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2 hours ago ago from Editor Unleashed — Writing, Publishing, Social Media and Community
by mariaschneider on November 5, 2009 by Joel Friedlander The first book my son ever got truly captivated by as an early reader was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . We had read the earlier Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone together, with me doing most of the reading since he had just learned to read. By the time the second book came out, he was determined to read it himself. It was a remarkable experience to watch ...
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6 hours ago ago from Strictly Right
Well the moment that two people have been waiting for all year has arrived ! The Red Star Toronto Star literary wish list has been released. Yeah apart from the writer and his editor I'm assuming that no one else cares that much either. Anyway, normally I don't care too much as my book recommendations come straight from the Conservative Book Club's bestseller list ...but I had to point out Governor Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue: An ...
Related contentSunday Salon: The Inevitable Year-End Wrap-up
9 hours ago ago from Average Girl Reads
Yes, it is the last Sunday of 2009, and the Sunday Salon will probably be full of year-end reflections. Since I've been stuck on the same book for the past two weeks ( Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture ), I don't have much to write about. I might as well join the throng and do a year-end wrap-up :-). Books read in 2009: 93 How many were audiobooks?: 17 How many were cookbooks?: 5 How many ...
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19 hours ago ago from LEARNING CURVE
I sold so many books because I made my work freely available online Paulo Coelho St Martin, France: 2009 has been a year of fear in the publishing world. The specter is digital media, in wide and varied forms. Ten years ago, in 1999, my agent returned from Russia bearing bad news: The publisher of my novel The Alchemist had decided to discontinue publication because fewer than 3,000 copies had sold. After ...
Related contentBig Publishers, Little Readers | TopicTurtle Writing News
6 hours ago ago from TopicTurtle Writing News | Aggregated articles on writing, blogging, and publishing.
Do publishers know what they're doing? We'll see. In a recent article the Wall Street Journal , reported that publishers such as Simon & Schuster and Hachette believe it is in their best interested to establish precedent regarding e-books by delaying electronic versions of bestsellers by four months. This strategy puts electronic books somewhere between hardcover editions and mass market paperbacks for release. Obviously, the publishing ...
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