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Well, This Is Me by Asher Perlman
1 day ago
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Season's Meetings
Required reading and meetings abound, mes auteurs, so I'm going to once again borrow a page from the Bransford playbook and offer you your very own open thread! Anything and everything are fair game (within reason), and I'll try to stop by a few times during the day to answer any questions that may crop up.
Go nuts!
Go nuts!
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What are the chances for an aspiring author from outside the US or the UK to get publish in those two countries?
ReplyDeleteThat's one reason I couldn't wait to be done with school: required reading. I hated not being able to read the things I wanted to because all I had time for were the text books.
ReplyDeleteWhat's everyone reading today? Got a book you're in the middle of?
I'm reading 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". I hated the first chapter with all the financial descriptions but skipped a bit, kept on reading and am now enjoying it. Love the girl. Before that I read "Wesley the Owl" which I mainly disliked. Too many dead mice and ickyness, but I did learn some interesting things.
ReplyDeleteYour blog post yesterday inspired my blog post today. :)
ReplyDeleteEric,
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading your blog and Bransford's too. Thank you.
Daniel
Eric,
ReplyDeleteDo you think Amazon can be relied on to accurately relay Kindle book sales? Also, what is your favorite gin based cocktail?
Eric,
ReplyDeleteHow did you come up with such an awesome title/name for your blog?
Christi
Hi Eric,
ReplyDeleteCan we talk a little about enhanced ebooks? How do you see added visuals playing out in the development of books for iPad, Kindle, etc.? I'm seeing a lot of "added author interview" stuff, but it seems like there should be a more interesting use for the new technology. What about photos and maps and charts and links to news broadcasts and relevant websites? Why aren't publishers adding them instead of just converting existing books to ebook format with a video or two tacked on?
The Passage.
ReplyDeleteGosh, it's long.
I think I'll be reading it for a while, and I wouldn't exactly call myself a slow reader.
And I have a question, for Eric or anyone who's got insight on the topic.
(a-hem)
Once one has started a blog, what are some good ways to get it out there so that it's not just yo mama and your best friend since Jr. High reading it?
Thanks. This is great blog.
I'm currently reading 'You Don;t Have to be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps', by Tom Holt.
ReplyDeleteThe comedy SF/F market seems to be quite healthy at the moment with quite a few writers doing well. Is it on the up, or does it remain steady?
Hi Ganz-1,
ReplyDeletePretty good if you can get an agent in the US or UK; it may be difficult otherwise (I'm no foreign rights specialist). If you're in Canada or Western Europe, it shouldn't be too bad.
All best & thanks for reading,
E
Hi Schadenfreude,
ReplyDeleteProbably not. Amazon is notoriously (and intentionally) bad at providing useful sales data.
Bombay Sapphire martini, up, very dry, extra olives.
Hi Christi,
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a more glamorous story, but I think it sort of just came to me. Also, everything else that made sense was already taken.
E
Hi bmcdowell,
ReplyDeleteI think it's because the added interactivity that publishers are looking for wasn't possible until the iPad came along. I expect videos, maps, additional text content, &c to become more available if and when the iPad becomes a primary reading tool.
E
Hi Cacy,
ReplyDeleteI got my start by guest posting for Nathan Bransford; you could try something similar.
E
Hi Martin,
ReplyDeleteMy hunch is that sales are slightly up or flat year-on-year. Right now mystery/thriller is doing particularly well, what with Larsson leading the charge on the literary front and both SALT and INCEPTION in theaters.
E
Thanks for the advice, Eric!
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