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State of the Biz: Publishing in 2014 and Beyond, Part 5: Authors’ Market...

In a blog Smashwords founder Mark Coker posted earlier this year, he discussed the issues of ebook pricing and royalty percentages among independent authors versus traditionally published authors. I...

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State of the Biz: Publishing in 2014 and Beyond, Part 6: Ebooks Versus Print...

I love print books. I love to hold them, relax anywhere with an adequate light source and a good book. My husband, Tom Robinson, and I must own about 25,000 books (Tom has dealt rare books and been a...

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State of the Biz: Publishing in 2014 and Beyond, Part 8: Print Books in 2013...

This just in from Publisher’s Weekly: “Bowker released its estimates of print book production for 2013, noting that what they call “traditional” output–which includes self-publishers like CreateSpace,...

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State of the Biz: Publishing in 2014 and Beyond, Part 9: Amazon Vs Hatchett...

No comment. Seriously, if you have the time and inclination to follow this latest crisis in publishing, you only need to Google the title above to find ten thousand opinions and renditions of it. One...

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State of the Biz: Publishing in 2014 and Beyond, Part 10: Conversations with...

In October, 2013 I started a series of conversations with my acquaintance, the author Elle Emerson. I don’t have the link handy, but if you scroll back on WordPress to October 19, 2013, you’ll find our...

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How to Create a Navigational Table of Contents in Your Ebook Lisa Mason #SFWApro

I updated my list earlier this year and had to do something new. I wanted to tell you about creating a navigational Table of Contents in your ebook. All the retailers require this these days, so if...

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State of the Biz: Publishing 2015, Part 1: Is Independent Publishing Dead?...

Now that we’re winding down 2014, it’s time to talk about 2015. Several trends have been hitting the publishing business since July of this year and, to be frank, they’re not good. And only going to...

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State of the Biz: Publishing 2015, Part 2: The Smashwords Speech: What Does...

I picked up this speech from Publisher’s Weekly after receiving Mark Coker’s Smashwords blog distributed to authors, which puts a considerably gloomier spin on publishing in 2015. I’m quoting this...

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State of the Biz: Publishing 2015, Part 3: Beware of the Latest Scam Aimed At...

We’ve got a wonderful little public library that’s a pleasant leafy walk away from home. Tom goes there nearly every week to borrow new magazines and books. We pay a lot of taxes to the city so, in a...

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Charles de Lint’s Comments About the Publishing Business in the May-June...

The acclaimed fantasy author, Charles de Lint, writes a column, “Books To Look For.” In the May-June Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, he reviews Black Wolf by Steph Shangraw, published by...

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