Quotes of note and author and dreaming and inspiring and silliness Sue Campbell on 08 Apr 2010
With apologies for yanking this from her site. The life of a stay-at-home book designer is remarkably similar to that of a bestselling author. Who knew?
Janet Evanovich, what is your work day really like?
I drag myself out of bed around six, shove myself into the clothes laying on the floor and plod down the road [...]
author and books and covers and design and marketing and publishing and websites of note Sue Campbell on 15 Jun 2009
A couple of weeks back wrote about a new online promotion resource for authors called Filedby.com. At the time they advertised that they would allow “contributors” to also create a page to showcase their works. I created a page for myself, but found I could not add the books on which I had contributed design [...]
author and blogging and books and marketing and publishing and reading and websites of note Sue Campbell on 29 May 2009
A new directory of authors went live in March 2009. Filedby.com Is organized to promote authors not individual titles. In a recent press release from Filedby.Inc of Nashville, TN, the company says:
author and publishing and reading and writing Sue Campbell on 26 Apr 2009
I recently attended the LV Writers Conference. In the next few posts I’ll write up some of my impressions and include some nuggets of what I thought was useful information. I have to say that this isn’t the best conference, in my limited experience with writers conferences. And if I’d had to pay for it, [...]
author and books and news and publishing and writing Sue Campbell on 13 Apr 2009
What I said in my earlier post still holds true as far as the opinions I hold, especially in regard to morality being a personal responsibility. But we were ALL (and I am pointing mainly at the TWITterers), speculating without hard evidence. We may never get a satisfactory explanation, but I think this pretty much [...]
books and news and publishing and reading Sue Campbell on 07 Mar 2009
That probably doesn’t mean much to the general public. But if you work for a small press (publisher), or are published by one, this is the month to celebrate all they do. Aside from drafting fan mail (and that’s not a bad idea), what can you do to recognize those little publishers that take a [...]
Mac and art and bookcover and bookcovers and books and covers and inspiring and marketing and publishing and reading and writing Sue Campbell on 04 Mar 2009
In this interview, Sue Campbell expresses her views on book design, cover design, color, typography, self-publishers the costs and values of professional graphic design, and the state of print design today. She tells about her design process and speculates on the future of printed books.
art and author and bookcovers and books and covers and design and publishing and reading and writing Sue Campbell on 26 Feb 2009
If you missed the first part you may want to go here: Part 1. Today Betty responds to my questions about editing, rewriting, and more. Betty is the author of Dancing in my Nightgown, the Rhythms of Widowhood. She is currently working on her second book tentatively titled: The Home for the Friendless.
SC: Do you [...]
author and books and publishing and reading Sue Campbell on 01 Feb 2009
Another salvo in the changing battlefield of publishing shows that innovative and tech-saavy authors can win an audience and eventually a publisher. This article titled “Podcasting Your Novel: Publishing’s Next Wave?” reports on a fast growing trend that I have known about for a while.
I am addicted to audiobooks. If not for them I would [...]
bookcovers and books and marketing and websites of note Sue Campbell on 04 Jan 2009
Does anybody use LibraryThing? Well, I know over 500,000 people are signed up, but does anybody here reading this use it? I signed up as a user back in July of 07, and then promptly forgot about it. The idea of entering all my books manually just seemed overwhelming. But now I see that they [...]
