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Books, History, and Life in General
Welcome. I'm an agent with Books & Such Literary Management, and I've been representing new and established authors since 2007.
A book review blog specializing in speculative fiction and popgeekery for all ages since 2008
In 2007, former Yahoo executive Chris Williams decided it was time to make money off fan fiction. "I work for a brand-new fan fiction website called FanLib.com and my colleagues and I want it...
By reader request, I’m posting Judith’s entire Escaping Stockholm essay as one post, too, for ease of linking and perhaps ease of discussion. I shall, however, put it all behind a cut tag straight off, in order to not re-flood the friends’ list. :) If you wish to break it out and read each section […]
My e-resources unit is frequently asked collection statistics questions. The two most popular are: how many databases do we have, and; how many journals do we have? As it turns out, these questions are surprisingly difficult to answer. Today let's…
Good intro for cont-ed.
Alison Baverstock: As the DIY approach gains more and more writers and readers, traditional publishers must reinvent themselves
The Provincetown Public Library will soon launch their own imprint, the Provincetown Public Press. From the Cape Cod Times: Under the new Provincetown Public Press digital publishing imprint, a dozen or so writers and artists will learn this year how to create a digital book of their work and market...
What the Big Six are doing about self-publishing. Somehow "scamming authors" seems like a bad answer.
Lots of potential syllabus-worthy material here.
"Books are no longer simply books, they are branding devices and credibility signals--not to mention the reason their authors command large speaking or consulting fees." (Probably always true, to an extent! But when does social media take over this phenomenon -- or has it already, for some?)