I never attend a con without learning something new about the publishing industry, or at least about trends in publishing,
World Fantasy Convention 2012, held in Toronto last year, emphasized cover art, and wow did I learn a lot. There
Beware the Vultures There have always been vultures in the publishing world. Phoney agents charging "reading fees" to consider your
A panel at Digital Book World agrees with me. If you're going to indie-publish, the best genres to be in are romance, young adult, and new adult. My novels are new adult. Excellent.
Final Cover for Apocalypse Revolution I've heard many traditionally published authors complain that the downside of having a contract with
In the future, agents will simply troll through the Amazon Best Sellers Rank to find talent.
My take on the Guardian's claim that we're in a self-publishing bubble.
I had fun making a book trailer back in 1999 before Youtube and before anyone was making book trailers. It was a lot of fun, but it's very dated. Hey, it's 2012. 1999 is a long time ago.
There's a shift going on in publishing that publishers and agents should be discussing over their lattes in the boardrooms of Manhattan.
Amanda Hocking, the indie e-pubbed bestseller, credits book bloggers for taking her from a minimum wage dead end job to millions of books sold through Amazon and Smashwords.