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Sandra Parshall

Best books? Says who?

The Publishers Weekly list of the "100 best books of 2009" includes shockingly few works by women. So what else is new? The Sisters in Crim…

Started by Sandra Parshall

89 Nov 16
Reply by B.R.Stateham
John Dodds

Unagented subs - any US publishers?

I am a Scottish author, and I heard that a Scottish crime writer got his first break with an American publisher. So, I was wondering -- whi…

Started by John Dodds

7 Apr 4
Reply by John Dodds
John Dodds

Seeking US publishers without an agent (but with a first novel in UK)

Hi, everyone. This is my first post, and I'm happy to be here. My first novel, BONE MACHINES, came out in the UK in December 2007. An even…

Started by John Dodds

6 Jun. 21, 2008
Reply by Dan Coleman
Newt Love

Agent? What's an agent?

I used to wonder if I'd ever get an agent, but now I'm wondering what one of those would do for me that I don't already do for myself. I j…

Started by Newt Love

39 May. 30, 2008
Reply by Neil White
Robert Freemyer

Author Union

Do you think an Author's Union would be a way to put some pressure on publishers? Isn't it about time that we had some say in how much adva…

Started by Robert Freemyer

17 Jan. 25, 2008
Reply by Clay Morgan
Karen J. Laubenstein

Reviewing Manuscripts

I've been getting invites to sign onto review boards for various presses to review manuscripts. No one's mentioning pay for this. Do you do…

Started by Karen J. Laubenstein

8 Oct. 25, 2007
Reply by Karen J. Laubenstein
Russ Heitz

The World of Big Business Publishing, warts and all

I just read a book called THE CAREER NOVELIST, A Literary Agent Offers Strategies for Success, by the literary agent Donald Maass, and I po…

Started by Russ Heitz

2 Sep. 11, 2007
Reply by Russ Heitz
Tom Barclay

How Bookselling Differs from What MBAs Are Taught

A fascinating story via Melbourne in which we learn that some beancounters in the bookselling business don't learn from their mistakes (so…

Started by Tom Barclay

11 Aug. 15, 2007
Reply by Karen from AustCrime
Liam Sweeny

Questions on Publishing

Just recently I had a publishing contract for my first book, the first in a series of two. I say just recently, because yesterday we (the w…

Started by Liam Sweeny

7 Aug. 5, 2007
Reply by Liam Sweeny
Karen from AustCrime

Recommended Publishers

I'm just writing out my wish list for himself to take to San Francisco (in case he gets an hour's shopping time outside the conference he's…

Started by Karen from AustCrime

2 Apr. 19, 2007
Reply by Donna Moore

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