This week's publishing news and industry blogs post covers 9/5-9/23/2016.
Publishing News
Google Play Books offers a new Discover feature to help readers find new books they'll love.
Publishers Weekly posts about current publishing industry top executive salaries, and the salaries of the industry as whole. Also, a look at how publishers plan to deal with the new overtime laws coming into effect in December, with the first most common choice being to limit time worked to 40 hours for affected employees who currently have a tendency to work over 40 hours, and second choice most common choice being to pay overtime.
Industry Blogs
On QueryTracker, a great blog on how to get and give advice about manuscripts--be nice in your critiques, and thank critiquers. Also a blog on using story structure as a tool for revising, and advice on writing well-rounded characters.
On The Editor's Blog, a nice link digest to various grammar posts. Also, a tipsheet on setting up auto-hyphenation for print works.
Agent Nephele Tempest posts a writing links blog for 9/16.
Agent Kristin Nelson with story openings to avoid (part 4--talking heads).
Agent Jessica Faust warns to beware when writing a trilogy or a series that readers waiting a year between books aren't lost by the time they pick up the next one.
Agent Janet Reid offers advice. She clarifies the difference between a platform and a website: volume kicks the website into a platform. She answers a question about why new agents are, in fact, worth considering signing with. And she explains what to look for in comp titles.
At Books & Such Literary agency, a reminder that when authors miss deadlines in traditional publishing, it costs people money.
Author Kristine Kathryn Rusch points out some cool opportunities for indie writers that have developed for writers since 2009.
What other major publishing news have you encountered in the past two weeks?
Publishing News
Google Play Books offers a new Discover feature to help readers find new books they'll love.
Publishers Weekly posts about current publishing industry top executive salaries, and the salaries of the industry as whole. Also, a look at how publishers plan to deal with the new overtime laws coming into effect in December, with the first most common choice being to limit time worked to 40 hours for affected employees who currently have a tendency to work over 40 hours, and second choice most common choice being to pay overtime.
Industry Blogs
On QueryTracker, a great blog on how to get and give advice about manuscripts--be nice in your critiques, and thank critiquers. Also a blog on using story structure as a tool for revising, and advice on writing well-rounded characters.
On The Editor's Blog, a nice link digest to various grammar posts. Also, a tipsheet on setting up auto-hyphenation for print works.
Agent Nephele Tempest posts a writing links blog for 9/16.
Agent Kristin Nelson with story openings to avoid (part 4--talking heads).
Agent Jessica Faust warns to beware when writing a trilogy or a series that readers waiting a year between books aren't lost by the time they pick up the next one.
Agent Janet Reid offers advice. She clarifies the difference between a platform and a website: volume kicks the website into a platform. She answers a question about why new agents are, in fact, worth considering signing with. And she explains what to look for in comp titles.
At Books & Such Literary agency, a reminder that when authors miss deadlines in traditional publishing, it costs people money.
Author Kristine Kathryn Rusch points out some cool opportunities for indie writers that have developed for writers since 2009.
What other major publishing news have you encountered in the past two weeks?
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