The Book Selling Biz (The Last Update*)

Perhaps it’s because Amazon is refusing to sell certain traditionally published books and those authors are feeling the pinch, or perhaps it’s just a lot of self-published authors truly realizing how much work it is to market a book—but the air seems full of...

Entering the (Writer’s) Lottery

Recently a young writer with whom I’d worked some time before entered a contest that changed her life (I wrote about Natalie here). Her success brought to my attention the phenomenon of the “pitch contest,” in which unagented writers are invited to pitch a manuscript...

Short Saturday: Authors & Social Media

We were just talking about using Twitter as a marketing tool, so I want to bring two “last words” to your attention. The first is from literary agent Chip MacGregor, who offers ten thoughts on the effectiveness of social media. He had me at “Don’t...