On short-run printing

This is something that's come up a few times in different contexts lately, and I thought I'd tackle the subject to clear up some misconceptions. Printing. Yes, it still happens.…

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Publishing Options: Introduction

I had a very interesting conversation last night with an author who submitted a manuscript to Candlemark & Gleam. I was seriously impressed by his work, but it had some…

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Thoughts on Gay YA

So by now, most everyone interested in YA lit has seen the #YesGayYA tag on Twitter, and knows that it comes from a discussion on Genreville about two authors who…

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A note to the pessimists

Lifted from a response I left on Cat Valente's blog, regarding the "sky is falling" attitude around publishing right now, and how publishing is collapsing, etc etc woe is us:…

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Ad-Supported Reading

We've talked a bit before about ads in eBooks and whether or not it's a good idea. Personally, I come down on the side of it being a good option…

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Apps and Interactivity

One step closer to getting approved for the App Store, hooray! Soon, I hope, we'll have a dedicated app created for Hickey of the Beast, available for both iPhone and…

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Ads in eBooks

The Wall Street Journal just did an article on companies exploring the possibilities of adding ads to eBooks. I'm a bit torn on how I feel about this. On the…

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Gimmicks, tiers, and so much more

I have to admit, I'm quite looking forward to Jonathan Safran Foer's experimental book. This article does a great job of talking about why he did it, and what he…

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Sourcebooks takes on digital

The publisher of Sourcebooks, Dominique Raccah, recently wrote a piece on digital publishing and what eBooks mean for publishers. You need to read it. No, really. You need to read…

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On design and professionalism

A friend just passed along this post of Tobias Buckell's about the sale of Realms of Fantasy magazine to Damnation Press. His comment? "I thought, how bad could it be?…

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