I’m recently back from Origins in Columbus – a fun but exhausting four days where I got to meet a lot of cool new people and catch up […]
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The Bit To Focus On About Hydra’s Contract Terms – From One Who Is Both a Publisher and Provides Publishing Services
You’ve probably seen where John Scalzi takes Hydra Publishing (an imprint of Random House) to task for their horrible contract terms (and if you haven’t, you should). The […]
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INDIE AUTHOR MISTAKES: Know Your Target Audience (Or Which Groups To Advertise To)
Out of everything that I have published, written, and distributed, there are only two titles that I promote to authors: Eighth Day Genesis (a book about worldbuilding for […]
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Mentors and Tyrants: You Have to Let the Students Go.
I got an invitation to speak at my local library on Friday. That invitation was important to me – more important than I would have otherwise guessed. I’ve […]
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Six Probable Outcomes From Amazon’s Used Digital Sales Patent
tl; dr: DRM has a new reason to live. Amazon is going to lock in more of the eBook market. Authors, publishers, and readers need to break out […]
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Necessary, Sufficient, and Causality (or Adventures in Publishing)
Most people know that correlation (two things happening together) may not be the same thing as causation (one thing causing another). It’s just as important to know the […]