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News You Can Use – Nov. 20, 2012

By Steve Laubeon November 20, 2012
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Family Christian Stores in a Buyout – The largest Christian bookstore chain in the country will have new owners. They have 280 stores in 36 states. The chain’s management in partnership with some investors has acquired the chain from its previous private equity owners.

Tyndale House Publishers Wins Their Courthouse Battle – Great news! I previously posted regarding the potential that an unfavorable ruling could have caused Tyndale to close their doors.

Publishers Hate Authors! – Declares Michael Levine in the Huffington Post. While he scores a few points it ultimately comes across as overstated. Victoria Strauss has the best response on her blog Writer Beware. She says it all.

How Many Pages Do You Read Each Day? – Kit Steinkellner asks a great question and then confesses her own habits. How would you answer the question? (No hedging.)

The Best Comma Rule Ever – Kathy Tyers nails the topic!

The Reinvention of the Bookseller – Interesting thoughts from industry guru Joe Wikert.

The Metadata Handbook now available – The books costs $95 but if you are an indie author/publisher or a traditional publisher you may want to get a copy. Metadata is a key to successful online bookselling. Check out the site for a complete table of contents and a regular blog.

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Fun Fridays – Nov. 16, 2012

By Steve Laubeon November 16, 2012
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It is likely you have seen the various parodies of the infamous scene of Hitler in a bunker in a rage. Because the clip is in German many people have had fun putting in their own English subtitles.

Today's Fun Friday is the same scene, but this time Hitler is a frustrated author in a rage over the pending merger of Random House and Penguin.

The last subtitle is  perfect.

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I Thought I Was Rich!

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon November 15, 2012
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Recently I received a check in the mail. I opened the envelope, and discovered the amount that was larger than I anticipated. "This is great!" I thought. "Now I have a little extra to shore up my savings."

I reached for another envelope in the stack of mail. It was from the insurance company. Upon opening, I discovered that, after I deducted income taxes, the premium consumed the entire amount …

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Category: Book Business, Money, TamelaTag: Money

News You Can Use – Nov. 13, 2012

By Steve Laubeon November 13, 2012
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HarperCollins Closes Two Warehouses - in Scranton, PA and Nashville, TN. In case you are wondering this includes the Thomas Nelson Publishers warehouse, which if you ever visited, is a massive facility. HarperCollins already has closed the Zondervan warehouse in Grand Rapids. This is one of the consolidation moves where the parent company makes money by reducing duplicate efforts. It does not mean …

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Category: Get Published, News You Can Use, Steve

The C.S. Lewis Retreat 2012

By Steve Laubeon November 12, 2012
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by Steve Laube

C.S. Lewis wrote "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” And later he wrote "Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” (from The World's Last Night: And Other Essays).

I just returned from a weekend teaching at the C.S. Lewis Foundation Retreat near Houston. It is a marvelous time of spiritual and intellectual …

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Category: Conferences, Get Published, SteveTag: C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

Fun Fridays – November 9, 2012

By Steve Laubeon November 9, 2012
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Extremely clever promotional video. A fun two minutes from your day!

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Juggling Agent Interest

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon November 8, 2012
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Whether you have been sending queries simultaneously through email, the Post Office, or by pitching at conferences, you may be among the select few authors who garners interest from more than one agent. Congratulations! While interest from more than one publishing professional doesn't guarantee a contract, the consensus is that you have a strong proposal and a good shot at success. For the sake of …

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Category: Agency, Agents, Book Business, Get Published, TamelaTag: Agents, Get Published

What’s on Your Desk? (Part Three)

By Karen Ballon November 7, 2012
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Welcome back to my desk! (No, the picture above is not my desk...it is a cool piece of art designed by Dutch artist Job Koelewijn.) In the first two installments of this blog we covered writing books and grammar books. Now it’s time for some of my true favs: WORD books. Yes, books on words. Those wonderful collections of the odd and the antiquated, the eloquent and the literate, the hilarious and …

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Category: Craft, Karen, Writing CraftTag: Craft, Resources, Writing Craft

News You Can Use – Nov. 6, 2012

By Steve Laubeon November 6, 2012
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Fund Raiser to Help with Relief - Bid on a 50-page critique of your novel by a published novelist between Nov. 9 and Nov. 16. Participating blogger authors include Susan Meissner, Ginny Yttrup, Donita K. Paul, Gayle Roper, Kristen Heitzmann, Hannah Alexander, Rachel Hauck and more! Money from the highest bidder of the week for each author will go to Samaritan's Purse to help the victims of …

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Fun Fridays – Nov. 2, 2012

By Steve Laubeon November 2, 2012
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Don't forget to vote on November 6th!

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