My New Role at Wiley
The official announcement has rolled across the organization, and I’ve been able to reach most of my authors, so I thought it was time to share the news here as well.
I will be taking a new position at Wiley, serving as the Associate Publisher of Technology for Wiley’s EMEA Group beginning July 1. I will [...]
Author Charles Petzold on Deadlines and Letting Go
Author Charles Petzold discussing our forthcoming book, The Annotated Turing:
In an ideal imaginary world, a book is finished only when the author is fully satisfied that every word and comma is perfect. In the real world, that doesn’t work. The only way books ever get finished is with the imposition of a deadline — sometimes [...]
Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin
This week, Guy Kawasaki interviewed Wiley Author and creator of Problogger.net Darren Rowse on on his Sun Innovation blog. (It was nice to see a little plug for Darren’s and Chris Garrett’s Problogger book as well.)
If you have ever seen Guy interview someone, or read an online interview conducted by him, you know his questions [...]
The Problem with Book Outlines - Advice for Authors
I was speaking with a potential author on the phone today who was having trouble with the outline portion of his book proposal. Of course, building the book outline is one of the most important elements in writing winning book proposals, so all new authors stress over getting it right the first time.
You probably [...]
DailyLit Begins Syndicating Books Pre-Release
Earlier this week DailyLit announced its first pre-publication deal for House Rules which will be published in 139 installments for $9.95. This marks the site’s first opportunity to syndicate a book before the print release.
DailyLit began with mostly public domain works, syndicating them to readers in snack-sized chucks via email and RSS. Recently, [...]
