Not exact matches
Publishers Weekly recently said, «Men's Health
writer O'Connell (LL Cool J's Platinum Workout) delivers a
smart, personally inspired health wakeup call in no uncertain terms: our excessive consumption of carbohydrates is killing us
and wrecking our health - care system.»
Smart writers and agents know the value of including outside endorsements with the query letters
and proposals they send to book
publishers.
Jane Friedman, former
publisher of
Writer's Digest (whom I worked with,
and remains a good friend), pretty effectively dismantled that notion last year in her
smart essay, «The Future of Self - Publishing Services ``:
For some strange reason,
smart writer after
smart writer seems intent on wanting
and fighting to give away ownership percentages in their work, both with agents, with traditional
publishers, with small presses,
and with indie publishing «helpers.»
This was a seminar with Chantal Restivo - Alessi, Chief Digital Officer, HarperCollins
Publishers, Simon Lipskar, President,
Writers House, Michael Cader of
Publishers Lunch,
and Rebecca
Smart CEO, Osprey Group.
Smart writers (indie
publishers) look at a book lasting far past their death
and think of each story, each book as an investment in the future.
Many of our «manifesti» deal with
writers and author -
publisher relations, of course, as well as with questions of technology, marketplace approaches, the evolution of the ebook, «
smart content»
and much more.
Below is a list of my personal favorite books on becoming a better
writer, a critical editor,
and a
smart publisher.
I wanted to start a business publishing
writers no
smart publisher wanted to publish; selling books in a format — ebooks — that readers didn't want to buy;
and I'd sell these books in store called Smashwords.com that no reader had ever heard of.