Showing posts with label publishing trend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label publishing trend. Show all posts
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Publishers Lunch TV
Publisher's Lunch is offering a free viewing of the CEO Roundtable at BEA 09 featuring Tina Brown, Brian Murray, Carolyn Reidy, John Sargent, David Steinberger. They discuss the latest in the publishing biz, including ebooks. It's free today only if you want to check it out.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Amazon, I May Have to Break Up With You
Bully Free Zone by Eddie S Creative Commons
Dear Amazon,
I loved you once. I bought almost all my books from you even though I went to Barnes and Noble every week for my critique group. This New Yorker cover, that was me.
But apparently you've had a head injury. Or maybe you just lost your soul in the big, bad world of commerce. You're causing collateral damage to authors in this nasty fight you're having with Hachette UK. No on likes a bully, Amazon. The authors didn't do anything to you.
Most writers make little enough money as it is. They dreamed for years, worked hard, were good enough to make it. And now you are punishing them for things that aren't their fault. Your mother would be ashamed. Aren't those $400 Kindles making you enough money?
Your tactics might work, but I've lost respect for you. I'll be honest, right now I'll still buy the occasional book from you. But when I get a coupon for my favorite book, Barnes and Noble gets my business. And I'm watching you. Any more of these tactics and I may have to cut off our relationship entirely.
I believe you're a good guy, Amazon. I admire your pioneer spirit and your enthusiastic attitude. Don't go the dark side.
Sincerely,
Tricia Grissom
Formerly Faithful Customer and Writer
Dear Amazon,
I loved you once. I bought almost all my books from you even though I went to Barnes and Noble every week for my critique group. This New Yorker cover, that was me.
But apparently you've had a head injury. Or maybe you just lost your soul in the big, bad world of commerce. You're causing collateral damage to authors in this nasty fight you're having with Hachette UK. No on likes a bully, Amazon. The authors didn't do anything to you.
Most writers make little enough money as it is. They dreamed for years, worked hard, were good enough to make it. And now you are punishing them for things that aren't their fault. Your mother would be ashamed. Aren't those $400 Kindles making you enough money?
Your tactics might work, but I've lost respect for you. I'll be honest, right now I'll still buy the occasional book from you. But when I get a coupon for my favorite book, Barnes and Noble gets my business. And I'm watching you. Any more of these tactics and I may have to cut off our relationship entirely.
I believe you're a good guy, Amazon. I admire your pioneer spirit and your enthusiastic attitude. Don't go the dark side.
Sincerely,
Tricia Grissom
Formerly Faithful Customer and Writer
Friday, June 6, 2008
Take the Free Book Crack - You Know You Want To
Stack of Books Creative Commons
A new trend is busting out all over publishing - free books by download.
- SmartBitches reports you can get the first two books in Julia-Fleming Spencer's mystery series for free (so they can hook you and you'll be jonesing to buy the next four). Diabolical. If I like the first two, I'm much more likely to buy the remaining books in the series.
- And Tor has just started Tor.com, a sci fi website offering a free book download and wall paper every week for everyone who signs up for their newsletter. I just received my first free book, Orphans of Chaos by John Wright. Again, if I like his first book, I'll hunt up the second.
- HarperCollins is also offering large segments of their books for browsing in a try before you buy strategy.
I'm in book heaven! I But I wish I had a Kindle to read them on instead of the pdf on my laptop. Here Kindle, Kindle, Kindle.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Publishing Trend: Hot Historical Romance
Photo by ezioman Creative Commons
This post is for a lovely lady named Barbara who I had dinner with at OWFI. She said she was working on a historical romance, and I remembered reading they were hot, so I've tracked down the agent posts that talk about the trend toward historicals.
Kristin Nelson's blog post says she had several editors plead for historical romances and literary agency BookEnds LLC had a similar post.
And agent Jenny Rappaport of the L. Perkins Agency is specifically looking for them according to her page on agentquery.com
Good luck, Barbara and let me know when you get an agent or sell your book so I can post it here.
This post is for a lovely lady named Barbara who I had dinner with at OWFI. She said she was working on a historical romance, and I remembered reading they were hot, so I've tracked down the agent posts that talk about the trend toward historicals.
Kristin Nelson's blog post says she had several editors plead for historical romances and literary agency BookEnds LLC had a similar post.
And agent Jenny Rappaport of the L. Perkins Agency is specifically looking for them according to her page on agentquery.com
Good luck, Barbara and let me know when you get an agent or sell your book so I can post it here.
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