by Warren Whitlock | Nov 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
AP Wire | 11/21/2005 | Writers turn to self-publishing: “Five years ago, author ReShonda Tate Billingsley had a story to tell and sent out a flood of query letters trying to interest the big publishers in her book, My Brother’s Keeper. ‘I tried to go...
by Warren Whitlock | Nov 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
Attached article about Berret-Koeller, an interesting publisher, who actally likes authors. Good business numbers on the publishing industry. Getting on the Same Page”Zackheim is talking about an industry where $28.6 billion in 2004 revenues was split among...
by Warren Whitlock | Nov 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
Ann Woolner does a good job of explaining the Google program to scan every book in the linked article. Most of the stories I read come down on Google a trying to break the law. Tuat makes sense, most are written in publications that benefit from copyright materials....
by Warren Whitlock | Nov 19, 2005 | Uncategorized
A study by the Center for Customer Insights at the Yale School of Management on the effects of consumer reviews on online book sales concluded that this community content has an impact on consumers’ purchases. The study, by professors Judith Chevalier and Dina...
by Warren Whitlock | Nov 17, 2005 | Uncategorized
The Ultimate Corporate Brochure: Your Book: “Strategy Think of this as a different form of a corporate brochure. Unlike a brochure, being a published author will make you look look like a celebrated expert in your field. This separates you from the competition,...