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News You Can Use – May 15, 2012

By Steve Laubeon May 15, 2012
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J.A. Konrath Responds – [Warning: There is some coarse language in the post.] Konrath’s response to my blog post from yesterday.

Vetting a Freelance Editor – Victoria Strauss writes an incredible article on how to pick the best independent editor for your project.

Icons that Make No Sense to the New Generation of Readers – A tremendous article about words that could “date” your writing if you aren’t careful.

25 Ways to use Twitter the Wrong Way – Very educational for those who are casual users

Bible App Exceeds 50 Million Downloads – YouVersion Bible App from LifeChurch.TV. Link includes a video interview with the co-founder.

Songwriter Wins Lawsuit – If you plan on still being in the publishing game 30 years from now or if your heirs will need advice on your literary estate, read this article and see what a loophole in the copyright law can mean for you.

Enjoy this pretty cool video called “The Bible in 50 Words”

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Category: Get PublishedTag: Editing, Rights Reversion, Twitter

Goodbye to Traditional Publishing?

By Steve Laubeon May 14, 2012
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Recently Ann Voss Peterson wrote of her decision to never sign another contract with Harlequin. One major statistic from the article is that she sold 170,000 copies of a book but earned only $20,000.

Multiple clients sent me Peterson’s “Harlequin Fail” article and wanted my opinion. My first thought is that this was typical “the publisher is ripping me off” fodder. But …

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Category: Book Business, Contracts, Defense of Traditional Publishing, E-Books, Steve, TrendsTag: Contracts, royalties, Traditional Publishing

Word Trivia

By Steve Laubeon May 11, 2012
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Word Trivia

“Stewardesses" and "reverberated" are the two longest (and commonly used) words (12 letters each) that can be typed with only the left hand.

"lollipop" is the longest word typed with your right hand.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or …

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Category: Fun Fridays, HumorTag: Fun, Humor, Trivia

News You Can Use – May 8, 2012

By Steve Laubeon May 8, 2012
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Traditional Advertising is Truly Dead - Not sure I agree with the over the top headline, but the article does make some excellent points. A quote from the article:
"The equation used to be: money x media = business.
The new equation is: time x media = business.
In other words, every company is a media company."
Microsoft has invested in Barnes & Noble's Nook - But before everyone gets …

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Category: Marketing, News You Can UseTag: fiction, Marketing, Twitter

Fun Fridays – May 4, 2012

By Steve Laubeon May 4, 2012
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Enjoy this clever three minute book trailer for the new prequel to The Godfather releasing next week (titled The Family Corleone).

No editors were harmed in the filming of this video. At least that we know of.

Watch past the credits.

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Category: Fun FridaysTag: book trailer, Humor

News You Can Use – May 1, 2012

By Steve Laubeon May 1, 2012
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Amanda Hocking is Happy with her Publisher – An update from the woman whose self-published ebooks garnered a monster traditional deal.

10 Best First Lines in Fiction - Chosen by editors at the Guardian (UK). Do you agree or disagree?

How We Will Read in the Future - An excellent interview with Maria Popova, the curator for the great BrainPickings blog. (The article is about 2,500 words long …

Read moreNews You Can Use – May 1, 2012
Category: News You Can UseTag: Craft, ebooks, Google Ads, Marketing, Reading

Blood, Guts and Peanuts: What it’s Like Writing with Ted Dekker

By Steve Laubeon April 30, 2012
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Guest blog by Tosca Lee

Our guest today is Tosca Lee, author of Demon: A Memoir and Havah: The Story of Eve. She is also the co-author with Ted Dekker of the NYTimes bestseller Forbidden. The next book in that series will be out this Summer. A sought-after speaker and former Mrs. Nebraska, Tosca was a senior consultant for a global consulting firm until turning to writing full-time. She holds a …

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Category: Guest Post, Humor, Writing CraftTag: Collaboration, Humor, Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee

Fun Fridays – April 27, 2012

By Steve Laubeon April 27, 2012
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How many book characters do you count in this short video? And what are their names?

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Category: Fun FridaysTag: Fun

News You Can Use – April 24, 2012

By Steve Laubeon April 24, 2012
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How to Pay a Ghost - Great post on how ghostwriting works.

A Noah's Ark for Books! - Brewster Kahle is storing a copy of every book ever published. Spending millions on storage and scanning. Fascinating.

Search Google by Reading Level - Refine your searches! Who knew Google could do this too?

Yet Another Supreme Court Case Concerning Book Sales - This time dealing with the "grey" market …

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Category: News You Can UseTag: Ghostwriting, Google+, Persistence, Social Media, Supreme Court

Fun Fridays – April 20, 2012

By Steve Laubeon April 20, 2012
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An appropriate caption for this cartoon could be "What every author wishes they could say to an editor."

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Category: Fun FridaysTag: Editing, Humor
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