by Jamie Chavez | Apr 17, 2018 | The Book Biz
I am continually amused (?) by the ads my Kindle displays when I open it for use. With two exceptions (Norelco men’s electric shaver shows up occasionally, and the Phillips Wake-up Light), they are always books (which would make sense), and I can tell at a glance they...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 11, 2017 | The Book Biz
Are you worried about someone pirating your work and selling it as his own? Plagiarism exists, for real. But I think this article—a guest post on the brilliant Joanna Penn’s website, The Creative Penn—has a great point: The biggest challenge facing a new author isn’t...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 16, 2016 | The Book Biz
I can’t keep up with all the trends and opinions in the publishing industry. I just don’t have time for it. I’m interested in these things, though—so there are a few people I follow to get an overview. Jane Friedman is one of them. She’s more a fan of digital...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 10, 2016 | The Book Biz
You know what I mean. A friend of mine—a professor of English lit at a local university who is just weeks away from having her first book (traditionally published nonfiction) in her hand—recently asked me about traditional publishing as opposed self-publishing. It...
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 25, 2014 | The Book Biz
The Hachette/Amazon standoff seems to have fanned the flames of the traditional vs. self-publishing discussion. Actually, it’s not much of a discussion any more. As I noted recently, publishing journalist Porter Anderson reported abuse—in the form of comments on a...