I had a conversation with an author recently about the Reserve line on his royalty statement, and thought other authors might benefit from a quick primer. Books sold to most resellers – stores like Barnes and Noble and Borders for example – are returnable. That is, if the book stores don’t sell them all, they can [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 27, 2007
You will find quite a bit about writing winning book proposals on this site – but you wont find them all in one place. All the posts are tagged book-proposal, but I thought it would be a good idea to group them together. Keep in mind I work in technology publishing, so some [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 9, 2007
The October 2007 issue of Book Business Magazine features a cover story on the best publishing houses as ranked by their employees. While Random House takes the top honors, my publisher John Wiley & Sons ranks in the top 20 (number 14) with a satisfaction score of 8.4 out of 10. As challenging as the [...]
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Monday, January 7, 2008
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