This message contains images. If you don't see images, click here to view. Advertise in this news brief. Text Version    RSS    Subscribe    Unsubscribe    Archive    Media Kit July 03, 2014 Home   About ASJA   How to Join   Our Members   Find a Writer   For Writers           A Ghost's Story: Can You Make a Living Writing Other People's Books? By Judy Katz The "Secrets of the Ghosts: Expanding Your Writing Horizons by Ghostwriting, Editing, and Promoting Books" panel for the ASJA 2014 annual conference featured three ghostwriters, one proofreader who emphasized the importance of line editing to make sure your manuscript is clean and not full of errors, and one publisher who hires writers. Essentially this is what we told our audience: This is a wonderful way to make a living, there are endless potential clients out there, and essentially the only competition you have is yourself: put yourself out there, and people will want what you have to offer.    Share this article:   READ MORE   5 Reasons to Wait and Slow Down When It Comes to Publishing Your Book The Huffington Post Among the many differences between traditional publishing and self-publishing is the turnaround time from book completion to book publication. A common distinction you hear between the two publishing options is that authors have to "hurry up and wait" in traditional publishing, while they "wait and hurry up" in self-publishing. Share this article:   READ MORE The Secret To Writing Stronger Feature Articles Writer's Digest When Esquire asked Gay Talese to write a piece on Frank Sinatra in 1965, he didn't want to do it. Everyone seemed to be writing about Sinatra. But the (now legendary) writer reluctantly took the assignment, traveling to Los Angeles only to find that he couldn’t even get an interview — Sinatra wasn't feeling well. Talese remained in L.A., hoping the crooner might recover and reconsider, and he began talking to many of the people around Sinatra — his friends, his associates, his family, his countless hangers-on — and observing the man himself wherever he could. Share this article:   READ MORE 3 Symptoms of the Summer Newsroom Blues 10,000 Words Coming upon a three day weekend — and living through summer in general — it's easy to make mistakes, writes Karen Fratti, a media and technology writer based in New York City. We're lucky, we can post and promote our stories from anywhere. Recently, I've seen some summer haze missteps. Don't let this be you. Share this article:   READ MORE The World's 56 Largest Book Publishers, 2014 Publishers Weekly Although there was a fair amount of deal making among the global book publishing giants last year, those mergers and acquisitions did not have much of an impact on the top of Livres Hebdo/Publishers Weekly's annual ranking, based on annual revenue, of the world's largest publishers in 2013. Pearson came in first, with $9.33 billion in revenue, followed by Reed Elsevier, Thomson/Reuters, and Wolters Kluwer. Share this article:   READ MORE Publishing in the Drive-by Media Era Digiday There's a recurring question among publishers as they try to catch up to consumers' changing media habits: How does one convert readers who arrive through social and content-discovery channels into "repeat customers"? But for traditional publishers trying to catch up to the likes of BuzzFeed, Business Insider and Complex Media, this way of thinking is self-defeating. It creates an unattainable goal while more flexible competitors seize bigger shares of Web traffic and advertiser dollars. Share this article:   READ MORE Amazon vs. Hachette: The Battle for the Future of Publishing Knowledge@Wharton via Fair Observer Amazon.com is getting a very public thrashing these days. Stephen Colbert flipped his middle finger at the ecommerce retailer on his Comedy Central TV program. Best-selling author James Patterson called Amazon a budding monopolist, while fellow writer Scott Turow described the company as the "Darth Vader of the literary world." Other writers and publishers have compared the company to a bully, the Mafia and even Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Share this article:   READ MORE Libraries Begin to Adopt Self-Publishing Good E-Reader Libraries have traditionally been a destination to borrow books, digital content and to train the community via various outreach programs. You can now add self-publishing to the libraries arsenal via a new system developed by Fastpencil and Recorded Books. Share this article:   READ MORE TRENDING ARTICLES Missed last week's issue? See which articles your colleagues read most.     How to Be a Writer That Literary Agents Want (Writer's Digest) Finding Work You Love (By Sandra Yin) New Study Finds That the Internet Didn't Kill Newspapers (10,000 Words) Don't be left behind. Click here to see what else you missed.   The ASJA Weekly Alexandra Cantor Owens, ASJA Executive Director, 212.997-0947 Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469.420.2601 Download media kit Yvette Craig, Senior Content Editor, 469.420.2641    Contribute news This edition of The ASJA Weekly was sent to ##Email##. To unsubscribe, click here. Did someone forward this edition to you? Subscribe here -- it's free! Recent issues June 27, 2014 June 20, 2014 June 13, 2013 June 12, 2014 Blast 7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063