You worked for years on the manuscript. Polished it with the help of friends and family, Shopped it around to agents and publishers. You agonized over the cover and lost sleep when you found the type-o in the crisp, newly-printed final copy. Enormous effort and time has gone into creating that six by nine inch bundle of compressed paper — like mini plywood dreams you carry them forth into the future in order to connect your writing with others. So what happens when all that work just disappears?
Tag: book sales
AN AUTHOR’S HALLOWEEN NIGHTMARE: The Publisher disappears . . .
Posted by Maura On October 26, 2022
5 REASONS TO ATTEND A BOOK FESTIVAL
Posted by Maura On July 22, 2022
Resilience. Authors need it. Book stores need it. Book festivals need it, too. We all need the buoyancy of reboundability! Like most other gatherings, book festivals across the US and abroad were hit hard by the pandemic. but many are returning to vibrancy as we head into the last half of 2022 and 2023.
5 QUESTIONS for AUTHORS
Posted by Maura On December 14, 2021
There are FOUR kinds of reviews an author can receive APPLES, ORANGES, PEARS, AND PEACHES.
And The Question Was: WHO IS A REVIEWER?
Posted by Maura On February 16, 2021
There are FOUR kinds of reviews an author can receive APPLES, ORANGES, PEARS, AND PEACHES.
A SHORT HISTORY OF PUBLISHING
Posted by Maura On August 22, 2020
Reading a book without paper or ink! How incredible is that! If you suggested the possibility of eBooks in the 15th century, you might have been burned at the stake as a witch!
CIPHERING THE CRYSTAL BALL OF FUTURE BOOK SALES
Posted by Maura On June 13, 2020
Local bookstores were just beginning to make a come-back from the 2008-9 Big Recession, when the pandemic blew writers and booksellers dreams away.
