Publishing Perspectives
How Many Pairs of Eyes Are on Your Book?
I recently finished making wording changes on a self-published book that had already been typeset and printed — or…
September 12, 2018-
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Publishing PerspectivesThe Big Five Family Tree: Book Publishers
Welcome to Publishing Perspectives! I’ll be talking about all things publishing. Let’s start with an overview of the publishing…
July 21, 2017 -
Publishing Perspectives
The BISAC Subject Heading List
Have you ever looked at the category words on the back of a book, above (or below) the bar…
March 20, 2016 -
Publishing Perspectives
Describing the Ideal Reader
In last month’s column, I mentioned that an item of an Author’s Questionnaire from a publisher is the request…
February 3, 2016 -
Publishing Perspectives
Submitting a Fiction Novel to a Publisher, Part 3: The Author’s Questionnaire
The first part of this series examined the Query Letter. The second part looked at the synopsis. In this…
January 23, 2016 -
Publishing PerspectivesSubmitting a Fiction Novel to a Publisher, Part 2: The Synopsis
The first part of this series examined the Query Letter. In this column, we’ll look at the synopsis. Most…
December 14, 2015 -
Publishing Perspectives
Submitting a Fiction Novel to a Publisher, Part 1: The Query Letter
You’ve finally got your novel all polished up and ready to submit to a publisher. How is this done?…
November 22, 2015 -
Publishing Perspectives
Writers Must Be Readers
I hope that you, as a writer, do a LOT of reading! I think there are three types of…
October 29, 2015 -
Publishing Perspectives
Defining traditional vs indie publishing
The world of book publishing has been changing rapidly for a few years, and lots of vocabulary is changing…
September 23, 2015 -
Publishing Perspectives
Handling Editing With Grace
Writing a book can be hard work. Then you polish it: more hard work. Then there’s the hard work…
August 29, 2015 -
Publishing Perspectives
Smaller Publishers
The number of smaller publishers will continue to grow as technology enables more people to complete the tasks involved…
July 20, 2015
