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Digital news: Hybrid authors discuss why they choose to both self-publish and trade publish. B&N accused of manipulating its eBook rankings. Digital Book World lists its eBook bestsellers of the week.   Traditional news: Simon & Schuster will start...

Part of our new way of representing authors is to utilize all of the tools available to make the most of our clients’ work. Sometimes this means e-publishing if a story is different than what they usually publish, shorter or longer than what is preferred by...

I've been meaning for ages to do a #tenqueries on Twitter. If you aren't familiar, that is when an agent  goes through his or her query inbox and shares the reasons why they do or do not request manuscripts. I personally tend to do most of my query reading during odd...

Event: Ozark Writers’ League Conference Location: “Hard Work U,” Branson, MO Length: 1 day Website: http://www.ozarkswritersleague.org/ This was one of the smaller events, I’d guess about 40 attendees. What these typically lack in flashy items like A-list keynotes,...

Event: Atlanta Writers’ Conference Location: Westin Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, GA Length: 2 days Website: http://atlantawritersclub.org/content/?p=145 The Atlanta Writers’ Conference happens twice a year with strong attendance that I’d estimate to be around 100. There...

Digital news: eBooks bring almost $1 billion in trade publishing sales growth. Smashwords breaks down their 2012 sales numbers. Top three sellers in Digital Book World's $.99 - $2.99  eBook bestseller list are self-published.   Traditional news:...

Ah, Wednesday. I almost forgot it was my day to post. So when I remembered I started freaking out. What will I talk about? How do other agents always have such smart and thoughtful blogposts about stuff that is relevant to writers across a broad spectrum? Why can't I...

Hey kids! I took a weekend off and feel totally recharged! Amazing how you don't realize you are working ALL THE TIME until you stop. It can be difficult to throttle down from that high-revving lifestyle. One of the things I did was listen to some of my favorite...

In the past few months I've taken on a handful of talented writers as clients and each pitched their books through a query or Twitter pitch that stood out above the rest. Today I thought it might be fun to share a few quotes from each of their pitches and/or queries...

Whether you are a published author, have an agent, or are querying manuscripts, you may have been told that you need to blog. "Build a platform," they say, but they don't always say how (incidentally, if you are interested in tips for a great website, my client Kerry...