Dale Estey's Blog

• IF YOU THINK HARLEQUIN VANITY IS BAD . . .

  November 25, 2009

  • Interview: Self Publishing Your Twitter FeedBy Jason Boog on Nov 24, 2009 12:23 PMYesterday GalleyCat readers both praised and poo-pooed the most recent development in Twitter-land: TweetBookz, a way to self publish your Twitter feed into a self-published $30 hardcover or $20 paperback. To find out more, GalleyCat caught up with Rob Goldstone, one of the promoters from Definitely Something, the ...
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• STRIVING FOR MONEY/WILL I GET ON OPRAH?

  November 24, 2009

  • So, writing this thriller is more of a chore than I suspected (though, at the moment, being ill does not help). Striving for 1,000 words per day in addition to all the other things I do is more the chore than the book itself. In fact, the first chapter unfolds beautifully - there's even a dog, Louie.But, it's obvious I can't write what doesn't interest me, and part of that interest is not always ...
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• AUTHOR MAKES MONEY

  November 23, 2009

  • Ignore the fact that this discusses Sarah Palin and whatever you think of her politics. The breakdown of the way a book makes money is interesting. THE BOOKGoing Rogue is going gangbusters, and it looks like both Palin and her publisher, HarperCollins, are going to make some serious money off of it. According to industry insiders, Palin got a $7 million advance for her book. She’s earning ...
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