This has been around for five years. It still makes me smile every time.
“When it comes to a good book, Stephen King’s resume just can’t compare.”
News You Can Use – May 22, 2012
Where is Publishing Headed? – This it a great article! Read is carefully and you will want to read more. I recommended John Thompson’s book Merchants of Culture last year (my review is here). Now it is in paperback for $17 (retail price) and for either the Kindle or the Nook for around $10. If you are serious about understanding the book business you owe it to yourself to buy this and …
A One Year Anniversary Announcement
by Steve Laube
A year ago we welcomed Tamela Hancock Murray and Karen Ball to our agency. I couldn't be more pleased.
These two ladies are amazing people. They both work very hard to serve their clients with passion and excellence. I am blessed to have them as part of our team.
Next week will be the eighth anniversary of the founding of The Steve Laube Agency. We have had some …
Fun Fridays – May 8, 2012 -The Chaos of English Pronunciation
Fun Friday - May 18, 2012
Quoted in its entirety from The Better Spelling Society (read their article the history of this piece). My favorite is the last stanza that reads "which rhymes with enough? Though, through, bough, cough, hough, sough, tough??"
The Chaos - by Gerard Nolst Trenité
This version is essentially the author's own final text, as also published by New River Project in 1993. A …
News You Can Use – May 15, 2012
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 …
Goodbye to Traditional Publishing?
by Steve Laube
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 …
Word Trivia
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 …
News You Can Use – May 8, 2012
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 …
Fun Fridays – May 4, 2012
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.
News You Can Use – May 1, 2012
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 …