Think you’re safe from the Amazon/BookSurge ultimatum because you’re in the United Kingdom? Think again. You might be next!
Amazon has launched a POD service in the U.K. While they say “We are offering titles that are being produced by other print on demand providers” – they don’t say they’ll continue to do so.
Read more HERE.
Angela,
A. Antaonow’s article was fantastic! What a great — and fresh — topic for a feature article. The subject is something that I’ve noticed too, and that bothers me to no end. In fact, I wrote a blog post on the subject myself last year:
https://www.katharineswan.com/2007/12/when-writers-screw-other-writers.html
Thanks to you for running the article — and to the author for writing it! It’s good to raise awareness that our fellow writers can sometimes also be our worst enemies!
Sincerely,
Katharine S. Leppert
https://www.katharineswan.com
I’m a lot of fun on a school field trip (embarrassing is the word my children would choose). It’s not enough for me to visit Philadelphia and listen to the standard speech by the National Park Service employee. I ask weird questions. Who named the Liberty Bell? What did the men who wrote the Constitution eat for lunch? Did they order takeout or did they brown bag it? Did somebody from Philadelphia really invent the Philly cheesesteak? For decades I’ve waited but no one created a magazine “niche-y” enough for the tiny shards of knowledge I’ve gathered.
If you are a writer, you know it’s hard work. It takes patience, persistence, lots of time, an appreciation of the process, it’s harder than it appears…and that’s the easy part. What does a writer do after you’ve written something?
Max got sick on Saturday so he spent the day curled up next to me, watching TV, while I worked on my laptop in bed (my favorite spot). He had a severe sore throat and his temperature got up to 102 in the afternoon. He felt much better on Sunday so we went leaf watching.
This week I’m going to share another installment of our popular column, World’s Worst Book Proposals. Yes, we can learn from others’ mistakes! Featured below are real quotes from book proposals submitted to me over the past year.
Letters will return next week.
Psst…what if I told you that you could run a successful freelance writing business by charging freelance writers next to nothing and then selling their hard work for much more? Would it seem unethical to you? If so, you may be in the minority among some writers.
I thoroughly enjoy WritersWeekly, and especially appreciate your views about the publishing industry. An acquaintance wrote me recently to tell me that he saw my book posted on Google Books. I hadn’t heard of Google Books and was somewhat shocked to discover a majority of my book’s pages posted in full on the site.
Isn’t this protected by a copyright? Is this good or bad for authors and publishers? I’d love to hear your opinion!
I moved from Seattle to Orlando and, as soon as I settled here, I began writing for a regional publisher, Central Florida Lifestyle, which puts out 12 magazines. I also answered a call for a writer from the Natural Resources News Service (NRNS).
