print-on-demand
May 19, 2009
- Today Bowker, the exclusive U.S. ISBN and SAN Agency, sent out a press release with the following headline:Bowker Reports U.S. Book Production Declines 3% in 2008, but "On Demand" Publishing More than Doubles This announcement should not really come as any great surprise, especially with the direction book publishing has been going over the last few years. These numbers seem to be ...
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May 15, 2009
- Tell me about your process towards publication!Sigh. I was afraid someone would ask me this. It's a long and mildly embarrassing story. (kind of like how my husband and I got together)*grin*PART ONE:So when I finished writing Flute (in about 2003) I started submitting it. And rewriting it at the same time, which led to a lot of form letters. :-)At one point I was advised to do some serious ...
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April 25, 2009
- My blog yesterday drew a healthy response, which is great to see. The panel presented a snapshot of the way things are in publishing presently but also avoided two key realities. One is that business-as-usual is just not working. Independent bookstores are falling like buffaloes in the Old West. Even chains are having problems--long gone are B. Dalton and Waldenbooks, once mainstays, and Borders ...
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March 26, 2009
- I am so grateful that I get to do what I love. Seriously, as a fulltime freelance writer and publishing consultant, even in these tumultuous times where the industry has suffered many job losses, I am surviving. In addition, I’m pleased that my novel, my print-on-demand albeit multi-award winning novel published over three years ago, still has legs! It’s not without determination, though, ...
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November 27, 2008
- Thanksgiving Day dinner offers us many food choices, so I figure Write Nonfiction in November should offer a blog about choices - in this case publishing choices - on November 27th as well. As you finish up your Write Nonfiction in November project (just four days until it's over if you're writing on the holiday), you might be mulling over your publishing options. So, today we're going to discuss ...
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June 5, 2008
- From: "Corinne Copnick" <ccopnick@earthlink.net>To: "Cryo Kid Blog" <ccopnick1.corkyc@blogger.com>Subject: The new entrepreneurs - self-publishing authorsDate: Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:14 PM A few more observations about the BookExpoAmerica show held in Los Angeles last week: It certainly has stimulated my thinking! Some of the most interesting ...
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