
Pauline Baird Jones Some common sense from an agent.
Source: waxmanagency.wordpress.com
Thoughts on publishing from a NYC literary agency

Pauline Baird Jones Great place to get market news. She used to yahoo loop the updates, but just started a blog.
Source: cindimyersmarketnews.wordpress.com
“I write when I’m inspired, and I see to it that I’m inspired at nine o’clock every morning.” Peter De Vries

Pauline Baird Jones Which brings me back to big publishing needs to get a clue!
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If there are two truths we hold to be self-evident, they are these: 1) DRM does nothing to stop piracy, and 2) DRM, as used by many publishers today, frustrates

Pauline Baird Jones Big publishing needs to get a clue.
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Author Mur Lafferty offers her thoughts about the changes in publishing. What really surprises me is when you hear publishing people say that they don’t

Pauline Baird Jones Not a lot of flash and dash, but a kick tush price of $89.95 which makes it cheapest eReader out there!
Source: www.fictionwise.com
Fictionwise: Excellence in eBooks; Fictionwise is the world's leading independent eBook retailer. Thousands of eBooks by best selling authors are online to download for Palm PDAs, PocketPCs, PCs, and Macs. ...

Pauline Baird Jones It's too bad pirates don't realize how much they hurt authors. :-(
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The stakes are high. On one side are the internet pirates who are offering digital copies of the latest bestsellers such as Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol for free. On the other are the publishers.

Pauline Baird Jones So my short story wants to be a novella. It's quite determined, in fact. It might even insist on becoming a novel. Pushy.

Pauline Baird Jones third post down is richard curtis's take on ebook royalty drop.
Source: www.ereads.com
Richard Curtis on Publishing in the 21st Century The literary agent, author advocate, and publishing visionary Richard Curtis shares his insights in this special blog of essays and articles for writers and all others tracking the rapidly changing world of books.

Pauline Baird Jones NY Publishers looking to reduce author royalties on ebooks. Wow, let's take from person making the LEAST on the book.
Source: www.mayareynoldswriter.blogspot.com
Agent Richard Curtis actually posted a link to Sargent's letter on his blog here (You'll have to scroll down to 10/28).The New York Big Six have been offering authors e-book royalties of 25% of the net receipts (publishers usually receive about 50% of the list price). ...

Pauline Baird Jones some steampunk fun. This comic won a Hugo. :-)
Source: www.girlgeniusonline.com
Girl Genius—a Gaslamp Fantasy with Adventure, Romance and Mad Science; read it now online!

Pauline Baird Jones Wow. Still raining and we still have stupid DST. When will the madness end?

There are some days when opening your email is a wonderful delight! You don't even care about the spam, because there's an email from your publisher with your NEW COVER ART!!! I'm thrilled to my toenails with her concept of my upcoming novel, Girl Gone Nova...

It's not Monday, but my capacity to embarrass myself knows no bounds. In pursuit of sales for our chapter anthology, our promotion team has been working on a booth and posters for the Lexington TX Chocolate Festival this weekend. Here's my poster: I know I look, well, you can see how I look. LOL! ...















