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News You Can Use – July 9, 2013

By Steve Laubeon July 9, 2013
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Does Your Title Pass the “Radio Test” – This means, if your book title or web site address is read out loud on the radio, will the listener know how to spell it when they go to find it? For example, my last name is spelled Laube and pronounced Lobby. That does not pass the “radio test.” So I now own stevelobby.com and point it to www.stevelaube.com just in case someone misspells my name.

The Deception of Bestseller Lists – A great article by Dianna Booher.

Everything You Need to Know About the Great E-book Price War – How the antitrust lawsuit by the Department of Justice against Apple and the biggest book publishers will affect our industry.

A fun must-read poem for all writers “If You Give a Writer a Pen” by Laura Kolar

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Summerside Press Shuts Down

By Steve Laubeon July 8, 2013
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by Steve Laube

“Another one bites the dust.” This past week Guideposts announced they were discontinuing all new acquisitions of titles for both their Summerside Press (fiction) and  Guideposts Books (non-fiction) trade lines. To have a complete picture of what this means we first have to understand that there are FIVE different book publishing programs under Guideposts. Two of them are …

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Category: Book Business, Get Published, Steve, TrendsTag: Book Business, Summerside Press, Trends

Fun Fridays – July 5, 2013

By Steve Laubeon July 5, 2013
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What begins as a fun take on Star Wars is ultimately a very clever book trailer.
Enjoy!

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Category: Fun Fridays, SteveTag: Shakespeare, Star Wars

Attract Attention (Part Two)

By Karen Ballon July 3, 2013
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Wasn't it fun to read Steve’s observations about ICRS? There is so much going on this time of year in our industry, and so many opportunities to spend time with other writers, with editors, and with agents. I love networking with these wonderful folks. But even more than that, I love seeing writers have meaningful and positive interactions with editors and agents.

With that in mind, here’s the …

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Category: Agents, Book Business, Get Published, KarenTag: Agents, Editors, Get Published

News You Can Use – July 2, 2013

By Steve Laubeon July 2, 2013
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Penguin and Random House have officially merged into one entity known as Penguin Random House - Not, as I had thought, "Random Penguin" or "Penguin House." Here’s the scary stats. They employ 10,000 people worldwide (that is where the earnings from your books go) and will publish 15,000 new books each year. That is nearly two books per hour, all year long. That is a big publisher.

Judge Rules …

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ICRS 2013 – Observations

By Steve Laubeon July 1, 2013
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This year was my 32nd consecutive annual bookseller’s convention now known as ICRS (International Christian Retail Show) held this year in St. Louis. As always it is a time of conversations, meetings, and business opportunities.

I arrived on Saturday afternoon, despite every attempt by the transportation industry to delay me…with 15 minutes to spare before giving an hour …

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Category: Awards, ICRS, SteveTag: Christy Awards, ICRS, Lee Hough

Quit Your Day Job?

By Tamela Hancock Murrayon June 27, 2013
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Writers spend much time and effort creating books, and those who are serious about making a living -- or at least supplementing household income -- invariably reach the proverbial fork in the road when they must ask, "Do I have what it takes?" If you have reached this point, here are a few questions you may find helpful:
1.) Are you willing to rise every morning to face a blank computer screen or …

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Category: Book Business, Career, TamelaTag: Career, Full-time writing

Attract Attention…in a GOOD Way!

By Karen Ballon June 26, 2013
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I travel to writers’ conferences all over the country. I love being surrounded by others who love words and want to serve God through their writing. But over the years I've seen a number of interactions between agents/editors and conferees that were…well, less than positive.  It was clear the conferee was passionate about his/her work, and that the writer was looking on this encounter as THE …

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Category: Agents, Book Business, Book Proposals, Get Published, Karen, Marketing, Writing CraftTag: Agents, book proposals, Get Published

News You Can Use – June 25, 2013

By Steve Laubeon June 25, 2013
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Elevator Pitches: If You Build it, They Will Come. - Excellent post from Susan Spann! Do the exercise on your own pitch.

Christian Stores See 8.5% Overall Gain in 2012 - Looks like the growth came from non-book items. That is good news in that it means traffic in the stores has increased and reversed recent trends.

101 Things to Do to Build Your Writing Platform -  My advice? Don't try all …

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Category: News You Can Use, SteveTag: optimism, Pitching, Platform

Fun Fridays – June 21, 2013

By Steve Laubeon June 21, 2013
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Happy Summer Solstice! (Here is how we celebrate in Phoenix. At the Public Library!)

And enjoy this fun lesson in grammar.

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