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Why We Blog

By Steve Laubeon December 19, 2016
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Week after week we try to post something meaningful for you to read. Over the years we’ve posted over 1,450 times. It can be a lot of work. So why do we do it?

Mission

It is part of our mission to help writers, no matter where they are on their publishing journey. Everyone has to start somewhere and we hope to help make the travels a little less confusing. The business of writing can be hard but those realities are part of the learning process.

In many ways it is a reflection of who we are individually but also corporately as an agency. As our motto says, we are here to “help change the world word by word.”

Information

We hope to bring important industry developments to your attention. And to bring a perspective that may help bring balance to some of the more “scary” news. With an ever changing marketplace we hope to at least touch on the most important issues.

It can also give us a reference to which we can point someone who has asked a question. The blog becomes a library of information.

Encouragement

Writing is a lonely perspective. When you are the only one in the room the self-talk can often have a negative turn. Into that world we hope to bring the occasional moment of relief.

Believe it or not, we are encouraged in return. Your comments. Your personal emails. Your letters. Your words encourage us. I can’t tell you how many times we have been blessed by you.

We want to thank each and every one of you for being a faithful reader. May you have a Merry Christmas and a blog-reading New Year!

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Category: Agency, PersonalTag: Agency, blogging

Fun Fridays – December 16, 2016

By Steve Laubeon December 16, 2016
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This is a Christmas video you absolutely must watch.

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Writers Learn to Wait

By Steve Laubeon December 5, 2016
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Good publishing takes time. Time to write well. Time to edit well. Time to find the right agent. Time to find the right publisher. Time to edit again and re-write. Time to design well. Time to market well. While there can be a lot of activity it still feels like “time” is another word for “wait.” No one likes to wait for anything. Our instant society (everything from …

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Category: Book Business, Contracts, Get Published, Indie, Marketing, Steve, The Publishing Life, The Writing LifeTag: Agents, Book Business, Contracts, Editors, Get Published, Marketing, Traditional Publishing

Fun Fridays – December 2, 2016

By Steve Laubeon December 2, 2016
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This is way too much fun. Imagine an entire gymnasium, on its home court, during a college basketball game, being completely silent…until something special happens. Enjoy this ESPN story about a Taylor University tradition.

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Who are the Major Retail Outlets for CBA Books?

By Steve Laubeon November 28, 2016
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[This post had to be updated and revised in March 2017 and again in August 2019 due to numerous changes in the industry.] The question came up recently asking which retail store is the most important to a CBA publisher for selling print editions of their books? And to which store are the most books sold? CBA is a label to describe the Christian book market. It used to be an acronym for Christian …

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Category: Book Business, Book Business, Book Sales, Economics, Marketing, Publishing History, The Publishing Life, The Writing Life

Fun Fridays – November 25, 2016

By Steve Laubeon November 25, 2016
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Try the choreography with your family this weekend! (link to the instructions at the end of the video.) The first 45 seconds should be easy enough. But then gets a little more fun. Your group may not sound as amazing as this one however.

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Fun Fridays – November 18, 2016

By Steve Laubeon November 18, 2016
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Last Sunday was National Tongue Twister Day. Your assignment, should you decide to accept it, is to have your family do a Tongue Twister Challenge. Here are a few to try, some are better for younger kids! (To win you have to say it three times really fast without error.) Red leather yellow leather. Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? She sells seashells by the seashore. Fuzzy Wuzzy was a …

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When Your Book Doesn’t Sell

By Steve Laubeon November 14, 2016
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You have spent years writing your book and now it has been published by a traditional publisher. It took a while for the publisher to bring it to market. But it is finally out there. Dreams have been realized. You. Are. A. Published. Author. But then the sales reports begin to appear. Sales have floundered. There isn’t any buzz. No one is even commenting on your Facebook page. It’s a …

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Category: Agents, Book Business, Book Sales, Career, Economics, Editing, PlatformTag: Book Marketing, Book Sales, Failure

Fun Fridays – Nov. 11, 2016

By Steve Laubeon November 11, 2016
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What if headlines for Old Testament stories were written for the Internet? Original found at: https://wronghands1.com/2016/09/30/clickbait-old-testament/. Used under the provision of Creative Commons.

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The Year 1908 and Being a Cubs Fan

By Steve Laubeon November 7, 2016
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As you may know, last Wednesday saw the Chicago Cubs baseball team win the World Series, their first time since 1908. To put it in historical perspective, in 1908 Teddy Roosevelt was president of the U.S. (Taft was elected in November of that year). The Summer Olympics were moved to London because Rome was financially ruined by the eruption of Mt. Vesuius a couple years earlier. The first Model-T …

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Category: Personal, Publishing HistoryTag: Cubs, Publishing History, Steve Laube
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