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• J.C. Hutchins: Getting A Novel Past Rejection and Into Print

  
  thursdaybram.com — Authority: 447
  These days, getting a book published isn’t just a matter of getting an editor to take a look at your work. It takes a lot of ingenuity and a willingness to pursue a project on your own. J.C. Hutchins did just that. His book, 7th Son: Descent , was rejected by publishers. J.C. bought a microphone, recorded an ...
  4 days ago

• In Medias Res

  
  The Late Age of Print — Authority: 100
  This week the blog In Medias Res , which is hosted by the Institute for the Future of the Book , has gathered together a bunch of great contributions around the theme, “Books as Screens.”  Definitely, definitely check them out. On Monday Hollis Griffin of Northwestern University contributed a post called “ ...
  6 days ago

• The “End” of Oprah

  
  The Late Age of Print — Authority: 100
  The philosopher Gilles Deleuze once mentioned an “eight year black hole” in his career, in which his publishing dwindled to almost nothing.  Lately I’ve been feeling as though this blog has been sucked into the same black hole, since I haven’t posted anything in over a month.  Sorry.  Teaching and a host of ...
  1 week ago

• future of publishing: not books, bookisodes?

  
  ad broad — Authority: 113
  These days publishers crying poverty thrust myriad duties on writers aside from meeting manuscript deadlines: gathering blurbs, providing jacket photos, hosting book parties, arranging reading tours, (travel expenses unreimbursed), even negotiating shelf space. One intrepid author I know regularly tours NYC bookstores ...
  1 week ago

• Panel Nerds: Is Kindle The Future Of Culture?

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 788
  Who: Wallace Shawn , Tony Kushner , and Walter Mosley , moderated by Gene Seymour . What: The Nation’s “What Will Become of Our Culture?” Where: Symphony Space When November 18, 2009 Thumbs: Up Something as broad as the subject and role of “culture” demands an abstract discussion of ideas and ...
  2 weeks ago

• TOC Frankfurt

  
  Three Percent - Article — Authority: 499
  Not sure how long this has been available online, but you can now download a lot of the presentations from the inaugural Tools of Change Frankfurt conference. Lot of interesting ones, including: Sara Lloyd, Pan Macmillan: Revisiting a Publishing Manifesto: What Does the Future Look Like for Publishers? ...
  2 weeks ago

• Digital Rights Management — A Wrinkle or An Opportunity

  
  Booksquare — Authority: 489
  For the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about Digital Rights Management ( “DRM” ), and the diversity of comments have been fascinating . I still do not believe DRM prevents or slows piracy*. Add to this fact that public perception of DRM, honed by years of abuse by the music industry, is negative…or ...
  3 weeks ago

• A (Probably Naive) Attempt to Move the DRM Conversation Forward

  
  Booksquare — Authority: 489
  If there are two truths we hold to be self-evident, they are these: 1) DRM does nothing to stop piracy, and 2) DRM, as used by many publishers today, frustrates legitimate purchasers of books. This leads many to conclude that DRM does not work, and that DRM is evil. How do we get past “it’s good” or ...
  5 weeks ago

• All the Worlds a Critic. Now Theyre Editors too?

  
  stony river — Authority: 129
  More and more Im seeing submission guidelines and writing contests that forego the traditional panel of judges. The new thing seems to be peer review and death-by-audience; in other words, an authors work is posted free for everyone to see and a crowd of readers and fellow writers step up to vote for their favourites. ...
  5 weeks ago

• How is publishing like the tech industry?

  
  Brenda Cooper — Authority: 117
  Yesterday, I listened to the Sofanauts podcast #30 while I was pulling out spent daises and mushed iris leaves and planting crocus and narcissus. The conversation is an hour and  half long argument where everybody is right. The moderator was Tony C. Smith of Starship Sofa, guests lined up as Jeff Vandermeer ...
  6 weeks ago

• ABA Make a Stand on Independent Booksellers & Hardback Books

  
  POD, Self Publishing and Independent Publishing — Authority: 425
  The Department of Justice in the US—whether it is their wish or not—has become extremely acquainted with the book publishing world in the last year. The Google Book Agreement was recently kicked into touch following their comments and intervention last month, and now, the American Booksellers Association has ...
  6 weeks ago

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