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SF/F Magazines Wait Out The Great Pause—Part 2: Short- and Long-Term Prospects & the Post-COVID Landscape
by J. Scott Coatsworth This article continues J. Scott Coatsworth’s interviews and compilation of information examining how SF/F magazines are
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The Ultra-Novelist
by Hunter Liguore
When it comes to writing, especially the novel, we can never give up! We’re essentially running our own ‘ultra-marathon.’ Looking at a runner who will traverse 100 miles over 30 hours, we must see the significant amount of training that went into this. Considering the above scenario, this ultra-runner must’ve spent at least half to a full year of deliberate planning/training just for this one race.
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Optimizing Income for Independent SF & F Authors
by J Lloren Quill
How much money does an author make selling a book?
It should be a simple question with a straightforward answer, but it’s not. With technology at our side, we now have the data to answer this simple question in about 1.2 million different ways.
Building a Career, Information Center, Networking and Self-Promotion, Publishing Technologies, The Business of Writing, The SFWA Blog
How Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors and Publishers Can Take Advantage of Price Promotions
If you’re an author or publisher, price promotions are a powerful way to reach new readers and sell books.
How powerful? In 2015, price promotions on BookBub alone drove sales of over 20 million ebooks — and over 200 of the books with promotions featured on BookBub made it to The New York Times bestseller list.
In this post, we’ll explain how science fiction and fantasy authors and publishers can tap into some of that power and use price promotions to accomplish multiple book marketing goals.
The SFWA NetGalley Partnership Program: Apply Today!
The SFWA NetGalley Partnership Program: Apply Today! It can be a challenge to get your hard work into reviewers’
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SFWA Investment Program
In January 2013 the Board determined that 30% of the Money Market funds should be moved into long-term, conservative, and balanced growth funds to help ensure the long-term health of SFWA.
Contracts Committee
A Word from Our Contracts Committee… Moral Rights Clauses are currently being discussed by the Contracts Committee. Please see this
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Getting Out of the Pubslush Slush Pile
by Caren Gussoff
We’re on the front lines of the changing publishing industry, and for all the insecurities that encompasses, we have a growing number of tools that help reach out and sell directly to fans. Of these tools, perhaps the one most successful has been the online crowd funding platforms.
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Guest Post: Does Book Touring Still Matter?
by John Scalzi
When I’m out and about and recount my tour adventures to people (I can reel off my itinerary just about in my sleep at this point), the question often arises about whether all this touring is actually still useful and/or desirable in an age where so many people get their books electronically, and when one (or at least, one like me) can show up to a comic con, at which between 20k and 50k people will show up in one place, where you also happen to be.