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ASJA
ASJA joins the Authors Guild and the rest of the writing community in mourning the loss of Paul Aiken, the Guild's executive director for 20 years. ASJA executive director Alexandra Owens worked with him on many ASJA/Authors Guild collaborations, including the founding of both the Authors Registry and the Authors Coalition of America. She remembers Paul as "a mentor and a mensch" who brought real passion and dedication to his work. "Paul Aiken was brilliant, fierce and generous," said Authors Guild President Roxana Robinson. "Brilliant and fierce can change the world, but it's generosity that makes it a better place. For 20 years Paul worked to make the world a better place for writers, readers and everyone else affected by the written word."
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ASJA
You've worked long and hard to learn about the topics you write about – why not leverage what you know by teaching teleseminars (classes held via group phone calls)? Learn the easy technical basics of setting up and running teleseminars so you can decide if this has potential as an income source for you. We'll discuss conference call services and call mechanics, online payment options, pricing, promotion, choosing the right topics, recycling books and articles into curriculums, and adapting your skills as a writer to become a teacher.
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MediaPost Communications
Google's book search feature, which displays snippets of published works, has a "real-life impact" on writers' ability to earn a living, according to the American Society of Journalists and Authors. That group argues in a new court papers that the snippet-view feature "produces market harm and actual damage."
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Jackie Dishner, ASJA
 The "I CAN" Project began with a simple online conversation early one summer morning in 2015.
A friend writes: "I don't know whether to feel sorry for myself or liberated, but [my husband] is going out of town…and I'm stuck at home."
I tell her: "You're definitely not stuck. Time on your own? Heaven."
She says, "But there's still that part of me that wants to GO somewhere."
I ask: "Why can't you?"
She responds: “Well, there’s the dog.”
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THE Writer
Mia Alvar’s debut short story collection In the Country is plump. The nine stories clock in at a robust 347 pages, and Alvar admits her short stories have always been a bit big-boned. They chronicle the fragmented Filipino immigrant community and bring to life complex characters with a skill that matches some of the best in the business, including two of Alvar’s favorite short story wizards Junot Diaz and Jhumpa Lahiri.
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The New York Times
One chilly morning, Meredith Wild, the best-selling romance novelist, was sitting in her library in Destin, Florida, wrapped in a loose black sweater in front of a crackling fire. Most mornings, Wild writes her novels in this spot after her children leave for school, but that day she had other business to attend to. She had a call with a reality TV production company that is developing a show about her, and later, a conference call with a team at Waterhouse Press, the small imprint that is publishing her new novel in June.
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Deadline
Authors want to do more than cash a check and cross their fingers when they sell their books to Hollywood. You’ve likely made more of these deals than any living author I can think of, and you always seem to option your works for almost no money, with a short leash. What do you ask these days when you entrust one of your books to a film company?
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BookBub
Whether you're a self- or traditionally published author, there's a wide array of marketing tactics you or your publisher can use to amplify a book's exposure and reach more readers. To spark inspiration and get those creative juices flowing, we put together 98 book marketing ideas.
Some of these ideas can help directly increase book sales, while others may help expand your platform, which can lead to future sales.
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WWD
The magazine industry gathered Monday night for the 50th annual National Magazine Awards or "Ellies," which were held at the Grand Hyatt in Midtown East in New York. Sixty-seven media organizations duked it out across 21 categories that ranged from Magazine of the Year, Best Feature Photography, Design and General Excellence in a slew of areas including Service and Lifestyle, Design and News, Sports and Entertainment.
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The New Yorker
It wasn't that long ago that I — and many other people I know — would have argued that Twitter was more than just another social network. I would have told you that Twitter was more like a utility, a service so fundamental that I could imagine a scenario in which it was literally underwritten. Twitter needed to exist. A stream of those hundred-and-forty-character tweets was how you found the most crucial, critical, and thought-provoking stories of the moment.
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