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Digital Book World
Here's a good game to play in an idle moment. Imagine you are starting a new publishing company, with your own money, from scratch today. Whom would you choose to employ on fixed-term contracts, and which external services would you hire in? Focuses the mind, doesn't it?
In response to Emma Barnes' well-intentioned post on the benefits of keeping work in house and not outsourcing, let's be clear about one thing: this particular ship has already sailed.
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Digital Book World
There's a brave new world in book publishing, and it's being shaped by and around audience insights. Not only are publishers becoming more adept at using data to work smarter, but code and algorithms are also getting better at gathering information and executing tasks without the help of humans.
At Jellybooks, we recently developed a piece of code called candy.js, which is embedded inside an e-book to track how users actually read.
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Dramatic new Easy Wave® Velour spreading petunias accessorize your outdoor living space with rich, long-lasting color. Find decorating inspiration and how-to gardening advice at wave-rave.com.
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GWA
GWA Loves LA and new plants, too! This is a call for submission of new, like new or under-utilized plants to be presented live at the GWA Annual Symposium in Pasadena in the "Sow the Seeds of New Plants into your Seasonal Content Calendar" session.
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GWA
The GWA book fair is an opportunity for members to display their works to other members for book and product reviews. Each participating author who registers is entitled to one-half of a 3-foot by 6-foot table space to display his/her work. The book fair will be open during all exhibit hours. Space is limited, so book fair participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
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GWA
As we prepare to head out for the 67th GWA Sympsoium in Pasadena next month, we thank all our generous program sponsors for the valuable support. We encourage all members to review our sponsor list and let our supporters know how much we appreciate their participation. A list is provided on the GWA website.
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GWA
Symposium guest rooms at the Sheraton are now limited, but we still have rooms at the Hilton. Make your reservations for the 67th GWA symposium while we still have rooms at the discounted rate. Use the online reservation system for best options.
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Publishing Perspectives
I don't understand why anyone would want to be an Olympic diver. Why would you choose to throw yourself head-first into a flat surface 30 feet below — not just throw yourself but try to look good while you're going down, with somersaults and twists, while people you can't see judge every second of your drop? Sounds horrible. But then again, so does writing. The blank page, teeming with uncertainty, error, and, most brutal of all, rejection, is terrifying. And yet the world continues to produce both Olympic divers and writers.
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The Atlantic
Whether we're behind the podium or awaiting our turn, numbing our bottoms on the chill of metal foldout chairs or trying to work some life into our terror-stricken tongues, we introverts feel the pain of the public performance. This is because there are requirements to being a writer. Other than being a writer, I mean. Firstly, there's the need to become part of the writing "community."
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Publishers Weekly
The hardest part of getting a book published is the actual writing. All it takes to see this is the number of people who dream of publishing a book but never manage to hammer out a rough draft. I spent 20 years trying to write my first novel before I finally pulled it off. It's not unusual for an aspiring writer to struggle for years and never produce a finished product to submit to agents or editors.
Once the hard part is done and a draft is written, there are two basic routes a writer can take.
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Jezebel
The plan made me feel dishonest and creepy, so it took me a long time to send my novel out under a man's name. But each time I read a study about unconscious bias, I got a little closer to trying it.
I set up a new e-mail address under a name — let's say it was George Leyer, though it wasn't — and left it empty. Weeks went by without word from the agents who had my work. I read another study about how people rate job applicants they believe are female and how much better they like those they believe are male.
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Fast Company
My favorite book is "War and Peace."
And I know what you're thinking: "Oh, another writer wanting people to think he's all intellectual and highbrow."
But it really is my favorite book, only not because it has 1,500 pages of unforgettable characters or a generational plot that is more compelling than that of any other book I've read. It's because right before I started reading it, my life was in a rut.
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