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News You Can Use – Oct. 9, 2012

By Steve Laubeon October 9, 2012
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Waterbrook Launches Christian Fiction Reader Hub – Check out Novel Crossing a very exciting and dynamic new site for all readers of Christian fiction. To quote their mission statement, the site “is dedicated to bringing Christian fiction readers the latest news, book releases, author commentary and reviews from a range of writers including authors, professional reviewers, fiction book editors and fans of Christian fiction.”

What Do Harvard Business Publishing and Harlequin Have in Common? – Nick Morgan answers in this article in “Forbes” magazine.

Meeting a Troll – This chilling story from an active blogger shows the dangers of social media and the ease with which users can be terrorized. In case you don’t know, a “troll” is someone who posts inflammatory comments on your blog or uses direct messaging on Twitter or Facebook for nefarious purposes.

The Last Thing Ray Bradbury Wrote – This brief introduction to a collection of essays is a celebration of reading and of books. Enjoy!

Dean Koontz on “The Triumph of Good” – This bestselling author talks about faith in his writing in an interview with Publisher’s Weekly. (link may expire or need registration)

Tyndale House Publishers declared not a “religious publisher” by the Obama Administration – This Washington Times article details the ruling last week that Tyndale House must comply with the new Health Care mandate regarding birth control saying that the company is not a religious organization.

The Business of E-books Infographic:

 

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Category: Get Published, News You Can Use, SteveTag: ebooks, faith in fiction, Harlequin, Tyndale House, Waterbrook

News You Can Use – Oct. 2, 2012

By Steve Laubeon October 2, 2012
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Why is the new J.K.Rowling e-book priced at $17.99? - This brief article presents some succinct economic details to help you further understand how this industry works.

Penguin Sues Authors for Advances Paid - There are at least two sides to every story, but this appears to be a number of cases where a writer signed a contract, accepted a sizeable cash advance, and never delivered the …

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Category: News You Can Use, Personal, SteveTag: advances, Contracts, freelance, Laube, Trivia

Zondervan and Thomas Nelson Fiction Merge

By Steve Laubeon October 1, 2012
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You may have read about some of the reorganization that has begun after the sale of Thomas Nelson to Harper Collins, which already owned Zondervan. This past week there was a new development that touches the fiction publishing programs. Instead of two separate entities, there will be one fiction division moving forward. Zondervan’s editorial team of Sue Brower and Becky …

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Category: Book Business, Steve, TrendsTag: Thomas Nelson, Trends, Zondervan

Fun Fridays – Sept. 7, 2012

By Steve Laubeon September 7, 2012
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Amazing musical creation by Mike Tompkins doing a cover of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep." Every sound is from Mike.

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News You Can Use – September 4, 2012

By Steve Laubeon September 4, 2012
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Amazon Buys 1,000 Backlist titles from Dorchester - As expected Amazon won the bid for defunct publisher Dorchester. Add these to the 3,000 titles they bought from Avalon in July and you have a serious number of romance backlist titles to offer.

Jonah Lehrer's Plagarism Worse than Originally Thought - Charles Seife analyzes numerous "Wired" articles and the Lehrer's blog and discovers a …

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Paid Book Reviews?

By Steve Laubeon September 3, 2012
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by Steve Laube You may have read or heard of the NY Times article where an author admitted to using a now-defunct service that wrote positive online reviews for a fee. Unfortunately I was not surprised. There have been many attempts to game the system over the years. One man bought thousands of his books in various locations to launch it onto the NY Times bestseller list (Read a report about it …

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Category: Book Business, Marketing, SteveTag: bestseller lists, Book reviews, reviews

News You Can Use – August 28, 2012

By Steve Laubeon August 28, 2012
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The Beloit College Mindset List for 2016 - Read it and weep. You are getting old. Admit it. For example, for the incoming college freshman (born in 1994), - "History has always had its own channel" and "Simba has always had trouble waiting to be King."

How to Create a Perfect Title - Calvin Miller and Rick Warren discussed this issue as it related to their sermons in this article from 1998's …

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News You Can Use – August 21, 2012

By Steve Laubeon August 21, 2012
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Thomas Nelson Publishers citing "loss of confidence" pulls a book about Thomas Jefferson from circulation - What a mess. People are taking sides and calling this an issue of free speech while others applaud the move and call it smart. More from World Magazine on the issue and a quote from the VP of editorial at the publisher can be found here. Bottom line? The book is no longer available from the …

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News You Can Use – August 7, 2012

By Steve Laubeon August 7, 2012
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Are Book Covers a Dying Art? - This article from NPR is frustrating. A book designer actually says that someone will not buy a book on the web because of the cover, unlike what happens in a brick and mortar store. I disagree. Covers, even the size of a postage stamp are still a key component to the sound bite of a book's content. Go to this link (please click here) to show anyone how amazing book …

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News You Can Use – July 31, 2012

By Steve Laubeon July 31, 2012
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#1 Secret of Great Writers - Joseph Putnam reveals a secret that everyone should know.

Great Keynote Speech from RWA - Stephanie Laurie graciously posted her rousing keynote presentation on the business of writing. (Thank you Debby Mayne for the link!)

21 Links to Fonts for Self-Publishing - On of the biggest mistakes I see in self published books is the use of the wrong font. This …

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Category: News You Can Use, SteveTag: E-Books, fonts, Research, RWA, Secrets, Self-Publishing, typesetting, Writing Craft
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