McSweeneys’ shift to nonprofit status has me reflecting on this industry, and in particular the way small presses are, for the most part, set
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Category: industry
I’m the One Who Wants to Be with You
This is the second post in a regular column about the business of writing and publishing. If you have questions or topics to suggest,
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On Submissions.
After spending the morning reviewing query submissions, I’m having some…thoughts. I’m going to share them here in case they’re helpful to anyone, though I
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WE ARE THE SYSTEM.
Yesterday I presented on a panel about book promotion at the Indy Author Fair. As I expected, a handful of audience members wanted me
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No, your e-books should not be dirt cheap.
Melissa Bikichky at DePaul University interviewed me recently for a project she’s working on. She asked me about e-books. Here’s what I said. Q:
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The Sounds and Smells of Ten Thousand Writers in a Badly Lighted Basement
Before I say anything else about AWP, watch this: That was from the NY Daily News’ Brian Mihok, who has excellent taste. Anyhow, that
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Hello, Blog, It’s Been a While
So. There’s been so much exciting stuff going on that I didn’t even have time to tell you about it all. The biggest deal,
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The Trouble With Bookstore Returns
Author’s note: This is way too long. And there’s math down there. But I’ve been having all these incredibly compelling conversations with writers and
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