged 63, passed away in his sleep on December 1, 2011 at 3:30 am after a brief illness. Simple words to say that my best friend, a man of incredible literary talent and immense curiousity, compassion, knowledge and joy, has left my life. His renewed literary success, which began with 2005's. The Sweet and the Dead. Gave us last year's.
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The Publishing Game: August 2011
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Publishing But Were Afraid To Ask. Monday, August 15, 2011. And because I'm a slacker, here is MORE Publishing NEWS! With the ups and downs of the stock market, the wild weather (here in the NE, anyway with 10 inches of rain on Sunday), and a similar level of upheaval in the publishing industry, here are few new stories to flesh out the day:. Of course, with Harry Potter now wrapped up, the Twilight saga set to take its final bows on screen, and no other series ...
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The Publishing Game: February 2012
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Publishing But Were Afraid To Ask. Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Law and Writers - How Much Do You Know? 8220;The path you walk will be thorny, my son, through no fault of your own! 8221; Maria Ouspenskaya to the Wolfman. So to get an idea of how much you know – or don’t – check out the following questions having to do with things legalistic and contractual:. What is the difference between an option and non-compete provisions? True or False: You can use song lyric...
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The Publishing Game: December 2012
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Publishing But Were Afraid To Ask. Thursday, December 27, 2012. What's In the Wind for 2013? Via Morning Media news feed (the daily industry news feed provided by MediaBistro; the complete story appeared in TechCrunch by East Coast Editor, John Biggs) - Excerpts of Mr. Biggs' thoughts on what may the publishing biz may see in 2013:. And more thoughts from Mr. Biggs:. Not sure if the last is much of a prediction since it seems that the J. A. Konrath motiv...What ...
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The Publishing Game: March 2009
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Publishing But Were Afraid To Ask. Monday, March 2, 2009. Time Waits For No Blogger. Boy has the world been zipping by! Time has flown and I'm still in the coop. But hey, I'm here now and this is some of the news that's happening:. The economy still stinks. Booksellers, publishers, and everyone else keep laying people off (including the big news of Feb, Editor in Chief of Publisher's Weekly, Sara Nelson herself). Sales are down. Natch. And along with everyone el...
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The Publishing Game: January 2011
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Publishing But Were Afraid To Ask. Wednesday, January 5, 2011. The year is winding down, it’s time for that annual activity known as “looking back at the year that was while we’re all waiting for the old mirror ball to drop in Times Square” so let’s see what we remember about the year in publishing:. Need a bit more to refresh your memory? I think it is safe to say the word of the year was “Digital”. The powerhouse Harlequin has the Carina e-book imprint and the...
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The Publishing Game: January 2013
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Publishing But Were Afraid To Ask. Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Daily Pub Game Bite. Via Publishers Lunch (12/28/12), Pearson has invested $89.5 million in B&N's Nook Media entity. Microsoft ponied up $300 million back a couple of months ago. Since splitting off their bookstore entity and their electronic and College Bookstore entity, B&N's been watched very closely. Average number of digital and print read in the year was 15 titles. Bad news? Make sure you're cozy...