Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The week of writing about crazy-driving scenarios wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t mention that sometimes the good folks at the publishing houses drive us crazy. One of those…
By janetgrant on Sep 3, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Publishers | 11 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Los Angeles
If you read my post yesterday, I talked about agents who poach clients from other agents. But another crazy-making scenario is when a client leaves an agent badly.
Every client an agent picks is chosen…
By janetgrant on Sep 2, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog | 8 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Lest you think, based on my posts so far this week, that only writers drives agents crazy, let me hasten to say that agents drive agents crazy!
A perennial problem…
By janetgrant on Sep 1, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog | 9 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Connected with my post from yesterday, when I wrote about writers who try to glean free advice from agents, are writers who are in a pickle with their agent…
By janetgrant on Aug 31, 2010 in Blog, Finding an Agent | 19 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Every job has its drawbacks. You know, the stuff you’d just as soon not have to deal with but put up with for the inherent rewards in what you…
By janetgrant on Aug 30, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog | 19 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location:Santa Rosa, Calif., Main Office
We could go on discussing ways our publishing world is being rocked, but the final point I want to make this week is that we’ve all been thinking horizontally when the world has…
By janetgrant on Aug 6, 2010 in Blog, Marketing & Publicity | 8 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday I wrote about how, for every trend, there’s a counter trend. One of the ways in which I see that being expressed is with the trend toward more…
By janetgrant on Aug 5, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction | 6 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Sonoma, Calif., planning retreat
Years ago I recall reading a publishing doyenne’s comments about publishing trends. At the time, readers were buying inexpensive mass market books by the wheel barrel. Well, it seemed as if they were…
By janetgrant on Aug 4, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Nonfiction, Publishing News | 3 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Sonoma, Calif, planning retreat
For those who read my blog post yesterday and scoffed at the thought of the disappearance of physical books, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Physical books will, I believe, continue to exist. Just…
By janetgrant on Aug 3, 2010 in Blog, Publishing News | 6 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I don’t know about you, but I devote 1/4 to 1/3 of every week trying to keep up with publishing trends. Note the word “trying.” Despite the commitment of…
By janetgrant on Aug 2, 2010 in Blog, Publishing News | 13 Comments
