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: Rachel Kent
Location: Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers’ Conference, Philadelphia, PA
When a writer creates a book that’s outside the boundaries established for a genre, the book can lose its place in the market. But this can be a successful technique in…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Aug 12, 2010 in Blog, Fiction, Publishers, Writing Craft | 8 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As you saw from yesterday’s example, the cover of a book alone usually shows the reader what genre the book falls under. That’s one of the benefits of genre; the…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Aug 10, 2010 in Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Publishers, Reading | 9 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
This week we’ve talked about a few of the ways the publisher-author relationship can go askew. It’s not that anyone intended that to occur; it’s just that life looks…
By janetgrant on Jul 9, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Publishers | 2 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Let’s say your relationship with your publisher has gone swimmingly through the editorial process. Your editor got you, and you got your editor. What a team!
Now your manuscript has…
By janetgrant on Jul 8, 2010 in Authors, Blog, Marketing & Publicity, Publishers | 8 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As I was saying in my blog post yesterday, you can communicate not only inappropriate items to your publisher but, in addition, you can communicate too often. I’m in…
By janetgrant on Jul 7, 2010 in Blog, Publishers, Writing Life | 7 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Since most of us will be out grilling, watching parades, and oohing and ahhing over fireworks on our grand Independence Day, this blog post will remain up through Tuesday.…
By janetgrant on Jul 5, 2010 in Blog, Publishers, Writing Life | 15 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Wednesdays are usually the days when I do a little bit of everything, with coffee in hand, of course! The email box and query box are full (always), so I…
By Rachel Zurakowski on Jun 16, 2010 in Agents, Authors, Blog, Publishers | 7 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
As the publishing industry experiences a sea change brought on by the Internet, e-readers, and the fluctuating economy, I’ve observed that one segment of authors is especially feeling the…
By janetgrant on Jun 4, 2010 in Blog, Publishers, Writing Life | 11 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
The ultimate decision-maker in whether to offer a contract has changed over the past few years. Having done my share of presentations at publishing committees, I soon learned that,…
By janetgrant on Jun 3, 2010 in Blog, Publishers | 9 Comments
