Quick Updates for 2010-10-12
Resources and Member News for Gail Carriger, Mary Robinette Kowal, John Joseph Adams, Steve Barnes, Amelia Beamer, John Skipp, James Enge, Paul Jessup, Stacia Kane, Cinda Williams Chima, and Sarah Beth Durst.
Archive for the ‘SFWA Blog’ Category
Alert: Website with Copyrighted works (in Spanish)
SFWA members with Spanish language editions may want to check out this Web site: http://book0dd.blogspot.com/ Which is offering quite a large number of books for download. We’ve verified that the site is offering what looks like homemade OCR’d versions of some of our members books plus many additional SF and Fantasy titles. If you find […]
Wholesale vs. Agency: Sales Models in Conflict
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
One of the big publishing headlines this week (here, for instance) was that e-books from some popular authors were selling on Amazon for higher prices than the hardcover versions. For instance, the hardcove…
Quick Updates for 2010-10-09
Member News for David Sklar, Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Catherine M. Petrini, Cherie Priest, David Levine and Allan Cole
Commerce Department Seeks Comment on Protecting Copyrighted Works on the Internet
If you are an author, regardless of where you stand on copyright, please take time to read and respond to the U.S. Commerce Department’s inquiry about the relationship between copyright and the internet. Making sure that your voice is heard is an important part of determining the future and ultimately having a say in something […]
Quick Updates for 2010-10-07
Industry News and Member News for Kalayna Price, Shiloh Walker, Marjorie Liu, Dan Wells, Tom Crosshill, John Joseph Adams, David Levine, Tim Myers, Paul Jessup, Harry Connolly, Stacia Kane, Sarah Beth Durst, Cinda Williams Chima, Stephanie Draven, Carrie Vaughn, Michael Cassutt, Kevin J. Anderson, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Brandon Sanderson, Robert J. Sawyer, Marc Steuben and Keffy R.M. Kehrli!
Barnes & Noble Launches PubIt! Self-Publishing Service
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Yesterday, Barnes & Noble announced the launch of PubIt!, a free self-publishing service for its Nook e-reading device. With PubIt!, B&N joins Amazon and Apple in offering direct-to-device self-publishing (…
Quick Updates for 2010-10-05
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Rachel Caine and Sarah Beth Durst!
Guest Blog Post: How Deliberate Practice Can Make You an Excellent Writer
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.
This old saw applies to writers as much as to musicians. In today’s guest blog post, author and writing teacher Barbara Baig explores the impo…
Quick Updates for 2010-10-03
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for Edward M. Lerner, Sara Megibow, Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia, Ellen Datlow, David Brin, and Lou Antonelli!
