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Guest Post: A Viable and Just Business Model
For the Ebook Age
The times they are a-changing, the question of when will probably be answered after the next Christmas season as ebooks emerge at minimum as a major market force, over 20% of book sales is a conservative guess, so the answer to that one is soon.
Editors and Publishing Houses, Information Center, The SFWA Blog
The Pirate Code of Children’s Literature
Inside of genre circles, “YA” seems to be taking hold as a catch-all term for anything written for anyone under 18. Since so many people use YA as a catch-all, it’s becoming a catch-all, so how children’s book industry people define the category doesn’t matter. Does it?
Building a Career, Networking and Self-Promotion, The SFWA Blog
An Overview of Writing for Print vs. the Web
Monica Valentinelli talks about what it means to write non-fiction for the web versus writing for a print publication like a magazine.
The SFWA Blog, Writer Beware
Open Letter from a Writer to New Publishers
Posted by Richard White for Writer Beware
Dear New Publisher:
You may have noticed people discussing your company on various web sites. Normally, this would be a good thing, I mean, free publicity, right? But, when you go to these sites, they may be discussing your company in unflattering terms and asking all kinds of questions about your ability to get books into bookstores.
The SFWA Blog, Writer Beware
Wanna Be a Virtual Author’s Assistant?…Maybe Not
As readers of this blog know, I’m fascinated by the strange phenomena that flourish at the fringes of the publishing world. So I was thrilled recently to discover yet another example: an online course that teaches people how to become Virtual Author’s Assistants.
Copyright Education, The SFWA Blog, Writer Beware
Rights and Copyright
Copyright, literally, is “the right to copy.” It guarantees the authors of creative works–including books, artworks, films, recordings, photographs–the exclusive right for a set period of time to allow other people to copy and distribute the work, by whatever means and in whatever media currently exist. It also prohibits copying and distributing without the author’s permission. You own copyright by law, automatically, as soon your work is fixed in tangible form–i.e., the minute you write down the words.
Information Center, Networking and Self-Promotion, The Business of Writing, The SFWA Blog
Get Personal with your Marketing Efforts
The words “online marketing” are fairly generic, since there are quite a few components involved with this business practice. Marketers (like myself) often utilize web analytics, social media, blogging, natural and paid search, online advertising, etc. For authors, online marketing may be a little more targeted to our writing and publishing efforts via social media and blogging platforms.
Publishing Technologies, The SFWA Blog
Article Recommendation: Bits of Destruction
With the publishing industry shifting so rapidly now, it’s always interesting to see what people think the new paradigm will be. Bernard Lunn takes a look at it in a two part article at ReadWriteWeb. As with any set of predictions it’s just guesswork, but guesses worth reading.
Editors and Publishing Houses, Information Center, The Business of Writing, The Craft of Writing, Writing Technique
A Writer’s Guide to Understanding the Copyeditor
by Terry McGarry Originally appeared in the Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Spring 1995. Copyright