MAKE MINE MYSTERY: The Poor Abused Apostrophe and the Confusion It Causes by Janis Patterson

MAKE MINE MYSTERY: The Poor Abused Apostrophe and the Confusion It Ca...: by Janis Patterson I will admit it, I am a stickler for the correct usage of the English language, which means that these days my grammatica...

ClassicAndCozy: Notes from a Sitting Duck by Janis Susan May/Janis Patterson

ClassicAndCozy: Notes from a Sitting Duck: by Janis Susan May/Janis Patterson They're out there, in droves, just waiting for us. No, I'm not getting paranoid - any ...

Not Your Usual Suspects: Publicity – Boon, Bane or Just Dratted Distraction? by Janis Patterson

Not Your Usual Suspects: Publicity – Boon, Bane or Just Dratted Distraction...: by Janis Patterson Whether you self-publish or go with a traditional publisher, the burden of publicity falls on you. Yes, even with a...

ClassicAndCozy: Bean Counters and Brutality

ClassicAndCozy: Bean Counters and Brutality: by Janis Susan May/Janis Patterson Not long ago on one of my eloops there was a discussion on the recent Harlequin line closings. One ...

Via Hugh Howey---Being Forced to Sit in the Backlist

Being Forced to Sit in the Backlist

Writer Unboxed---The New Class System

Donald Maass considers the state of publishing today here. Most of this I agree with though I no longer say so on the various lists because such talk hits some folks hot buttons.

What Sells E-Books Today?

That is the question a lot of self published authors, including myself, are asking. We know the gold rush is over and now it is harder than ever to move our books. Dave Zeltserman has a few thoughts here in a piece well worth reading.

One thing really jumped out at me since I do so many reviews. He writes:

"Online book reviews: Web reviews seldom sell more than a couple of books--print or ebook the same."

While I don't think it is the responsibility of a reviewer to sell books (or stop somebody from buying a book either) it is rather depressing to have what amounts to be so little impact.