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News You Can Use – Jan. 31, 2012

By Steve Laubeon January 31, 2012
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Amazon’s Hit Man – The is a very good article about Larry Kirshbaum the new head of Amazon’s Trade Publishing division. Every serious writer should read this article. Take the time, it is only 3,400 words. Source is Blomberg’s Business Week magazine.

Is There Hope for Barnes & Noble? – an interesting take by Rich Adin.

Why Are We Obsessed with What’s New? – Maria Popova reviews a book that explored this sociological phenomenon. Oh, by the way, the book is new… 🙂

How to Read a Book – Chad Hall explores the various ways to read. I do a lot of #4.

Will Non-Fiction E-books Achieve the Same Success as Fiction? – Laurel Marshfield explores why e-book fiction outsells e-book non-fiction and whether that will ever change.

Do You Sit at the Computer All Day? – Then read this life-saving article from LifeHacker.

This is a very creative short film (15 minutes), watch it with your kids! It is also an incredible interactive iPad app. Check it out.

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Category: Book Business, News You Can UseTag: News, Publishing News, Trends

Clarification on Sale of Heartsong to Harlequin

By Steve Laubeon January 30, 2012
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New information has surfaced regarding the sale of Heartsong to Harlequin.

In my post on Friday I made the assumption that the sale included all the backlist and the currently contracted titles. This was reflected in point #5 in the post.

That is not the case. Harlequin did not buy the backlist or the currently contracted titles. Those will remain the property of Barbour Publishing. Thus …

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Category: Agency, Book Business, Get Published, Romance, Steve, TrendsTag: Agents, Book Business, Editors, Publishing News, Trends, Writing Craft

Barbour Sells Heartsong to Harlequin

By Steve Laubeon January 27, 2012
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Today Barbour Publishing announced they have sold their Heartsong Presents line of inspirational romances to Harlequin.

For those of us who have been wondering about the eventual buyer, this comes as no surprise. We have known they were being sold since last Fall. In December I spoke with Barbour's president, Tim Martins, and he confirmed that the sale was in its last stages of negotiation but …

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Category: Agency, Book Business, Book Business, Contracts, Get Published, Steve, TrendsTag: Agents, Book Business, Publishing News, rumors, Writing Craft

Fun Fridays – Jan. 27, 2012

By Steve Laubeon January 27, 2012
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Over eight million views in one week. So in case you have not yet seen this, enjoy "The Bark Side."

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Category: Fun Fridays, HumorTag: Fun, Humor

News You Can Use – Jan. 24, 2012

By Steve Laubeon January 24, 2012
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The Secrets Behind the Bestseller List - Ever wonder how those lists are compiled? The Sacramento Bee takes a stab at uncovering the secret.

3 Important Questions about Digital that No One is Asking - Nick Atkinson adds to the ongoing discussion in a sharp manner.

Do Book Bloggers Still Matter? - Beth Kephart asks whether this form of marketing has any influence any more.

10 Bits of …

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Category: Book Business, News You Can Use, SteveTag: Bestsellers, Bookselling, Digital Books, E-Books, Publishing News, Trends

The Bestseller Code

By Steve Laubeon January 23, 2012
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Take the Bestseller Code test. I dare you.

The web site www.thebestsellercode.com is fascinating. Through some mysterious algorithm it evaluates about 500 words of your novel and grades it on a scale of one to twenty (1 to 20).

Does it work? I gave it a try with a recent proposal from a bestselling client. I took the first page and a half and plugged it into the test. It scored 20.0. A …

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Category: Craft, Get Published, Steve, Writing CraftTag: Bestseller, Craft, Get Published, Proposals, Writing Craft

Fun Fridays – Jan. 20, 2012

By Steve Laubeon January 20, 2012
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A real page turner!

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News You Can Use – Jan. 17, 2012

By Steve Laubeon January 17, 2012
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Thank you for the overwhelming response to our survey last week. We had almost 100% confirmation that we should continue this feature. So you are stuck with it!

Publicity Calendar for 2012 - EVERY author should download this PDF and see if there is something they can capitalize on! This is a brilliant resource.

Write for Your Audience - An excellent article from a YA author on the challenge …

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Category: Book Business, News You Can Use, SteveTag: News, Publishing News, Trends

Fun Fridays – Jan. 13, 2012

By Steve Laubeon January 13, 2012
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A delightful book-centric video for you today!

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Did You Miss Today’s “News You Can Use”?

By Steve Laubeon January 10, 2012
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For quite some time we have been providing various links on Tuesdays under the title “News You Can Use.” This post takes considerable time to compile. But since it doesn’t create discussion or comments we have little idea if anyone is reading this weekly post. Therefore we are asking if you can click two buttons below to respond to our survey. And, if you have a topic you would …

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