In Publishing Perspectives’ Ether for Authors, Porter Anderson looks at the relative silence of major publishing house’s leadership–in a noisy industry. Read More
Ether for Authors: Beta Readers in the Race
Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives asks in Ether for Authors whether an idea from author Hugh Howey might not help promote pro beta readers Read More
How London Beat BEA's Pants Off
Authors at BEA seem welcome, but only in their place. They’re not expected to be doing business. BEA started in the era of publisher-controlled authors. Ether for Authors from Publishing Perspectives – with Porter Anderson. Read More
BEA: Malcolm Gladwell Takes Aim
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson Writing on the Ether: Casting Stones at BEA At IDPF’s Digital Book 2013 Conference at BEA, headliner Malcolm Gladwell, ahead of his forthcoming David and Goliath: “In 10 years, best-selling authors will [still] need marketers and editors…Good marketers and editors will find a way to be relevant…[And in reference to… Read More
Read about BEA: BoatExpo America
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson Ether for Authors: BoatExpo America You wouldn’t think BookExpo America (BEA) at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City had much to do with the huge boat shows that fill such trade-show arenas . But you’d be wrong. When the industry! the industry! barges into the city at the… Read More
From Writer Unboxed: Agreeable Disagreement
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson Writer Unboxed: Agreeable Disagreement We’re flagging these columns “Provocations in Publishing” because the industry! the industry! is one overwrought place these days. Have you noticed how many publishing people stage every disagreement as if it’s life and death? No Writer Unboxed reader would ever do this, of course. It’s the others we’re talking about.… Read More
Read: Hitting a Rough Patchett
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson Ether for Authors: Ann Patchett’s Flying Leap On this side of the pond, there may be few authors as fondly regarded as Ann Patchett, she of the independent bookstore Parnassus in Nashville. But when she told The Bookseller in London that authors should become more involved in the industry and take greater responsibility as part of… Read More
Authors in the Inferno: Dan Brown and Books
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson Writing on the Ether: Authors in the Inferno It is so springtime for us snobs and critics. Dan Brown has heaved another one at us. And despite the fact that I may be killed in a dark cathedral vestibule in Europe by a rogue member of the Druid Daughters… Read More
Test It: Are Your Books' Covers Sexist?
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson From May 9, 2013 Part of my series of columns on publishing, Writing on the Ether, appearing Thursdays at the invitation of Jane Friedman at JaneFriedman.com Shirtless Men Kissing Beautiful Women. How long have I been going on about these romance covers that choke the ebook lists? The trend… Read More
BEA Cupcakes: 'Women's Work' About Books?
Writing on the Ether provides selected news and perspectives on publishing. It is written by journalist and critic Porter Anderson for Jane Friedman and it appears at JaneFriedman.com each Thursday. Sponsorship opportunities are available and offer generous promotion. Ether for Authors—another gas—runs on Mondays at Ed Nawotka’s and Frankfurt Book Fair’s Publishing Perspectives. London on the Ether, a new UK-related edition of the column, has recently had its debut at TheBookseller.com Read More