I confess that one of the ways I'm a bad marketer is that I'm a lurker. I read the posts
Beware the Vultures There have always been vultures in the publishing world. Phoney agents charging "reading fees" to consider your
Authors are snobs. It's about numbers and status. It's about competition. There are so many of us at so many
The apocalypse may come in 2013 just because people are superstitious enough to make it happen.
Rumors of evil eBook authors abound at Ad-Astra. I debunk them, but I doubt I convinced anyone to drop their passion for the Big Six Publishers.
My take on the Guardian's claim that we're in a self-publishing bubble.
I'm using the library again and boycotting agency priced eBooks. Why? Because they are such a bad deal for authors.
If a publisher came to me and asked to represent my my novel, promising to shop it around to other publishers, I'd be stunned.
I get a surprising amount of spam in the comments.
I had to turn down a contract because it was a vanity press masquerading as a traditional publisher.