Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The contract stage has been different for each of the two multi-author projects I’ve worked on recently.
For A Log Cabin Christmas Collection each agent was responsible for negotiating his or her…
By Rachel Kent on Feb 7, 2012 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Writing Life | 3 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Considering that January is about to exit our lives, I figure today is my last chance to let you know the word that Dictionary.com selected as depicting 2011: tergiversate.
Just…
By Janet Grant on Jan 31, 2012 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing | 5 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, Illinois
A killer title for your book can make the difference between an editor taking a serious look at your proposal or not at all. It’s the all-important first impression. If your title…
By Mary Keeley on Jan 27, 2012 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Book Proposals, Publishers, Writing Craft | 9 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, Illinois
As we concentrate on positive outlooks, this week, let’s tackle our persistence barometer. Some people just seem to have a sunny disposition no matter what life throws at them. For the rest…
By Mary Keeley on Jan 26, 2012 in Agents, Blog, Business of writing, Publishers, Writing Life | 4 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, Illinois
In a productive brainstorming meeting with a client about two weeks ago, three necessary parts of a writer’s whole proposal “package” came into clear view. They are not new concepts; they are…
By Mary Keeley on Jan 24, 2012 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Book Proposals, Writing Life | 11 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Just back from Agency Summit in Wine Country
No, the title of this blog isn’t about the software program. I’m referring to my view of 2012. At the beginning of each new year we’re used to feeling encouraged…
By Mary Keeley on Jan 23, 2012 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Writing Life | 4 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Everyone at Books & Such is bubbling over with excitement. We have the joy of beginning 2012 with a major boost to our agent roster. Rachelle Gardner joins our…
By Janet Grant on Jan 3, 2012 in Agents, Blog, Publishing News | 30 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
What do milkmen, file clerks, photo darkroom technicians, typewriter repairmen and telephone operators have in common? New technology and a changing world made their jobs obsolete.
I was talking with a fellow…
By Wendy Lawton on Nov 9, 2011 in Agents, Blog | 20 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
If you keep up with the conversation on publishing you’ve probably already heard that the sky is falling and traditional publishing stands smack in the middle of the fallout zone.
We’ve all…
By Wendy Lawton on Nov 7, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Bookstores, Business of writing, Publishers | 15 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Monterey, Calif., planning our Books & Such clients’ retreat
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about how important it is for an author to understand the culture of a publishing house or the culture of…
By Janet Grant on Oct 31, 2011 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Business of writing, Publishers | 19 Comments
