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Happy 10th Anniversary!

By Steve Laubeon May 26, 2014
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by Steve Laube

Birthday Candles

It is hard to believe that this weekend marks ten years since I made the decision to open The Steve Laube Agency in 2004. I can honestly say it has been a blessing to have the opportunity to serve the industry and our authors in this capacity.

It is stunning to realize we have secured contracts for over 1,000 books. And the books that have been published have sold over 13,000,000 copies.

We’ve survived many changes. Multiple mergers and purges in the industry. A national economic crisis. Three presidential elections. The advent of ebooks. The disruption and rise of Amazon.com. Twilight and Fifty Shades of Gray. But through it all the good news of the Gospel has been proclaimed through the written word.

It has been exciting to add Tamela Hancock Murray, Karen Ball, and Dan Balow to the team. They each bring such extraordinary strengths to the table that we all benefit from each other’s insights.

We are also honored to represent some of the finest writers in the industry. Each one is tremendously gifted and has a unique message or story to tell. We love our clients and it is a measure to realize that we all look forward to each work day. There is something new, fresh, and exciting from our authors.

This blog was started in Fall 2009 and I want to thank each of you for following our posts. We hope that each day brings a little bit more help to you as you navigate this publishing journey.

I simply cannot wait to see what God has for us during the next ten years!

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Category: Agency, Personal, SteveTag: Agency, Anniversary

Fun Fridays – May 23, 2014

By Steve Laubeon May 23, 2014
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A great song about books! Lyrics: If You Love to Read There’s a story waiting to be told Waiting for all of us, whether we’re young or old The story is in there if you take a look Go ‘head and and open up, the pages of a book If you ask me, I will read with you Don’t underestimate the things that books can do There’s a story waiting to be told Waiting for all of us, …

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It was a Quiet Week

By Steve Laubeon May 19, 2014
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by Steve Laube It was an quiet week in the agenting business. Periodically I like to peel back the curtain on what we do as literary agents because for many it remains a mystery or as a job that is unnecessary. I love my job. I am so very blessed to be able to do something I love and help so many people while doing it. Without further ado, here are a number of things that crossed my path this …

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Category: Agency, Agents, Get PublishedTag: Agency, Agents, Get Published

Fun Fridays – May 16, 2014

By Steve Laubeon May 16, 2014
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A Goldberg machine for dogs. Way too clever! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA56LgpFbSw

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Fun Fridays – May 9, 2014

By Steve Laubeon May 9, 2014
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An eight year old sings “Fly Me to the Moon.” Pick me off the floor… Angelina Jordan is a finalist on “Norway’s Got Talent” (See more below.)   This performance got her into the finals which will be later this month.   Her original audition. Sung acapella.   Here she is with her Mum and her little sister in an interview in March.

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The Big Just Got Bigger – HarperCollins Buys Harlequin

By Steve Laubeon May 5, 2014
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by Steve Laube Today’s Cinco de Mayo celebration should be renamed Cinco de Grande. Last week’s news that HarperCollins is buying Harlequin caused quite a stir in the industry. It had long been wondered if current owner Torstar, a Canadian media company that owns a number of properties, would do something with Harlequin. The primary reason is that each of the past four years has seen a …

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My Most Frequently Used Reference Book

By Steve Laubeon April 28, 2014
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by Steve Laube After pulling down this book from my shelf twice this past week I realized there is no other reference book I use more frequently. The book? The Synonym Finder by J.I. Rodale. I prefer it over Roget’s Thesaurus because it is laid out logically – in alphabetical order. There are multiple occasions where I need an alternative word to the one I’m trying to use. So I …

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Category: Book Review, Craft, Creativity, Personal, Reading, Steve, Writing CraftTag: Book Review, Craft, Creativity

Fun Fridays – April 25, 2014

By Steve Laubeon April 25, 2014
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Clever. Funny. Entertaining. What a great performance! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKezUd_xw20 Thanks to Dan Balow for the tip!

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A Forty Day Experiment with Music

By Steve Laubeon April 21, 2014
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by Steve Laube I tried something new this year. During the 40 days prior to Easter, also known as Lent, I chose to listen to one and only one CD while driving in my car. From March 5th to April 20th the only music playing was “Lent at Ephesus,” the #1 bestselling Classical Music album of the year. This means during that period I heard this music at least thirty times from start to …

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Category: Creativity, Personal, SteveTag: Creativity, music

Fun Fridays – April 11, 2014

By Steve Laubeon April 11, 2014
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English is a crazy language to be sure! It ought to be taught and read with careful enunciation.

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