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 | Jul 3, 2014 | The Book Biz
Social media, that is. This summer I’m updating some of my older posts while I spend time writing new ones. So let’s have a look at some new, interesting information you might find useful. ✱ Twitter I definitely have a love-hate relationship with Twitter; I’ve written...
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 2, 2014 | Miscellany
The other day I got an email from someone I didn’t know. She’d followed me on Twitter, then asked for my email address. Hi Jamie: I wanted to know if you were open to any guest contributions to your site. I’d like to offer a well-written, well-researched guest post...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 27, 2014 | Miscellany
One of the first things I did when I started learning how to be an editor was proofreading. This is the last step in the editorial process before a manuscript goes to the printing press. It’s been through developmental editing and rewrite; it’s been through copyedit...
