Archive for 2012

Quick Updates for 2012-09-02

Want to talk to Eugene Meyers? Find him at the SFWA table in the Hyatt Fan Table area at 1! #dragoncon # Stop by Booth 309-311 to get your books signed by Rob Reid and Nancy Holder from 1:00-2:00! #dragoncon # Want to talk to Eugene Meyers and Alexandra Hughes? Find them at the SFWA […]

Quick Updates for 2012-09-01

SFWA Member @keffy's story "Five Bullets on the Banks of the Sadji" is now live at Podcastle: http://t.co/bVII3A7m # Join @sfwa and @SFWAauthors at the #SFWA reception & autograph session Saturday @ 6pm. #2012BBF @BmoreBookFest # Want to talk to Lucienne Diver? Find her at the SFWA table in the Hyatt Fan Table area at […]

Fake Jared And His Friends: Author Solutions’ Misleading PR Strategies

In my recent blog post on Pearson’s acquisition of self-publishing giant Author Solutions Inc., I posed several questions that I hope Pearson will consider as it integrates ASI with Penguin Group. One of these was whether ASI will start being more transparent in its advertising and PR. I’d like to go a little bit more into detail on what I mean.

Vanity, Vanity: Turning The Label Around

A prominent literary agent recently told me that unless an author receives a hefty advance of $100,000 or more most publishers will do virtually no promotion, leaving it to authors to create and exploit their own platforms via social media and networking connections, workshops and webcasts.

In Memoriam: Josepha Sherman

Author Josepha Sherman (b.1946) died on August 23 following a year of deteriorating health. Sherman began publishing in 1986 with a “Find Your Fate” adventure book and the novel Golden Girl and the Crystal of Doom.