Showing posts 1 to 10 labeled Publishing (17 total)
Not-So-Infallible Automation (August 14th, 2012 - No comments)
Many modern comforts and conveniences are driven by automation. I manage my bank accounts and pay my bills through a series of scripts and databases, with rarely the need to interact with another human or walk to the mailbox... More >>
The Nefarious Blurb (July 31st, 2012 - No comments)
Back in elementary school, the Scholastic catalog was a thing of wonder. I would pore over the books like an office girl drools over the product pages of Sephora. I carefully examined every catalog that came my way, but I took the Scholastic one especially seriously because it was the one full of things I could actually get... More >>
Kobo Writing Life (July 17th, 2012 - No comments)
Kobo Writing Life went live yesterday, and Sweetie urged me to jump on the bandwagon before it got too full. I was just about go to bed at the time and was wary of going through the whole process of setting up an account etc... More >>
I Beat the Brontes (June 12th, 2012 - 2 comments)
My life feels like it's been hanging in suspended animation for the past couple of days. I threw everything I had into one last-ditch effort to rescue Bubbles Pop from the dark recesses of one million plus rankings right before I was liberated from the clutches of KDP Select... More >>
Sifting Through Editors (June 8th, 2012 - 3 comments)
Today, before wrapping up one final short story before I dig into WIP-B again, I browsed for freelance editors to help me prepare the final manuscript for publication. Yes, it's a long way off (and longer still if I keep spending my time on short stories and browsing for editors), but the search for a good one seems almost as long and difficult... More >>
Unscrupulous Self-Pubbers (June 7th, 2012 - 2 comments)
My day started off on a depressing note when I opened my email to (a) a credit card statement and (b) a letter of rejection for a visiting librarian position I had applied to in May. The letter was an odd one in that it didn't say that another candidate had better qualifications... More >>
Books vs. Cupcakes and Chairs (May 28th, 2012 - 2 comments)
After finishing a tough scene in chapter two of WIP-B, I was winding down by watching writers snipe at each other again. To paraphrase: "Traditional publishers are dying! They're mean and horrible and the KDP revolution will topple their tyrannical rule... More >>
A Very Expensive Hobby (May 25th, 2012 - No comments)
After reading more about the scary things publishers do to trap writers into lives of indentured servitude, I've pretty much given up on selling my next work to someone else for the comfort of an advance... More >>
Aggravating Follow-up (May 11th, 2012 - No comments)
Yup. As expected, instead of helping me restore my cover, the CreateSpace folks took the "It's The User's Fault" approach. Here's a darling little missive from "Rich:" Once our team makes changes to your file to assist in making it print ready, we are unable to overturn that change... More >>
Aggravated by Amazon (May 11th, 2012 - No comments)
For the past month or two, my once pristine opinion of Amazon has been crumbling. And no, it doesn't have anything to do with the Department of Justice lawsuit. The government is investigating the publishers for collusion to fix prices, and Amazon only benefits secondarily... More >>