Perhaps a good thing for once? I am very interested in the changes taking place within the publishing industry. Hugh Andrew mentioned Gardners when he was in talking to our Creative Non-Fiction class. Gardners Hive article from book2book Gardners Hive article from theBookseller.com Continue reading Hive Mentality
My research for my last creative non-fiction assignment, which I am developing to major project, has included the following fruity titles: The Diakka and Their Earthly Victims; Being an Explanation of Much That is False and Repulsive in Spiritualism by Andrew Jackson Davis The Death-Blow to Spiritualism: Being the True Story of The Fox Sisters as Revealed by Authority of Margaret Fox Kane and Catherine Fox Jenken by Rueben Briggs Davenport Memoranda of Persons, Places and Events; Embracing Authentic Facts, Visions, Impressions, Discoveries, in Magnetism, Clairvoyance, Spiritualism. Also Quotations from the Opposition by Andrew Jackson Davis Continue reading Victorian Booktitles
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
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
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 