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

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

Ether for Authors: Data Deluge

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. Join us on Mondays at Ed Nawotka’s and Frankfurt Book Fair’s Publishing Perspectives for the new Ether for Authors column. Read More

You Stinking Gatekeeper

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. Join us on Mondays at Ed Nawotka’s and Frankfurt Book Fair’s Publishing Perspectives for the new Ether for Authors column. Read More

Ether for Authors: Rumors of the ISBN's Demise

Writing on the Ether is a collection of 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. Join us on Mondays at Ed Nawotka’s and Frankfurt Book Fair’s Publishing Perspectives for the new Ether for Authors column. Read More

Writing on the Ether | JaneFriedman.com

It’s springtime for Amazon, and there’s more than one evolving new slant on the massive retailer in play at the moment. Between the monkey chatter and the growls of slow-moving traditionalists, hear it? A skip in the usual drumbeats. A new syncopation in the publishing jungle. Read More

Writing on the Ether | JaneFriedman.com

In a week of sometimes rancorous debate about the actions of the U.S. Department of Justice and the responses from sued publishers, an initially zany-disaster mode has darkened into a more serious tone. It’s a time when no one seems able to just be quiet. Read More

Writing on the Ether | JaneFriedman.com

“What other industries permit agency pricing? In what other sector do you find manufacturers setting the prices and retailers having to, essentially, like it or lump it at a certain percentage?” Read More