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Category: Publishing
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Printed Books
I don’t think the format of book-in-paper will ever go away entirely. I do believe we will see that format change over the next decade or so, however. Printed books will become the things you buy when you want to keep them, or have them signed, or… ebooks will be the read-once and move on…
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Books Are Forever
Mirror-posted to Amazing Stories Magazine. and Books are this girl’s best friend, unlike diamonds, riffing on that tagline. “The publisher often faces a situation where speed in the production of a book is almost as essential to its success as is “fast freight” to the saving of perishable food stufls. For some books, and frequently…
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Interesting articles
I’m busily writing today. I was joking around that I was going to write until my hands fall off, and although that might be a slight exaggeration, I do plan to have sore fingers and wrists later. I’ve done 1500 words before breakfast, which gives me a great start. So rather than a lengthy blog…
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Prepping for Publication
I am setting Sugar Skull up to publish later this month. I have a cover roughed out, courtesy of the writing workshop I attended at the end of September, and I think I have the story all ready, after the kindness of Spike Souders to gently but firmly tell me where the story was going…
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Interior Formatting for Print
Mirror-Posted at Amazing Stories today. A week late, my apologies, but a little something we all love to hate called Finals Week happened, and I slipped right past. So here is the tips and tricks how-to for putting a book out through CreateSpace. Honestly, if you follow the directions you won’t have too much…
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Formatting a TP Cover
Mirror-posted over at Amazing Stories Magazine Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on launching my second novel, Pixie Noir. As I did with the first, I released the book through my imprint in both print and e-formats. It’s a lot of work, but very rewarding indeed to be able to hold…
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Fling Open the Gates
Mirror-posted at Mad Genius Club today. I’ll begin this with two myths. First, that books and publishing need gatekeepers. This could be applied to oh, so much more in life, but I will stop there. The other, that gatekeepers must have the ‘right credentials’ or indeed, that anyone involved with writing must have them, from…
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Back Covers
I’m not sure if this qualifies as a nuts-and-bolts post, or a “what I have been up to this morning!” I spent a good part of my morning formatting and uploading files for Pixie Noir, hoping to hit the proposed publication date in a more-or-less timely fashion. I am working with Createspace again for this,…
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Pixie Noir: Snippet 9
I’m very excited, I have a draft of the cover for you all to look at! It’s likely going to be tweaked before final release, but do let me know what you think! (Be honest, remember, this is for posterity…) Only a couple more snippets before you can buy the whole thing and gobble it…
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Cover-up Follow-Up
Cross-posted over at Amazing Stories Last week I showed some examples of good and bad cover art. Now, if you are an indie author, or a small press publisher, you can’t afford a great cover artist to create bespoke art for your cover. And I’ll tell you something: most traditional publishers don’t bother, either. You…
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Industry Reading
I have too much homework to think too much. Now, isn’t that a conundrum? Anyway, I decided I would spare you my analysis of John Donne’s The Flea, although if you have never read it, you should. It’s really funny. But I will let you analyze it yourself. Just let me suggest that you ponder…
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Locked to Freedom
Cross-posted from Amazing Stories Magazine today. The problem with the internet is that anyone can write something down, publish it, and present it as fact when it’s not. http://boingboing.net/2013/10/11/amazon-requires-publishers-to.html I have ten titles on Amazon, and another one coming out later this week. Every single one, the default is no DRM, although there is a…