In December 2021, Berkley Publishing let it be known that they would accept submissions for a limited time directly from authors. With The Admiral’s Wife in good shape at that
I’ve followed Mike Shatzkin for years. Mike offers strategic consulting to the global book publishing business and posts every 4-6 weeks on happenings in that world. His latest post, which
I began this series by looking at the data around social readers then developed 2 Models for Selling Historical Fiction followed by Selling Historical Fiction Parts II and III. In the
A few days ago, I wrote about the HNS conference presentation on Selling Historical Fiction, which sparked interest and comments on various social media forums. Tony Riches encouraged me to add
The first main panel session of HNS London 2014 had the catchy title: SELLING HISTORICAL FICTION: THE CHALLENGES AND TRIUMPHS. Moderated by Carole Blake of Blake Friedmann, the panel included
I enjoy following Jane Friedman’s excellent blog with the tagline ‘Writing, Authorship and Publishing in the Digital Age’. Just recently she had a post titled Book Marketing: It’s About Data,
I’m delighted to be at Jenny Quinlan‘s book blog today – Let Them Read Books – with a giveaway and my story of becoming a writer. Jenny is the wonderful
Reading Guy Kawasaki’s APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur is proving to be straightforward and insightful, just as Joel Friedlander of The Book Designer promised. As an inveterate note taker, I’ve already filled
A week or so ago, I pulled out the list of e-book best sellers from the New York Times with the thought of exploring each of top-25 authors who are
I feel like Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde. For months I’ve read nothing but historical fiction. Indeed, some time ago, I decided to read at least one book by the
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
