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News You Can Use – October 16, 2012

By Steve Laubeon October 16, 2012
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Is Apple Promoting Original Sin? – Orthodox activists in Russia are objecting to Apple’s logo depicting a bite taken out of an apple. They say the image glorifies the sins of Adam and Eve. It is important to note that in the Orthodox tradition “a person experiences the faith in the Orthodox Church through its art and symbols.”

The E-mail is Legitimate – I’ve had clients ask if the email they received from Amazon promising a rebate on e-book purchases is real or a scam. It’s real. If you bought e-books from Barnes & Noble or Apple you should be getting another letter. It is a part of a lawsuit recently settled over e-book pricing.

Perfect Your Knife Skills – If you ever want to write about a chef or the parts of a carving knife…do your research. I’ll admit to learning something by reading this short article (the “tang” of a knife).

Your Self-Published Book isn’t Selling, What Do You Do? – Ten helpful ideas from Joanna Penn.

Ten Words You Literally Don’t Know You are Using Incorrectly – A helpful self-test to remind yourself of proper word usage.

Wikipedia is as Accurate as the Encyclopedia Brittanica – This article, written in 2005, makes this claim. What do you think? Has it become as reliable as the venerable encyclopedia’s of the past?

Watch this great three minute video about Branding:

 

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Fun Fridays – Oct. 12, 2012

By Steve Laubeon October 12, 2012
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Baptist Children’s Books

FakeJDGreear and ChurchCurmudgeon had a good time this Summer with their series, Baptist Children’s Books. Too much fun.
(HT: Trevin Wax)

Charlie Spurgeon and the Chocolate Factory
Green Eggs and NAMB (North American Mission Board)
Danny Akin and the Dinosaur
Goodnight Lottie Moon
Chick-Fil-Little: The Biblical Definition of Marriage is Falling
Harry Potter …

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News You Can Use – Oct. 9, 2012

By Steve Laubeon October 9, 2012
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Waterbrook Launches Christian Fiction Reader Hub - Check out Novel Crossing a very exciting and dynamic new site for all readers of Christian fiction. To quote their mission statement, the site "is dedicated to bringing Christian fiction readers the latest news, book releases, author commentary and reviews from a range of writers including authors, professional reviewers, fiction book editors and …

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Category: Get Published, News You Can Use, SteveTag: ebooks, faith in fiction, Harlequin, Tyndale House, Waterbrook

Fun Fridays – Oct. 5, 2012

By Steve Laubeon October 5, 2012
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What would happen if Apple's patent lawsuits continued into the future?

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News You Can Use – Oct. 2, 2012

By Steve Laubeon October 2, 2012
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Why is the new J.K.Rowling e-book priced at $17.99? - This brief article presents some succinct economic details to help you further understand how this industry works.

Penguin Sues Authors for Advances Paid - There are at least two sides to every story, but this appears to be a number of cases where a writer signed a contract, accepted a sizeable cash advance, and never delivered the …

Read moreNews You Can Use – Oct. 2, 2012
Category: News You Can Use, Personal, SteveTag: advances, Contracts, freelance, Laube, Trivia

Zondervan and Thomas Nelson Fiction Merge

By Steve Laubeon October 1, 2012
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by Steve Laube

You may have read about some of the reorganization that has begun after the sale of Thomas Nelson to Harper Collins, which already owned Zondervan. This past week there was a new development that touches the fiction publishing programs. Instead of two separate entities, there will be one fiction division moving forward. Zondervan’s editorial team of Sue Brower and Becky …

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Category: Book Business, Steve, TrendsTag: Thomas Nelson, Trends, Zondervan

The Word from Texas (Part One)

By Steve Laubeon September 26, 2012
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by Karen Ball

As many of you know, we at the agency were in Dallas, Texas this last week at the American Christian Fiction Writers’ conference. Folks told me it was too bad we had to go this time of year, that it was unbelievably hot and humid.

I wouldn’t know.

From the time I got to the hotel until I checked out, I never stepped a foot outside. Why, you may ask? Well, let’s see…

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Category: Conferences, Get PublishedTag: ACFW, Conference, Report

News You Can Use – Sept. 11, 2012

By Steve Laubeon September 11, 2012
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Never Forget - September 11th

Publishers Forcing a New Genre – Books for 14-35 year olds? Mature themes but packaged younger. Thoughts?

How Much Time is Wasted at Work? – This page and infographic should make everyone pause for a moment. The average worker checks their email 36 times an hour…. Astounding. I would have thought it was more. J

Hats Off to Amazon – Read this article! Mike …

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Fun Fridays – Sept. 7, 2012

By Steve Laubeon September 7, 2012
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Amazing musical creation by Mike Tompkins doing a cover of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep." Every sound is from Mike.

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News You Can Use – September 4, 2012

By Steve Laubeon September 4, 2012
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Amazon Buys 1,000 Backlist titles from Dorchester - As expected Amazon won the bid for defunct publisher Dorchester. Add these to the 3,000 titles they bought from Avalon in July and you have a serious number of romance backlist titles to offer.

Jonah Lehrer's Plagarism Worse than Originally Thought - Charles Seife analyzes numerous "Wired" articles and the Lehrer's blog and discovers a …

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