books
November 4, 2009
- Hey everyone,This is my first ever post on RR. And today, I am going to talk to you all about book shops. Interested yet?Of course, a book shop is every reader and writer's favorite place to be. It's filled with the world's bestest things; books. And man, how I love the look of book shops. They are so graceful, always calling you to disappear in them for ever and ever. Of course, I am in love ...
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November 2, 2009
- WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR? Come on, admit it. We’ve all done it. We’ve all been in some scary, sick or sad situation, one that makes us desperate enough to promise the deities some positive act or that we’ll refrain from ever do something negative ever again. When it’s over, we’re more than thankful. Then life gets in the way. How quickly we forget…. During the month of ...
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November 2, 2009
- One of my goals is to have a company sponsor trips and accomodations for me to Hawaii in winter.I know that I am much closer today. Just got back from Las Vegas where I attended Rick Frishman's Author101University 2-day seminar.I went there with the intention of getting someone to sign up with me to share the cost to go to Brendon Burchard's 3-day seminar in March on how to get corporate ...
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November 2, 2009
- One of my goals is to have a company sponsor trips and accomodations for me to Hawaii in winter. I know that I am much closer today. Just got back from Las Vegas where I attended Rick Frishman's Author101University 2-day seminar.I went there with the intention of getting someone to sign up with me to share the cost to go to Brendon Burchard's 3-day seminar in March on how to get corporate ...
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November 2, 2009
- Almost all publisher contracts pay authors through a system of royalties, a certain defined percentage of revenue based upon sales of the contracted book. The concept is simple, but it can get quite complicated in practice. Let's talk about the different formulas that publishers use in calculating royalties and how these translate in income for the author.At the outset, it is worth noting that ...
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October 30, 2009
- Why has John Le Carré left his publisher out in the cold? is the headline in The Guardian today!"The relationship between writers and their paymasters has always been uneasy, as the veteran author's move demonstrates."_The GuardianThis seems to be true historically! The article in The Guardian gives some famous examples. Now there is no loyalty, but as The Guardian suggests, ...
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October 29, 2009
- Looking for gifts that reflect you culturally? We have loads of great gift ideas for all the family:The 2009 Black Holiday Gifts Guide is even bigger and better than last year's. • Books for young children, older children, biographies and more • Music - CDs, DVDs and MP3 downloads• Toys, games and activities • Game consoles• Michael Jackson musicAs well as articles, ideas for ...
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October 29, 2009
- Looking for gifts that reflect you culturally? We have loads of great gift ideas for all the family:The 2009 Black Holiday Gifts Guide is even bigger and better than last year's. • Books for young children, older children, biographies and more • Music - CDs, DVDs and MP3 downloads• Toys, games and activities • Game consoles• Michael Jackson musicAs well as articles, ideas for ...
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October 28, 2009
- Anyone who's read any of my previous blog posts knows that I am not a floaty, fluffy, 'it's all sunshine and moonbeams' kinda gal when it comes to this writing malarkey... I'm a realist. I'm all for realism. What I'm not a great fan of is scaremongering codswallop. So, the publishing industry's going through changes... has that never happened before? Book sales are down and, apparently, the end ...
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October 26, 2009
- Today we have a the first black woman as a favorite for Frances top literary award; the celebrity novel with the million dollar pay-outs leaving no money for the [rest] of [us] writers; and an insight into how Malcolm Gladwell writes and how he spends his day.enjoy________Michael "In a historic first, a black woman writer [Marie NDiaye] is a hot favourite to scoop France's top literary prize ...
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