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Last week HarperCollins announced that they were making over 5,000 of their backlist books available only as print on demand. According to the corporate press release from Brian Murray, the President and CEO: As a publisher, it is our vision to make every HarperCollins book available to consumers in stores for immediate purchase – either [...]
Survey Says …
So there was this survey recently that states “One in Six Americans Now Use E-Reader with One in Six Likely to Purchase in Next Six Months.” That’s promising, right? Well, yes and no. Don’t get me wrong, I would love it if that statement was one hundred percent accurate, but I find myself often distrusting surveys. After [...]
My Columbia Hint Fiction Art Show Trip
Early in the morning last week I arrived to the Philadelphia International Airport for my 10:15 a.m. flight to Columbia, Missouri only to find out that it was delayed. Thanks a lot, Southwest! Anyway, on my way to my departing gate I happened to pass this sad sight. So what was behind the curtain? One of the CEOs [...]
Harlan Coben On Writing
When it comes to thriller writers, Harlan Coben is definitely at the front of the pack. And to help promote his new YA book Shelter, he wrote a little piece for the Wall Street Journal on the three steps to becoming a great writer. Will they guarentee every writer success? No, of course not. Still, [...]
Reader Reviews Vs. Critical Reviews
I’m back from visiting Columbia, Missouri and the Hint Fiction Art Show (well, I actually came back earlier this week), but before I do a post about all of that I want to talk about the different kinds of reviews out there in this crazy world wide web of ours. First, though, I want to preface this [...]
Adaptation
For the longest time I made it a point to keep my eye on the publishing industry. Besides keeping up with the GalleyCat and Publishers Weekly feeds in my Google Reader, every Monday, like clockwork, I checked out the new fiction reviews from PW, seeing what was getting the starred reviews and who was publishing them [...]
Author Beware
My friend Nick Kaufmann just did a blog post (or LiveJournal post, which is like a blog wannabe, right?) about some shady shit happening in the publishing world. Here’s some of the post: I was recently contacted by the former book review editor of the Rocky Mountain News about working for the new review website she started, where [...]
Matt Damon Is Awesome
Out of all the movies he’s starred in and all the charities he’s donated to and all the organizations he helps, Matt Damon is probably best known for his performance in Team America. But this past Saturday he was down in Washington, D.C. speaking on behalf of teachers everywhere. He was the only celebrity who appeared at [...]
Price Is Everything
At what point is it acceptable to raise the price of your ebooks? This is the question I’m now struggling with. As this recent article on ebook pricing shows, there are ten rules as found by Vook: 1 Zero variable cost means it’s okay to significantly lower prices to maximize revenue. 2 Optimal pricing is [...]