Do We Have A Clue What’s Happening In Mystery/Crime Reading? Their safe and secure lives rocked by a shocking revelation! Their routines turned upside down! Their world wracked by fear of the unknown now stalking them all! No, not the characters in a Dorothy Sayers mystery. I’m talking about the publishers. As I wrote in… Read More
Mystery Of The “Hybrid”: Just A Phase For Authors?
If anything can make the publishing establishment listen up, it might well be this: a highly successful, dependable, cozy-writing champ, Elizabeth Spann Craig, near the line between North and South Carolina announcing that she’s had just about all she needs, y’all, from the industry! the industry! Read More
Are Publishers on a Tightrope with Author Solutions?
As Penguin’s Book Country relaunches with 8,300 manuscript-development members, the anticipated questions arise about the role(s) of Author Solutions. Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives. Read More
Writing on the Ether | JaneFriedman.com
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson From November 23, 2011 Part of my series of columns on publishing, Writing on the Ether, appearing each Thursday at JaneFriedman.com Reverse Penguin! So crikey. Just when you think you have it all worked out—the difference between mammals and publishers—you look up or down or somewhere and find a… Read More