by Jamie Chavez | Jun 30, 2014 | Authors & Other Writers, The Book Biz
In my line of work, I meet a lot of writers. I meet a lot of authors—folks who’ve climbed that mountain of writing and crafting and polishing and seeking and finding an agent and waiting patiently and securing a book deal and editing-editing-proofing and waiting some...
by Jamie Chavez | Jun 28, 2014 | The Book Biz
I’d intended to give you another article today (and we’ll get to that in a minute), but then publishing thought leader Mike Shatzkin issued an interesting post that arrived in my in-box this morning. It’s got a long title—“New data on the Long Tail impact suggests...
by Jamie Chavez | Jun 12, 2014 | The Book Biz
The Amazon/Hachette negotiations have reached critical mass, it seems. Lots of folks are talking about it now—which is good, in my opinion. Since (and even before) my Monday post about the Amazon /Hachette contract negotiation, I’ve had many interesting discussions...
by Jamie Chavez | Jun 9, 2014 | The Book Biz
A lot of my friends are in the book biz so we’ve been talking for a few weeks now about what’s going on between Amazon and Hachette (one of the Big Five publishers—think Little, Brown and Company; Hyperion Books; Grand Central Publishing, which is the former Warner...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 3, 2014 | Miscellany
The battery in my (second generation!) Kindle is growing old; it doesn’t last as long as it used to. I can foresee a time when I will have to decide … No, no. No decision. I’ll get a new Kindle, no doubt about it. I love my Kindle. This wasn’t always the case. That...
