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I’ve been saying this for years. One of the fundamental problems with the publishing world today is the very existence of the query system. It’s true that this is only one of many problems, and that fixing it would not magically change the current landscape into something I would want to play in, but it would Continue reading But only if you’re trained…  A week and a half or so ago, I stumbled across a free, open-source program called Sigil. (Don’t blame me for the fact that you have to be part geek to even figure out how to download it. It’s there, you just have to poke around a bit.) Anyway, Sigil is the final piece I’ve been waiting Continue reading Free Software: Sigil ePub Editor PLEASE NOTE: This is posted as part of a blog carnival. Please follow this link to Dun Scaith, the host blog for this carnival. I’ve said all of this before, but I’ll say it again. And again and again and again, no doubt. I’ll shout it from the rooftops until all the naysayers stop saying Continue reading Why I Chose Independent Publishing The ones I keep waiting for, watching for, hoping for? The ones who are going to lead the revolution into the great new era of publishing, when authors are treated as though they have some sense and some artistic merits of their own? The truth is, I don’t really want to self-publish. I just want to have the Continue reading Where ARE all those new publishers? Rule #1: Self-publishing is always a bad idea. Those seem to be the rules Harlequin, Thomas Nelson, Hay House, and who knows how many others are playing by now. “Self-publishing is stupid! Self-publishing is evil! Self-publishing is lazy! Self-publishers haven’t paid their dues! Wait, what? Money is Continue reading Tapping the Sugar Maple I don’t think I’m constitutionally opposed to ebooks. Not quite. But I am opposed to most of the facts about the current implementation of the ebook as an object. I believe that the single largest problem the publishing industry is facing today is the fact that it takes what is fundamentally an art form and attempts (mostly Continue reading The Dinosaur and the Ebooks – An Update I just finished reading a book that was quite appallingly bad. There are so many ways in which this book stinks that it’s difficult to know where to begin, so I’ll just jump in. Dated research. There were so many Continue reading Why Corporate Publishing is so Much Better Than Self-Publishing First, some background. I was probably a writer before could write. There have always been imaginary characters living in my head, telling me their stories. My parents used to assure me that when I was young, I would regale them with stories of impossible people doing impossible things, telling them with the straightest face and the Continue reading More Thoughts on the Status of Self-Publishing Part III was going to be about one of the strangest misconceptions, namely Money Always Flows TO the Author, Never FROM the Author. But then they tell you that writing is a business, and I was going to talk about how strange that little maxim would sound when applied to any other business. I was going to Continue reading Misconceptions About Self-Publishing — Part III Apropos of yesterday’s rant, I found this on caroclarke.com:
I am your editor: submitting your novel I have been in publishing for over ten years, mostly as an editor. I am the person who accepts or rejects your manuscript. Here is how I make my decisions. I look the envelopes I am opening as I work Continue reading This is Just Scary |
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