Write to Publish – BE THERE

Hey All, I assume most of the people reading this blog are interested in things literary. Why else would you be reading this? All I talk about is books! So let’s talk about books. And publishing. And graphic novels. And acquisitions. And agents. And young adult writing. And…..everything else? I can’t talk about everything and [...]

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Literary Journal Marketing

I’m going to be honest – at some level, I’m using this blog as my own personal sounding board. I write about what I’m thinking about, what’s bothering me, and what I need to figure out for Ooligan Press, for The Grove Review, for Carol White Marketing, or for my job. Right now, I’m trying [...]

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Book Sales Falling?

According to the AAP (the Association of American Publishers), book sales fell about 1.8% in 2009. Here’s the breakdown of the report: Sales went up in 2009 for the following: Adult hardbound books Paperbound books for children and juveniles E-books Higher education books Sales went down in 2009 for the following: Paperbound books Hardbound books [...]

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Self-Publishing = Vanity Publishing

This is probably going to upset a few people, but I don’t see the difference between vanity presses and self-publishing. With both types of printing, the author is footing the bill to publish their own work. In traditional publishing, the press covers the costs in hopes that they will recoup their money through sales. With [...]

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Some Publishing Predictions

I was reading Booksquare today, and I noticed an old post from Nov. 2009 called Trendwatching 2010, and I wanted to add my two cents (per usual). Here’s a couple predictions about how publishing will evolve in the next couple years or so. 1) E-books will be huge (duh!) and BOTH the Kindle and the [...]

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Why Self-Publish? Wideman Answers “Why Not?”

There’s been a lot of discussion about whether self-publishing is better or worse than publishing through more traditional channels. So I thought it was interesting that prominent author John Edgar Wideman has decided to self-publish his new book Briefs: Stories for the Palm of theMind with Lulu. Wideman has won several awards, and was a National [...]

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