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An Unhinged History of American Publishing, episode 3.3: The Crown Publishing Group, or: Look At That Trash Panda Go 😭
A storied literary brand that grew like an exotic fungus from a pile of supermarket erotica and garbage, encouraged along by a beady-eyed hoarder with a…
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An Unhinged History of American Publishing, Episode 3.2: The Knopf/Doubleday Publishing Group, or: Olympus Unbuttoned
Et in Arcadia ego.
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An Unhinged History of American Publishing, Part 3.1: The Random House Publishing Group, or: Cerf's Up (in the form of a ghost)
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being "about what you'd expect" and 10 being "unimaginably bizarre," the Random House origin story is a solid, oh…
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Daddy, where do audiobooks come from?
Who makes audiobooks; when, where, and for what money they make them; and what to expect with regard to your own audiobook (assuming you have a book…
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Q and A edition: in which I say "...depends" more than the narrator of an actual adult diaper ad, BUT IT'S TRUE, MERYL
Publishing success, like late-life incontinence, is for the most part uncontrollable; the best we can do is move forward with self-acceptance, humor…
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If you don’t want your publishing career to turn you into a quivering goo-ball of resentment and self doubt, remember the Puff Pastry Rule.
Have the self-discipline to put down the damn dough (and the self-restraint not to flip out when your editors do the same).
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The mark of a philistine, weak writer, and unimpressive coworker: if they can't recognize the value of a thing up front, they decide that…
If you want to maximize your long-term prospects in book publishing and cultural memory, do the opposite.
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How to Glow in the Dark
How to Glow in the Dark
Book publishing advice and community for authors of fiction and nonfiction, written by the agents at Neon Literary.
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