by Jamie Chavez | Nov 8, 2014 | Books You Might Like, The Book Biz
A friend of mine sent me a link to an article at BuzzFeed about some gorgeous new/old books. And since there’s always a gift-giving occasion right ’round the corner—and since surely you have a booklover on your list—I thought I’d tell you about these. And show you....
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 28, 2014 | Authors & Other Writers, The Book Biz
It is to a lot of women writers, yes. Take that Meg Wolitzer article I directed you to in the previous post; she makes the suggestion that if Jeffrey Eugenides’s book The Marriage Plot (with its title, wedding ring on the cover, female protagonist, and...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 21, 2014 | The Book Biz
Perhaps it’s because Amazon is refusing to sell certain traditionally published books and those authors are feeling the pinch, or perhaps it’s just a lot of self-published authors truly realizing how much work it is to market a book—but the air seems full of...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 11, 2014 | The Book Biz
The other day my friend Christy O’Flaherty posted a link to a roundtable discussion about print books versus e-books and started one of her own. As you know, I’ve given up the debate: I like my e-reader for certain very specific activities—traveling, waiting in lines,...
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...
