Try out these New Year’s Resolutions for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD9qvF4z8cE
News You Can Use – Jan. 1, 2013
Amazon is Ripe for Disruption – Interesting article from Forbes Magazine by Suw Charman-Anderson.
Authors Who Say “I Don’t Have Enough Time for Promotion” Are Doomed to Fail – Toni Shannon encourages authors to become disciplined for success.
Can an Old-Fashioned Non-Interactive Author Survive in the Social Age? – A great counterpart to the previous article. This is from PBS and Felicia …
2012 – A Year in Review
by Steve Laube
With today being New Year's eve we have a chance to reflect, evaluate, and celebrate the events of this past year.
Our agency was extremely busy this year closing on 118 new book contracts covering nearly 200 new books. That meant we averaged a new contract every two business days. Amazing. What makes this exciting is that, despite dour predictions, publishers …
News You Can Use – Dec. 18, 2012
Ornaments for Book Lovers - For last minute online shopping?
Let the Ebook Price Wars Begin: Three Ebook Pricing Predictions - Interesting article from Forbes magazine. The predictions are quite reasonable.
Psy Makes $8 Million by Ignoring Copyright Infringement - Care to see how much a viral video can create literal revenue? Read this article for some behind the scenes discussion of this …
Fun Friday – December 14, 2012
This came out last year and is still one of my favorite commercials of the Christmas season.
News You Can Use – Dec. 11, 2012
Timing your book’s launch date for maximum impact – This post by Alan Rinzler is a MUST READ for every author. Think about where your book would fit most effectively and talk to your publisher about it. If you self-publish you have no one to blame but yourself for missing the opportunity to maximize your release date.
NY Times Creates Separate Middle Grade & YA Bestsellers Lists – Now there …
Fun Fridays – December 7, 2012
Every once in a while it is "fun" to do more than laugh. Instead we can revel in the beauty of God's creation.
Enjoy this incredible time-lapse study of the leaves turning in Central Park. Less than three minutes long.
Fall from jamie scott on Vimeo.
News You Can Use – Dec. 4, 2012
Guideposts sells Ellie Claire Line and Selected Summerside Titles to Worthy Publishing - Worthy Publishing adds a great gift book line along with some Summerside non-fiction to their company. Plus they added a new VP, Jason Rovenstine, who joins them from his similar role at Ellie Claire/Summerside. The Summerside fiction line remains with Guideposts with no editorial changes. Guideposts fiction …
Fun Fridays – Nov. 30, 2012
You may have seen some of the “Gangnam Style” song parodies that are all over the Internet. (By the way, the original Gangnam Style video is now the most watched YouTube video of all time with over 830 million views...since July.)
Recently the cast of Arizona Broadway Theatre's "Oklahoma," where my daughter Fiona is performing, just released their version called “Oklahoma Style.”
Be sure …
News You Can Use – Nov. 27, 2012
McGraw-Hill Agrees To Sell Its Education Publishing Business For $2.5 billion - Someone thinks publishing is still worth a lot of money!
Using Elements of Your Story to Market Your Book - Great article by Debby Mayne
Daily Routines of Famous Writers - Take a look at how Kurt Vonnegut, Maya Angelou, Ernest Hemingway, and others did their work.
Amazon Takes on Supermarkets with Groceries …