#Books

How do book advances work? I’m about to reveal all! The first thing to know is that there are essentially five levels of outcomes with book sales: 0, 10k, 25k,
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Ooh, does Twitter sell books? I HAVE THOUGHTS.Another thread on why it's important to be clear about goals, processes, pathways, and other Super Sexy Publishing Things. Social media sells books
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I doubt this is a popular position but I find myself a bit uncertain about this attempt to categorise books as essential goods. I’m a writer, obviously. I have many
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I didn't realize publishing was in so much trouble. Massive layoffs at Macmillan, Thomas Dunne imprint shuttered for good, and more publishing bad news incoming.Reader friends: If you value your
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Fantastic Book Thread / Book Recommendations! Now disclaimer some of these books I have read/current reads while the others are on my list to read...also if you know any books
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Thinking a lot lately about critical affective literacy (CAL) and the need books are filling right now for emotion and connection. Esp. for our students who are out of schools,
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So here's the thing about those light, fluffy books that some people like to look down upon. I'm writing a dragon rescue scene right now. With comedic elements. Will this
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if i could give one piece of advice for aspiring authors or people just getting into the industry, it would be to get goals & hobbies that are not publishing
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going to be very conflicted if pbdc volume 4 comes out in english before zaregoto volume 4 considering they're literally both light novels by the same author and one has
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A few miles to the South of Wigan is Winwick, an ancient parish. The church is dedicated to St Oswald, martyr king of Northumbria, patron of St Aidan. In AD
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Ph.D. comps are the academic equivalent of fraternity/sorority hazing.They are mostly a waste of time.Sorry/not sorry. I’m talking about traditional comps with 3/4 lists with over 100 books each. I
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Had an idea, folks. I know lots of people are looking for reading material right now. What do you say we try and compile a list of authors (both indie
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I've started writing this tweet twenty different ways and I think the best way for me to do it is just write my feelings out without trepidation or overanalyzing. Read
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All these people slagging off fanfic recently has got me thinking. I find fan fic so much more engaging and easy to read than regular fiction. I have a condition
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I'm going to have my say on the Walliams/children's book thing because I'm a publisher, and because this is something that really annoys me and has for a long time.I
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1) Did you share @amightygirl's list of children's books about Native girls without clicking thru to see what the list includes? The graphic that is traveling the Internet with the
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