Several people sent me the link to THIS ARTICLE by Scott Turow, president of the Authors Guild.
The article criticizes the recent Supreme Court decision to allow foreign editions of books to be purchased and shipped here. The way the article is written made some believe he was referring to illegal copies of books (pirated editions). He wrote “since they will be sold in a secondary market, authors won’t get royalties”…
Hi Ang,
I don’t KNOW why some sleezy publishers print horrible books, but I certainly have a strong suspicion. Judging from some of the trash I’ve seen published by “other” P.O.D. companies, they must not even read the books they print. I say this because many of them look like they’ve been edited by a first grader.
I realize P.O.D. authors are responsible for their own editing, but I know BookLocker would NEVER agree to publish some of the junk that I see coming from your competitors. I’m glad you maintain your high standards, Ang. It benefits all of us who choose to go with the best.
Jacquie McTaggart
If They Don’t Learn the Way You Teach…Teach the Way They Learn
A collection of Language Arts materials, practices, methods, booklists, Websites, teaching tips, and technology aides that appeal to and motivate today’s student learners – with a heavy emphasis on males and what it takes to get them engaged.
The confusing thing for me about Facebook ‘likes’ is that Forbes prefers us to encourage ‘friends’, which can be done with my personal FB page. I created a writer page (a business one), but it just feels redundant….so I’m still not sure what the importance of it is.
As a published writer, I am not getting out the word (so to speak) on a steady lucrative basis like I should. I still have difficulty making time to sit down each day and write. I found that concentrating on writing without losing interest in content, clarity and descriptive phrases was not as easy as I thought…
When we lived in Maine, I would get a horrible case of cabin fever at the end of winter. It hasn’t happened since we moved to Florida…until now. Ever since last weekend, I have had the urge to hit the road…
Each morning, after I pour a cup of coffee, I check the headlines. One caught my eye this week. Remember the Olympic bomber? He went to court to try to get the royalties for a book he self-published. It’s his autobiography. In my opinion, 100% of that money should go to the victims’ families. This week, U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith agreed, saying he forfeited that right in his plea deal. Which self-publishing firm stooped to publishing a book by this murderer? Keep reading to find out…
Letters will return next week.
Although I have obtained long-term and well-paying writing gigs through online ads, I’ve also read many ads that raised red flags. Here are a few signs you should not respond…
I am thinking of publishing an eBook and P.O.D. anthology of my personal blog. I’ve been writing it for 10 years and it’s quite popular. However, for the past three years, some of those posts appeared first on another blog. They paid me for those.
Do you know who owns the copyright on the posts?
We were pretty lucky last week when we found a brand new Slip ‘N Slide left by the Easter Bunny! Now that we live in the South, where it’s warm on Easter, and now that we have an actual front yard with plenty of grass, we could not WAIT to try it out. The boys hurried outside to set it up while the girls changed into their bathing suits. While they were hooking up the hose and getting it working, we were all stretching like Olympic hopefuls…
