My Writing and Personal News and Reviews and critiques and fiction and publishing and writing Sue Campbell on 11 Jul 2010
I made it through a week of anticipation and was rewarded with good comments from literary agent, Sara Megibow of the Nelson Agency in Denver, Colorado. She didn’t soft pedal it either. After a lively and direct presentation on the realities of the business of publishing, how to go about finding and landing an agent, [...]
Reviews and books and marketing and publishing and writing Sue Campbell on 10 Jun 2010
Alrighty so here’s my review. It didn’t take long to read this book. It’s a conversational, enjoyable read. As business books go I’d give it a B+. That said, it’s worth reading. The company follows through on it’s promise to WOW customers through great customer service. In fact when they told me I’d get an [...]
Reviews and blogging and books and case studies and marketing and publishing and reading and writing Sue Campbell on 06 Jun 2010
So there’s book promotion, and there’s book promotion. Here’s what may be a, pardon the pun, novel approach to crowd-sourcing your book promotion. First, have deep pockets, because it involves sending out a lot of free books. Next, be patient for the ground swell of momentum to catch up to your book selling efforts. Come [...]
Opinon and blogging and publishing and writing Sue Campbell on 06 Jun 2010
For those two or three of you still following this here sometime blog: I have not died. I have been writing, reading, working on book design, gardening, and otherwise having a life. It’s all good, really. The blog sadly gets short shrift when living takes priority—come to think of it—turn off that computer and get [...]
publishing Sue Campbell on 17 May 2010
Sue Campbell writes about ebook publishing, J.A. Konrath’s success and publishing shorts to Amazon’s epub program.
My Writing and Personal News and author and books and dreaming and fiction and publishing and silliness Sue Campbell on 01 Apr 2010
I am bursting with pride to report that I finally finished my young adult novel, I Got My First Kiss in a Bomb Shelter, AND I signed with Writer’s House. Within a week, my debut novel was sold to Street Cred a brand new division for YA at Random House. I am simply speechless with the [...]
inspiring and publishing and video Sue Campbell on 16 Mar 2010
Amen. Thank you DK.
Opinon and author and books and news and publishing Sue Campbell on 10 Feb 2010
Here is a link to a really great explanation of why it does take so long for a book to get released from the traditional publisher. This post by Jay Lake, author with Macmillan about all the steps from both his POV and the publisher’s. Twenty six months! That’s a long, long time. But you’ll [...]
Nanowrimo and art and bookcover and bookcovers and books and color and covers and critiques and design and fiction and publishing Sue Campbell on 08 Feb 2010
The third book in the cover contest gets posted today! Which one do you pick?
Opinon and books and news and publishing and video Sue Campbell on 22 Jan 2010
I’m not a fan of so-called vanity publishing. But I don’t object to self-publishing, or even partner publishing. There is a place for all kinds of publishing. What I do object to is deceptive practices that some service providers either explicitly promise successful outcomes, or allow their clients to believe. Every would be author has [...]
