Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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When did you begin writing your first book?
What made you think you could do that?
Was it reading another book?
Knowing someone else who read a …
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Male or Female-Who’s Reading and Who’s Writing?
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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In Monday’s post on judging the “Letters to Authors” written by junior high students, a couple of other items caught my attention. One of those was the …
Readers and Race
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
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Another impression from my recent foray into judging the writing of junior highers is the diminished racial identity and perception among young readers. Several entries were in …
More New Readers Found
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Cold and wet
Wow, what good news to start a new year—adult fiction had positive sales last year. That’s according to Nielsen’s BookScan, which reports on 75% of the market. …
Friday Free-for-All: Book Trends
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
This week I’ve talked about how books differ through the years–whether it’s the subject of 1950s Beany Malone, the behavior of 1794 heroines in The Mysteries of …
Kindle Up Some Old Books
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
My husband bought me a Kindle for Christmas thirteen months ago, and he, a nuclear engineer, has enjoyed it ever since. He loves the access the electronic reader …
There’s a Time and a Place: Switching Styles to Suit Audiences
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
One of the first pieces of advice would-be writers receive is to examine the market–read what is selling. We’re cautioned to read current popular novels, not old ones, …
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Comfort Novel Influences
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I reread teenage comfort novels over the Christmas season: Lenora Mattingly Weber’s Beany Malone series of some dozen books.
Originally published in the 1950s, Weber’s books told the …
Friday Free-for-All: Your Publishing Wishes
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
For the year that our agency’s blog has existed, Friday’s post was Kathleen Y’Barbo’s domain, as she wrote about marketing and publicity insights in her role as …
Publishing Wish #4: Old Rules, New World
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
To recap, I have four wishes for the publishing industry in 2010. They include:
- Reduce the stress and overwork.
- Don’t overbuy titles, resulting in a lack of