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Multiculturalism & Universal Myths - video
Eddie Gamarra
Publishers want to sell books to as many people as possible. So, what kinds of stories are publishers looking for? Eddie Gamarra, literary manager for The Gotham Group, tells us what publishers are looking for books. He says that ultimately, what they...
over 9 years ago
I have an Idea!
Identifying Your Audience
Leah McNaughton Lederman on Her Collection of Short Work, "A Novel of Shorts: The Woman No One Sees"
Leah McNaughton Lederman
Author and editor Leah McNaughton Lederman was inspired to put together her short story collection, A Novel of Shorts: the Woman No One Sees , when a specific character kept showing up in her stories. Esther, who is described by readers as tragic, deranged...
over 2 years ago
Fiction
Finding Your Voice
Epigram Books’ Edmund Wee on Opportunities In the UK Literary Market - podcast
Edmund Wee
Epigram Books founder Edmund Wee recently expanded into the UK market for two reasons. First, Wee wanted the Singaporean books his company publishes to be eligible for The Man Booker Prize. Books must be published by a UK publisher in order to be eligible...
over 8 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Advantages/Disadvantages
How Publisher Epigram Books Stands Out in Singapore’s Literary Market - video
Edmund Wee
Literature awards can be extremely gratifying to both the author and the publisher. For award-winning book designer and publisher Edmund Wee, awards show that his company and staff are focused on the right things. When Wee founded Epigram Books six...
over 8 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Advantages/Disadvantages
Epigram Books’ Edmund Wee on Opportunities In the UK Literary Market - video
Edmund Wee
Epigram Books founder Edmund Wee recently expanded into the UK market for two reasons. First, Wee wanted the Singaporean books his company publishes to be eligible for The Man Booker Prize. Books must be published by a UK publisher in order to be eligible...
over 8 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Advantages/Disadvantages
Natasha Gatlin on Her Role as Content Development Manager for Fuzeframe
Natasha Gatlin
Fuzeframe is a company that acquires the development rights of author-published, self-published, or independently published books for development for network or cable channels, streaming platforms, or studio or independently produced movies. As the Content...
over 3 years ago
Book to Screen
Companies
How Publisher Epigram Books Stands Out in Singapore’s Literary Market - podcast
Edmund Wee
Literature awards can be extremely gratifying to both the author and the publisher. For award-winning book designer and publisher Edmund Wee, awards show that his company and staff are focused on the right things. When Wee founded Epigram Books six...
over 8 years ago
Traditional Publishing
Advantages/Disadvantages
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What Authors Earn: Amazon Book Royalties and Publishing Costs - article
Author Learning Center
For new authors, the thought of book royalties can be both exhilarating and utterly confusing. You want to know exactly how much you'll earn for all of your hard work, but new terminology and perplexing math may cloud your view of payday. Plus, you need...
over 9 years ago
Distribution & Sales
Royalties
Book Sales: It's Like Real Estate - Location Matters - article
A. Supreme
According to publishing guru Alan Rinzler, “Bookstores account for more than 60 percent of all book sales.” So publishers agonize over, “Where our books are placed, and struggle to get higher visibility, title-by-title, for the books we love”. Like...
over 9 years ago
Distribution & Sales
Booksellers
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