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News You Can Use

By Steve Laubeon July 20, 2011
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Winnie the Pooh’s Cultural Dominance – A great slide show of the history of A.A. Milne’s character growing into a phenomenon. Did you know he sold the rights to Pooh in 1931 for $1,000 and a % of licensing fees? Today the licensing generates $5.6 billion in annual revenue. Wow.

Free Magazine on Writing – The July issue of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA).

Agent Andrew Wylie Stirs Things Up – Wylie capitalizes on the horrific situation at NewsCorp (parent company to HarperCollins) to toss some bombshells into their camp.

Wrestling with Writers Block? – Bob Spear provides some great advice.

Is Your Work Being Plagiarized on the Internet? – This is an excellent article with critical tools to determine if your work is being stolen.

What is the Best Time to Post Your Blog? – See this fascinating infographic. Does it match with your best practices?

The graphic can be found at Kissmetrics.

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

More Convention Highlights!

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon July 19, 2011
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As you know from reading our own Steve Laube's excellent insights on this blog about ICRS, the days were busy, exciting, and invigorating. The convention confirmed our optimism about Christian publishing's bright future.

I've been to the convention a number of times and have always been blessed. This year, it took place in Atlanta, a lovely city that offers hot, sunny, humid weather. My biggest …

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Category: Book Business, Conventions, ICRS, TamelaTag: convention, ICRS, Tamela

Convention Time!

By Steve Laubeon July 18, 2011
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by Steve Laube

Last week was the 2011 International Christian Retailing Show (ICRS) in Atlanta, Georgia. Tamela Hancock Murray and I  had a busy time. Statistics released declared that professional attendance was up 9.7% to 1,748, primarily representing buyers. Total attendance was up 5.83% to 4,918. International attendance was up 16.17% to 431 attendees from 61 countries.

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Category: Book Business, Conventions, ICRS, Steve, TamelaTag: Book Business, convention, ICRS

Special Announcement

By Steve Laubeon July 15, 2011
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Congratulations to Kathi Macias, author of Red Ink (New Hope Publishers) for being given the 2011 Golden Scroll book award for Novel of the Year presented by the Advance Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA). This is a tremendous honor.
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We are also thrilled to announce that seven of our agency's clients have been named as finalists for the Carol Award presented by the …

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Category: Awards, News You Can Use, Steve, TamelaTag: Awards

Fun Fridays – July 15, 2011

By Steve Laubeon July 15, 2011
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"Book Report" by the Peanuts crew. (five and one half minutes long)

When you are stuck with writer's block, watch this video and let the creativity begin!

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Category: Fun Fridays, Humor, SteveTag: Humor

News You Can Use

By Steve Laubeon July 12, 2011
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How Much is My First Printing Going to Be? - Just-in-Time Inventory and efficient printing technology has made that question irrelevant. Richard Curtis helps writers understand the new lingo.

Owners of eReaders and Tablets Are Heavy Readers of Printed Versions ofMagazines and Newspapers - This is the headline from a recent survey taken of 26,000 people by Gfk MRI. Also noted that women are 52% …

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

The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread?

By Steve Laubeon July 11, 2011
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Guest Post by Teddi Deppner

Today debuts our first guest post. I first met Teddi at the Mt. Hermon Writers Conference while she sat through my Major Morning Track, listening patiently to 8 1/2 hours of lecture over four days. She has recently been asking some penetrating questions about technology and the publishing industry so I invited her to create a post and express those thoughts for …

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Category: Book Business, E-Books, Guest Post, Publishing A-Z, TrendsTag: Book Business, Creativity, E-Books, Get Published, Ideas, Traditional Publishing, Trends

Fun Fridays – July 8, 2011

By Steve Laubeon July 8, 2011
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Contracts can be confusing. Enjoy this wisdom from Chico and Groucho Marx:

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Category: Contracts, Fun Fridays, SteveTag: Contracts, Humor

RWA 2011 – Bright Lights Big Stories

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon July 7, 2011
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by Lynette Eason

Today we are pleased to have a guest post from Lynette Eason, author of the bestselling "Women of Justice" series published by Revell. She also won the 2011 Inspirational Reader's Choice Award for romantic suspense. Last week Lynette was at the RWA (Romance Writers of America) convention and we asked her to share her experience.

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"Bright Lights Big Stories" …

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Category: Book Business, Conventions, Guest Post, Tamela, Writing CraftTag: convention, RWA, Tamela

True Words

By Karen Ballon July 6, 2011
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Several months ago someone challenged me to read an article by Marilyn McEntyre entitled “Letting Words Do Their Work.” Because I respected the editor who made the recommendation, I hopped right on over the the link.

It’s not easy reading. Nor is it a “quick read.” But I’ll tell you what it is:

Powerful truth. If you're a writer, speaker, agent, reader, or simply one who loves--truly …

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