I, The Machine
I, The Machine.
I am a machine.
My invented mechanisms are a compliment.
Writing a book in under a month is of neither myth nor man but of machine.
The machine is me.
The book is life.
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Going Out of Print is Good
When a published book goes “Out of Print” many authors panic — they feel their book is dead in the water and stillborn on the shelf.
If you have a contract that clearly states the book returns to you in all rights and circumstances when it goes Out of Print — you have a great opportunity to take the book back and re-birth it yourself with the life it deserves either online or with another publisher.
How Much Did You Get Paid?
Publishers and agents hate it when authors share the specifics of our contracts with each other and that is precisely why we can, and must, share all the details of our deals.
Publishing Kills the Weak and Weakens the Strong
Writing is hard work. Hurtful work. Deadly work. Putting together a book is a long and painful process of recognition, writing and ongoing negotiation.
Continue reading → Publishing Kills the Weak and Weakens the Strong
Google Apps for Your Domain Book
We all love The Google.
You know I especially love Google Apps for Your Domain and that includes the new for-pay Premier Edition where Boles University ™ lives and never dies!
Audio Books: Is Hearing Reading?
Is an “Audio Book” a book?
In our recent discussion about The Essence of a Book we determined there is a special beauty in a book that can only beheld between your hands.
The Essence of a Book
In yesterday’s article, Smelling of Pencils, the comments discussion turned — as it always does — away from the main core of the argument of the article and into another realm. We shared a brief discussion about books and that conversation led me back into wondering about books and publishing and what makes up the essence of a book: The Author, the Reader, the Publisher? The book itself? The process of it all? What is a book nowadays anyway?
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