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Tales from Book Expo or, Why I Should Drink More
I returned from Book Expo to a lot of work and a lot of follow-up emails. A friend of mine who is a freelance publicist sent me this email. I laughed so hard I nearly fell off my chair. I asked her for her permission to post it, told her it could be therapy to other...
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I Need a Shot of Tequila and a Handgun
No, this isn’t a statement on gun control or the NRA, in fact this isn’t a political statement at all. My assistant Lulu, who knows I’m having a hard time today, just popped her head in my office and asked if I needed anything, I said, “A shot of Tequila and a...
The Scary Power Of Useless Information
Tis the season for events! Those of you that stop in here regularly are probably trying to remember what I wrote about before event season kicked in and I’m sort of with you on that, instead of ruminating on topics that have bothered me for years I now have fresh...
From Paid Reviews To Paying To Read Reviews?
Many of you remember the fairly recent scandal around paid reviews, right? If not here’s an article the New York Times did. In short, the whole publishing world was up in arms, no one knew what was true and what wasn’t, books were supposedly becoming best sellers...
Confusing Your Legacy With Your Meal Ticket
I know I kvetch a lot about author expectations, best seller lists, and the downhill spiral traditional publishing is on, and well, so much more, but this weekend I was reminded that it’s sometimes so much simpler than that. I was at another author event this past...
The Most Overused Words in Publishing
Like any industry, publishing gets its share of buzz words. The problem with buzz words is that they quickly become overused and you go from what started as a great key word, search, and PR term for a publicity campaign to something that makes you sound like a...
Bizarre Love/Hate Relationships With Fans
A client came to me this weekend with an issue. And it’s a weird one, well, at least not one the average, sane reader would expect, but of course it’s nothing I haven’t dealt with before. So the client that called me this weekend, just as I sat down to coffee with a...
French Government Plans Bookstore Bailout
So it seems France, thanks to their Culture Minister, is taking some very deliberate steps to ensure the “digital age in publishing” doesn’t completely wipe out their physical bookstores. New budget allowances are making funds available for loans, which will be...
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