Interesting blog post today on John Green’s Sparks Fly Up website. John talks about book advances, and while most writers dream of that 7-figure advance, he states that maybe a lower advance will be more beneficial to the writer AND the publisher. In his post he makes an analogy based on our current mortgage situation: “It seems to me that the publishing business has a lot in common with the mortgage industry: A publisher loans you some money, which they expect you to pay back. And … [Read more...]
Borders Pushes Children’s Books
May 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
Borders bookstore is going to focus more on children’s books in this tough economy. Good news for writers. Children’s book sections will be expanding in every Borders store over the next 90 days. Plus they plan to move the young adult and teen section further away from the baby and youth books. Personally, I’m glad that they are doing this. I frequent Borders a lot in my neighborhood because they have a bigger café space with more outlets for my laptop. But Barnes and Noble puts … [Read more...]
Pirates of the Digital Book
May 12, 2009 Leave a Comment
I was reading this article on the NY Times about book pirating. Seems like there is an increase of people posting digital books on the web for free---sort of like Napster did with MP3's. I didn't realize that this be could be an issue since books are such a different format from music. But technology is making it easier: Now, with publishers producing more digital editions, it is potentially easier for hackers to copy files. And the growing popularity of electronic reading devices like the … [Read more...]
