Digital Royalties
And then you have me, who wants to buy e-books directly via the publisher’s website. Agents warn publishers over digital rates Continue reading Digital Royalties
Month: April 2011
MA Gag Reel
In a mentoring session far, far away … Me: So based on your feedback, I have performed some cosmetic tweaks to the piece but I have some questions about the best way to improve this section *points*, and I’m worried about this section *points* Sam: Yes. Well. I think I have to be careful about how I explain things. When I said a few tweaks I meant take a huge step back and rewrite the whole piece. Me: *jaw clunks to floor and heart follows* But I have it in black and white! You said ‘This is a sophisticated piece which, with … Continue reading MA Gag Reel
Good = Profit?
We had a very interesting afternoon in the company of Hugh Andrew, MD at Birlinn Ltd. Aside from a conversation about e-book publishing, which I would love to follow up with him at some point, Mr. Andrew spoke about a brilliant and well written book that despite several resurrections by several different publishers, has never been successful. Is a good book one that is successful or one that is well written? The book in question was Peter Fleming’s (yes, brother of Ian) News from Tartary. I checked out Amazon this evening and although they don’t carry the book, it is … Continue reading Good = Profit?
Writing the Long Way Around 