Monday, October 17, 2011

How to Educate Yourself about Publishing in Today's Changing Industry

Publishing is changing so fast, it's hard for writers to keep up with the shifts.  A friend sent me this wonderful article from author Steve Pressfield's site, "What It Takes," featuring publishing-savvy Shawn Coyne talking about the profit and loss analysis that publishers make before accepting a manuscript. Fascinating to hear the inside scoop.

If you're game, educate yourself this week.  Scroll down to his article, "A Matter of Infinite Hope."

Feel free post your comments and questions.

Click here.

And for an even more eye-opening article, about how Amazon.com has just started signing up writers, click here for this week's New York Times article.

2 comments:

  1. Very enlightening article. Thanks for the link, Mary.
    I can see the importance of having a dynamic query to
    to kick off the whole process! It trickles down...

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  2. Thanks, Cindy. These kinds of articles are certainly eye-openers!

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