NEW PUBLICIST AT B & H
Jenaye White has joined B&H Publishing Group as publicist for books, Bibles and the B&H brand. White will work alongside B&H brand managers to develop and execute publicity campaigns, and...
View ArticleTABOOS
Subjects that will not be accepted by certain publications or book publishers. What might be taboo for one publisher could be fully acceptable by another. The area most likely to have taboos is the...
View ArticleUNCOPYRIGHTED PUBLICATIONS
Most publications have each issue of their publication copyrighted (registering the copyright) when it is published, but there are those that do not go to the trouble or expense to do so. If you sell...
View ArticleWRITING TIP OF THE DAY
When you misspell a word, add to a list and memorize the correct spellings.
View ArticleCBA PUBLICATION CHANGES
With the July issue, releasing later this month, CBA is making big changes to its monthly magazine. Formerly Retailers+Resources, the redesigned magazine promises to reflect a broader vision to unite...
View ArticleVIRTUAL ASSISTANT
A writer's paid assistant that works via phone or email only. No face-to-face relationship. They handle such things as travel details, answering mail, sending out book orders, dealing with paperwork,...
View ArticleWORK FOR HIRE
Signing a contract with a publisher stating that a particular piece of writing you aredoing for him is work-for-hire. In the agreement you give the publisher full ownership andcontrol of the material....
View ArticleLIVING WORD LITERARY AGENCY CLOSES
Kimberly Shumate moves to new full-time editor position as Living Word Literary Agency closes It was May of 2009 when Kimberly Shumate launched Living Word Literary Agency, pursuing her passion to help...
View ArticleGOLDEN SCROLL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) announced the winners of the 2016 Golden Scroll Awards for Publisher, Non-Fiction Editor, and Fiction Editor of the Year as well as the winners of the...
View ArticleWRITING TIP OF THE DAY
Be patient. Every step in the publishing process takes longer than you anticipate or the publisher indicates.
View ArticleLIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Janette Oke Named Recipient of ACFW Lifetime Achievement AwardAmerican Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) recently announced that Janette Oke is the recipient of their 2016 lifetime achievement award....
View ArticleACCEPTANCE LETTER
A letter from a publisher accepting your submission.Such a letter from a periodical will typically indicate the editor wants to buy your manuscript, what the payment will be, whether the payment will...
View ArticleWRITING TIP OF THE DAY
Keep in mind that we learn something from every positive and negative experience. Hang in there!
View ArticleAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
A situation where a writer will write the life story of a subject with that person's full cooperation. Full cooperation means the subject will agree to in-depth, recorded interviews, access to...
View ArticleNEW EDITOR--ROSE PUBLISHING
Rose Publishing/Aspire Press/RoseKidz announces today that Brenda Noel has accepted the position of Editor for RoseKidz®, the children's products division of Rose Publishing. Noel starts as editor July...
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GOOD NEWS FOR SELF-PUBLISHERS
The big news about Barnes & Noble is that after twenty years of battling with Amazon they have finally made a competitive move that Amazon cannot match. Barnes & Noble, with 640 bookstores in...
View ArticleBOOK QUERY
An initial query letteror email to a publisher asking for permission to send a book proposal. Other book publishers will skip the query letter and ask for a book proposal initially. With a query...
View ArticleCO-AUTHORING
When two or more writers are responsible for writing the content of a book (or other literary form). In most cases both/all of their names appear on the cover and title page. In a co-authoring...
View ArticleDEMOGRAPHIC STUDY
Most periodicals and book publishers will conduct a demographic study periodically to check up on who their readers are and who their advertisers are. This would cover such information as to geographic...
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