I’ve been at a really interesting conference about book publishing this weekend. The two days were filled with some excellent insight and I’ll be sharing some of the tips out of the conference with you this week, along with links to the folks who put the event on.
While you’re waiting check out Mark Effinger’s company Rich Content and read his company story. We all know I’m a giant fan of folks using PRWeb so there’s an interesting piece on it too at the site.
Check back on Monday!
If you only read one thing today it should be this great insight from BK on how to ensure success on Amazon.
I found this fascinating story on Bezos and Kindle, here’s an excerpt quote:
Amazon is not-so-quietly building a wall between itself, its competitors, and open e-book formats. It’s time to show them that those of us who seek e-book readers without boundaries will not stand for their market monopolization and Soviet-style platform containment.Mr. Bezos, Tear Down This Wall, May 2009
You should read the whole article as it’s important in terms of Amazon and Kindle.
Amazon has just launched Amazon Encore as another fantastic way for you to have the opportunity to publish your book.
Here’s an excerpt from the announcement, “AmazonEncore is a new program whereby Amazon will use information such as customer reviews on Amazon.com to identify exceptional, overlooked books and authors with more potential than their sales may indicate. Amazon will then partner with the authors to re-introduce their books to readers through marketing support and distribution into multiple channels and formats, such as the Amazon.com Books Store, Amazon Kindle Store, Audible.com, and national and independent bookstores via third-party wholesalers. “
Here is the link for all the information from Amazon.
I have to say that yesterday when I posted the Funny Sundays little did I know how quickly the publishing wheels would bring an ironic twist to add as an addendum to the aforementioned mirthful Bill Scheft interview. Scheft notes Glenn Beck in his interview and Scheft’s book is also a release by Simon and Schuster.
So what is the news on Beck? He inked a deal with Simon and Schuster as reported by The Wall St. Journal and other outlets, which brings Beck a publishing deal described by the Journal as, “a perk that publisher has traditionally reserved solely for its most important writers, such as Stephen King.”
Beck receives a smaller advance, substantial share of the profits and has secured more creative control over how the books are marketed etc. The deal also extends to different formats including an ebook, an audiobook and a new non-fiction title.
And just in time for XMAS, Beck’s children’s picture book release, The Christmas Sweater. If S&S really wanted to go all out with that children’s book they would include a set of red, white and blue knitting needles and a pattern for creating the most magnificent and patriotic sweater anyone has ever seen, in the tiny size of your child’s Ken or Barbie(TM) dolls.
Humor aside, the deal represents how publishers are trying to stay afloat in the competitive market of publishing. I think actually that the more adaptive publishers can be in terms of these deals, the better off the publishing world is overall. (Whether ye be democrat or republican! We all like to read books and want them to stay around!)
This is a wonderful story to inspire you to keep writing and keep believing in your work no matter how many times it is rejected. You will find an agent who “gets it” like Susan Raymer got this book! It is also a great example of smart folks like Amy Einhorn who truly love writers and fiction and work to get it out there to the rest of us! Keep writing!







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