by Jamie Chavez | Jul 20, 2015 | Books You Might Like, The Book Biz
In case you missed it, we’ve had a gin-yoo-wine publishing event last week: the release of Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman on 14 July. (That date will become important as you read on.) I’ll be frank: although her first book, To Kill a Mockingbird, won a Pulitzer Prize,...
by Jamie Chavez | Jul 16, 2015 | The Book Biz
Throughout my career, the fanbase has been like one big significant other to me, a thousand-headed friend with whom I have a real, committed partnership. I don’t take vacations from communicating without warning. We share our art with one another. They help me run the...
by Jamie Chavez | May 9, 2015 | The Book Biz
There’s so much in this article I almost don’t know where to start. Mike Shatzkin, according to his bio, is a widely-acknowledged thought leader about digital change in the book publishing industry. In his nearly 50 years in publishing, he has played almost all the...
by Jamie Chavez | Dec 26, 2014 | The Book Biz
Folks who are just writing their first novel no doubt have visions of best seller-dom dancing in their heads, either the breakout kind—in which the book arrives in the marketplace and word of mouth and a few good reviews build until it reaches critical mass—or the...
by Jamie Chavez | Nov 24, 2014 | Guest Posts, Miscellany
I am learning so much from my friends! This week author Michelle Weidenbenner helps keep Read Play Edit ticking over while I recover from that nasty hard drive failure—and brings a new way to think about book marketing. Read on! Product Planting for Writers Who...
