Steven Sharp Nelson playing eight cellos. Watch and enjoy.
His album “Sacred Cell0” is one of my all time favorites.
Steven Sharp Nelson playing eight cellos. Watch and enjoy.
His album “Sacred Cell0” is one of my all time favorites.
by Steve Laube
Thirty Three Twitter Feeds to Follow - The folks at Poets & Writers put together a helpful list of publishing and writing oriented twitter feeds to follow.
Kindle Spam Clogging Amazon - What a mess. Fake compiled books are being uploaded on the Kindle digital platform and sold to unsuspecting people. Another argument for Curation.
Google Books Creates Affiliate Program …
Randy Ingermanson recently interviewed author Mary DeMuth in his "Advanced Fiction Writing E-Zine" and the topic of rejection surfaced. I thought it was very insightful and, with permission, am posting their conversation.
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My friend Mary DeMuth recently published an e-book with the title The 11 Secrets of Getting Published.
Given that the price is only $2.99, I assumed the …
My friend Bill Reynolds, known as “Mr. Bible,” has passed away. In his career as a Bible salesman he sold over one million copies! He was one of the first sales reps to ever sell to me when I first started in the industry as a bookseller with The Berean Christian Stores. He was always cheerful and took a sincere interest in my life and development as a Christian, a father, and a …
In the final step of our current expansion we are excited to announce that Karen Ball is joining The Steve Laube Agency as a new literary agent for the firm.
Karen is one of the most widely respected editors in the publishing business. For nearly 30 years she has built and led successful fiction lines for Tyndale, Multnomah, Zondervan, and, most recently, the B&H Publishing Group. She’s …
We are thrilled to announce that Tamela Hancock Murray is joining The Steve Laube Agency as a new literary agent for the firm. For the last ten years she has been with the Hartline Literary Agency representing a number of successful authors.
She interned on Capitol Hill and at the U.S. Department of State before graduating with honors in Journalism from Lynchburg College in Virginia. Tamela …
INFRASTRUCTURE
The more I write on this series the more “boring” it seems to become. Why? Because I’m not revealing anything particularly new or uncovering the secret to getting published. However, the goal has been to talk about things that the traditional can do quite well. And this series ultimately is a journey through the innards of the publishing business.
Today we discuss …
DESIGN
Napoleon Bonaparte, is supposed to have said, "Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours," translated "A good sketch is better than a long speech." That has morphed into the modern phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words,” which is a fundamental truth when talking of book covers.
Another cliché states, “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but we do it all the time. We are a …
CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
I need to clarify what I’m attempting to do with this series of posts. I am not digging deeper trenches and pouring the dirt over a head that is already buried in the sand. Some think I’m defending a dying industry and failing to see the changes around it. This series is merely an attempt to remind us what traditional publishers do well. Their critics are jettisoning all of …
CURATION
The word "curation" embodies one of the key activities of a traditional publisher. My understanding of this word has been forever enriched by Steven Rosenbaum, the author of the fantastic book Curation Nation: Why the Future of Content is Context. (You owe it to yourself to read this book.)
We usually associate the curator with a museum.