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Jonathan Nowell on the Children’s Book Market (2014)

Status of the Children’s Book Market (2014) via @JaneFriedmanhttp://t.co/eWMPET2Q8p — Joanna Penn (@thecreativepenn) January 14, 2015 Take a look at Jane Friedman’s post about Jonathan Nowell’s presentation on the US Children’s Book Market at Digital Book World. Nowell’s full presentation can be viewed here.

Hugh Howey On The Liliana Nirvana Technique

Via Hugh Howey’s Official Site: So what exactly is it? The idea is this: Annual releases are too slow to build on one another. And not just in the repetition of getting eyeballs on your works, but in how online recommendation algorithms work. Liliana suggests publishing 5 works all at once. Same day. And sheContinue reading “Hugh Howey On The Liliana Nirvana Technique”

EPIC: Fourteen Books of Fantasy

1,000,000 words of epic fiction for 99 cents. Now at #41 on all of Amazon. Some awesome peeps in this boxset: http://t.co/9AAxXKvuso — Hugh Howey (@hughhowey) December 12, 2014 This is an example of how self-published eBooks are awesome for readers and for the writers that create them. Readers get an amazing deal that offersContinue reading “EPIC: Fourteen Books of Fantasy”

The “Branding” Process

Via Kotaku: BASIC is a design agency that does something pretty unique, at least in the world of video games: instead of just doing concept art, or making logos, or promotional art, they kinda do a combination of all of it, helping give a game – which might otherwise be a pitch and some mechanicsContinue reading “The “Branding” Process”

David Gaughran On Publishing And ‘Astroturfing’

Consider the big controversies in publishing in 2014 and then read this post on astroturfing from back January: http://t.co/HFSLlOfdU7 — David Gaughran (@DavidGaughran) November 19, 2014 Via David Gaughran: The real problem for large publishers is that readers are discovering books not published by them. What large publishers have is a competition problem, and theContinue reading “David Gaughran On Publishing And ‘Astroturfing’”

Authors: Check Out The DBW Writers’ Survey!

The annual DBW Writers’ Survey is here! Please participate and spread far and wide: http://t.co/K6N837voCJ Let’s RT the hell out of this! — Hugh Howey (@hughhowey) November 19, 2014

Check Out Writer’s Knowledge Base!

All the links I shared last week: http://t.co/XoLk37zGcm . All the links I’ve ever shared (free and searchable): http://t.co/tjn3Ognb9T . — Elizabeth S Craig (@elizabethscraig) November 17, 2014 Elizabeth S Craig tweets some of the most useful writers’ links on Twitter. Make sure to check out Writer’s Knowledge Base!

Neil Gaiman Talks Coraline, The Graveyard Book, & More!

Via CBS News: “Coraline” – first in Gaiman’s 2002 book and then in last year’s Oscar-nominated animated film – is a bored young girl who opens a mysterious door, only to find a magical wonderland on the other side. Everyone on the other-side has buttons for eyes. Cute! Until Coraline realizes hereyes are next .Continue reading “Neil Gaiman Talks Coraline, The Graveyard Book, & More!”

Worlds Finest: Weisman Talks “Rain of the Ghosts” Book Series, “Young Justice”

Young Justice executive producer Greg Weisman chats with The Worlds Finest about the Warner Archive release of Young Justice: Invasion, a two-disc Blu-ray title collecting the final twenty episodes of the acclaimed animated series. Young Justice: Invasion on Blu-ray arrives on November 18th, 2014 for $24.95US. Weisman recently authored the highly recommended Rain of the Ghosts book series, published byContinue reading “Worlds Finest: Weisman Talks “Rain of the Ghosts” Book Series, “Young Justice””