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 August 08, 2014 Home   About ASJA   How to Join   Our Members   Find a Writer   For Writers           Power of Memoir in Spotlight at ASJA 2014 Randy Dotinga, ASJA President Emma Brockes’ mother stood up against family abuse as a child in South Africa. Michael Hainey’s father died mysteriously, and a code of silence obscured the truth for decades. A hitman robbed David Berg’s brother of his life, leaving a legacy of guilt, fury and regret. These tales are littered with secrets, shame and guilt. But as a rapt crowd learned last spring, heartbreak gave way to insight and even redemption in the hands of these three gifted storytellers.    Share this article:   READ MORE   8 Unexpected Lessons From Working with a Literary Agent Writer's Digest With self-publishing becoming more widely accepted and Amazon waging wars with publishers, more and more I get the sense from aspiring authors that they don't think landing an agent means as much as it used to. They believe "traditional" publishing is going the way of VCRs and none of the old rites of passage apply anymore. That's fine if you think that, but, in my experience, it simply isn't true. Share this article:   READ MORE Over 900 Authors Sign Open Letter to Amazon Publishers Weekly Authors United, the loosely knit group of authors who joined forces to formally ask Amazon to end its sales terms dispute with Hachette Books, is preparing to run a full-page ad in Sunday's New York Times. The ad, which includes the signatures of over 900 marquee, midlist and debut authors, requests the e-tailer to, among other things, stop its program of "selective retaliation" against the authors. Share this article:   READ MORE A Publisher of One's Own Inside Higher Ed Self-published books are on the rise, to the dismay of onlookers who wonder what to expect from a sector where E. L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey – originally published as online fan fiction by a tiny Australian e-book company – appears to be the best of the lot. Share this article:   READ MORE 84 Percent of Publishers Plan to make eBooks in 2014 Good E-Reader Publishers and self-publishers are having a love affair with eBooks. Ever since Amazon announced that digital editions were selling at a 3:1 ratio over print books, people took notice. A new report states that 84 percent of publishers will be making eBooks this year and 62 percent stated that eBook quality was the most paramount concern. Share this article:   READ MORE How Willingly Will You Shift From Reader to Writer With the Media? The WRITER An article published in The New York Times Aug. 1 focuses on "platforming," a growing practice among media outlets that allows readers to upload digital content such as "links, text, video and other media" to augment existing written content. Platforming, says the article, results in a " 'publish first' model in which a lightly filtered, or unfiltered, stream of material moves from reader to reader, with the publication acting as a host and directing conversation but not controlling it." Share this article:   READ MORE J. R. R. Tolkien's 10 Tips For Writers: INFOGRAPHIC GalleyCat EssayMamma.com has created an infographic called "J. R. R. Tolkien's 10 Tips For Writers," which highlights writing advice shared by the Lord of the Rings author. Check it out: “Thanks to The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter, we can literally speak with the author of the world fantasy classic. After all, many of us are looking forward to the last part of the trilogy - 'The Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies'.” Share this article:   READ MORE Bridge The Gap In Women's Journalism By Bringing HerCampus to Your Campus Forbes Stephanie Kaplan always had a knack for journalism, but never thought she'd be the CEO of a business in the field. When Windsor Hanger Western began her freshman year at Harvard, she thought she'd follow college with law school. Annie Wang was entrepreneurial-minded from the start, having established her own make-believe paper-folding company as a child, but she opted to major in visual and environmental studies at Harvard. Share this article:   READ MORE Simon & Schuster Acquires Self-Published Title From Author-Solutions Powered Archway Publishing Digital Book World Aladdin Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, and Archway Publishing, a self-publishing service operated for Simon & Schuster by Author Solutions, LLC, announced today that Aladdin has acquired publication rights to Strays, a novel by Virginia Castleman. Castleman originally self-published Strays through Archway in February 2014, and the novel captured the attention of Aladdin’s editors shortly thereafter. Share this article:   READ MORE TRENDING ARTICLES Missed last week's issue? See which articles your colleagues read most.     Negotiating a Publishing Contract (Milt Toby, ASJA) Self-Published Authors Make A Living — And Sometimes A Fortune (NPR) 5 Authors Share Their Top Tips For Book Publicity (The WRITER) Don't be left behind. 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