Publishing Companies Archives

Sep26
Publishing Spotted: Replacing Agents
Can a crack team of online readers replace agents?Slush Pile Reader thinks so. They just announced a service where fledgling writers can upload manuscripts so the site's community can pick their favorites. The best books score a contract where "Slush...
Dec11
I Became a Writer for the Money, I Practice Law as a Hobby
Nobody ever says, "I became a writer for the money, I practice law as a hobby."   Still, every year a very, very, very select few writers hit the publishing jackpot. I'm not trying to be one of those writers.... Continue Reading
Aug 9
The Whole Weird Mask Thing: How To Sell Wild and Crazy Novels
In 2004, Christa Faust blew some minds with Hoodtown, a hardboiled novel about a female Mexican wrestler who turns detective. Just listen Faust's nervy prose and you'll see why this book won her a dedicated fan base:"[T]he city's darker rhythms... Continue Reading
Aug 7
Letting My Friends Do All the Work
I have a few links to send your way, once again letting my friends do all the work... It's time to settle this flame war raging between Reuters journalists and bloggers, because these two groups should be helping each other. ... Continue Reading
Jun26
Promiscuous Word Snippets?
The New York Times just reprinted John Updike's sprawling rant against web publishing. You should read the whole thing..."In imagining a huge, virtually infinite wordstream accessed by search engines and populated by teeming, promiscuous word snippets stripped of credited... Continue Reading
Jun19
More and More New York Writers
Yesterday, Greg Ford from Ugly Duckling Presse stopped by The Publishing Spot to say hello.  I spent some time at the website, surfing these interesting event and press links. Even better, Ugly Duckling recently launched web book experiment written... Continue Reading
 


Five Easy Questions: Liz Strauss, Part Three
The Last Days of Publishing
"Be Authentic, Practical, and Nice"
The Great Brooklyn Small Publisher Test
Nimble Publishing
Are We Doomed?
Dickens, Joyce, Pynchon and Daily Kos?
Let It Rain
Retirement?
I See Bulldozers
Publishing 101
Five Easy Questions: Rex Hammock, Part One
"Don't you know you're out of a job?"
ProBlogger Meets ThePublishingSpot.com
Five Easy Questions: Tom Evslin, Part Two
Letting My Friends Do All the Work
Books Just Want To Be Heard
Get Thee To Florida!

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