This week in the publishing blogosphere has been focussed on the continuing
fallout over KOBO pulling self-published books featuring erotica... which
caused booksellers sites to fall over including Whitcoulls our biggest chain
bookseller which made news around the world.
The Alliance of Independent Authors comments about the damage done to authors and publishers on this... as a lot of the books pulled weren’t
erotica... leaving 50 shades and Lolita untouched.
David Gaughren also asks who do we want making our moral decisions... as this all happened as a knee jerk reaction to an article in The
Daily Mail. Lots of comments on this.
Porter Anderson continued his Ether this week with more snippets from Frankfurt and predictions for content (read stories) in the
gaming industry ... the books of the future.
Writer Beware is highlighting Kill Clauses in contracts and
the underhanded ways these are being used now... Check it out and be aware!
The great Brainpickings, Maria Popova’s site is 7 years old
today and she looks back at 7 years since her idea and 7 things she has learned... a great little inspirational piece.
Jane Friedman has started up a magazine dedicated to writers. Scratch. Her first issue
is free so you can take a look at what she is doing and hoping for. If you
don’t know Jane Friedman... she is consistently voted as one of the best
writers advice/publishing commentators on the web.
McDonalds (New Publisher Alert) are giving out books to kids with their order... or you can go and download them yourselves. Yes...I told
you it was coming ad now it is here... just not in NZ yet.
If you are thinking about
getting into China you need to think about censorship...The NY Times details the hoops writers are prepared to go through.
Agents doing different things....
Lit Agent Mandy Hubbard is calling for a different kind of submission...She’s got a project in mind but she needs the writing voices...
Jill Corcoran is working with one of her writers using
Kindle Singles and episode publishing a YA novel.
Curtis Brown agent, Gordon Wise, has written an article on whether you need a print publisher now and ‘curated publishing services’ for
authors that some agents are now doing....
In Craft,
NaNoWriMo is nearly upon us and the blogosphere is gearing
up with articles on how to tackle the event. Here are two of the best this week.
Janice Hardy: On six stages of plotting.
In Marketing,
Joanna Penn talks about sharing your research with your readers...
(Great article, something I have been mulling over.)
Ebook pricing is always a hot topic... Molly Greene talks about her experiences and what she has learned around this.
If you are self publishing, you need a team...Bob Mayer tells you why and how to choose them.
Website to check out,
Blake Snyder of Save The Cat (Screenwriting Bible) has a great website. This week a guest novelist shows how he used Save The Cat Beats
to structure his novel...A great insight into plotting...while still leaving room
for ‘as you write’ inspiration...Bookmark this one.
To Finish,
Chuck Wendig was recently in this part of the world... he
left just as the fires started in OZ....hmmm. Chuck was a guest of GenreCon in
Brisbane where he delivered a speech on 25 things he loves about Genre fiction....
Chuck is not for the faint hearted so warnings apply. You will laugh and maybe
fall off your chair...
Enjoy
maureen
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