by Jamie Chavez | Mar 6, 2014 | The Book Biz
I got an inquiry through my website a while back from a writer who said he’d self-published but it had “become apparent” he needed an editor. (The e-book had been available on Amazon for about two years.) The absolute first question that crossed my mind was, Why are...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 6, 2014 | The Book Biz
A couple years ago I had a reader accuse me of being “against” self-publishing. But I’m not against self-publishing in general; I’m against bad self-publishing. There’s a big difference. Lots of folks are doing great stuff with self-pub. Check out my friends over at...
by Jamie Chavez | Nov 18, 2013 | The Book Biz
We haven’t talked much about the state of the industry lately, and I’m tempted to say that’s because not much has changed since the last time we did. But really it’s just that I’ve had a busy year without much of myself left over for deep thoughts. But don’t worry. A...
by Jamie Chavez | Nov 2, 2013 | The Book Biz
We’ve been talking about the importance of editing these last couple weeks, particularly, in this case, substantive editing and copyediting. (Need to know the difference?) So this would be a great place to feature the four-part series my friend, Irish editor Robert...
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 23, 2013 | Miscellany, The Book Biz
Humans are storytellers. Everything is a narrative with us: Wait’ll you hear what happened to me today at work! I get it. I do. I get that your air force pilot daddy was the best ever, that he was the embodiment of “top gun” before Tom Cruise was a gleam in his...
