Tag Archives: Authors

Digital Book Signings Help Grow Authors’ Careers

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Part 1 in a 2-part series on digital book signing. See part 2 here. Book signings are an age-old tradition, but is it really necessary to extend this custom to ebooks? Today’s ebook signing services and apps not only make …

An Interview with Hybrid Author Michael J. Sullivan

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Fantasy author Michael J. Sullivan was one of the early indies who signed a traditional contract when the big-six came knocking. Orbit (fantasy imprint of Hachette) bought his Riyria Revelations series and republished it as three, two-book omnibus volumes. He …

7 Must-Consider Strategies for Ebook Pricing

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Is there room for new thinking on ebook pricing strategies? The medium is still new, so customer expectations have not been set in stone. Now’s the time for publishers and authors to think strategically about the cost of e-books. I’ve looked …

Expanding Options for Publishing: The New Hybrid Author

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There have been some fantastic reflections of late on the emerging powerhouse that is the “hybrid author”. One of my recent favorites is Jane Friedman’s interview with CJ Lyons. Lyons discusses her experience on the fronts of traditional publishing (big …

Making Book Trailers Jump Off the Screen

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I’ve always been a bit skeptical of book trailers, so when Diversion author Gary Grossman, who has penned the Executive Series,a fantastic set of political thrillers, told me he was going to have one made, I wasn’t sure what to …

Discoverability Tools and the Writer’s “Fight for Time”

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The feedback and chatter from this week’s DBW Discoverability and Marketing Conference (including this post from Porter Anderson) is positive—if for no other reason than the conference exists. Any time publishing minds gather to specifically focus on better ways to …

An Advocate for Author Boot Camp, Warrior Authors (Video)

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When the cost of e-book conversion and distribution goes down, the prospect of making profit from a back-list of books goes up. But how do publishing companies, already taxed with promoting the front-list books that they are depending on to drive revenues for the year, advantageously allocate resources to promoting such books?

Authors Among Us: The Problem Writ Larger

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  The London-based literary agent Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown on Friday posted An Agent’s Manifesto at TheBookseller site in the UK. From his post: We publishing professionals are the ones who bear the risk—agents with time; publishers with investment; …

DBW Insights: Gretchen Rubin

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“For me, writing a blog seemed incredibly new, incredibly intimidating, but I thought, ‘Well, I’ll give it a shot.’” Gretchen Rubin

DBW Insights: Richard Curtis

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“Over the last 20 years or so, as publishers have vacated many of their responsibilities to authors, agents have had to step in to perform tasks that they never used to.” Richard Curtis

DBW Weekly Roundup: 3/24/11

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The most interesting news, commentary and tweets related to publishing that you may have missed, from all over the digital book world.

DBW Weekly Roundup: 2/18/11

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The most interesting news, commentary and tweets related to publishing that you may have missed, from all over the digital book world.

DBW Insights: Dominique Raccah

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“It’s always been a disadvantage to be a mid-sized press, but right now, it probably is the biggest advantage we’ve got.” Dominique Raccah

DBW Weekly Roundup: 11/5/10

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The most interesting news, commentary and tweets related to publishing that you may have missed, from all over the digital book world.

DBW Weekly Roundup: 10/1/2010

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The most interesting news, commentary and tweets related to publishing that you may have missed, from all over the digital book world.