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Ghostposts | October 8th 2008 by susie hawes
I've been tagged by Danni Greer, of http://blogbooktours.blogspot.com/Her twitter link is http://twitter.com/blogbooktours1. Ooo, random. okay, I love dogs. Especially chuahuahuas.2. Cussedness, my very good friend, is the owner/publisher of Davrana read more
On doing Canadian magazines
dean ink | September 30th 2008
Friend and mentor Brian Kaufman, publisher of subTerrain magazine, was interviewed for Toro magazine to celebrate the 20 years (and 50 issues) subT has seen. I wanted to replay and relay his answer to the question "Is it worthwhile?" because, well, j read more
Free Speech Under Attack
Straight from Hel | September 29th 2008 by Helen Ginger
Seems like lately when someone talks about a publisher being under attack, it’s about Amazon taking over the publishing world or a small press struggling to stay afloat. This time it’s a real attack – a fire bomb.This past weekend, the publishe read more
US financial rescue a key, but can it turn equities into a bull?…
Forex Advice Online - Protrading Marketplace | September 28th 2008 by Index FX
ProTrader's Blog editor Bill Henner is also now editor of Institutional Trend Insight, a publisher of genuine institutional research and information recently made&nbs read more
Reader Views' Call for Entries - Reader Views Literary Awards
IndieBookMan | September 25th 2008 by Brad Grochowski
It's time for this year's Reader Views Literary Awards. This is a great awards program that is not only friendly to independently published books, but was specifically designed to award them. They offer awards in tons of categories, both fiction an read more
I Wanna Be a Renegade Publisher When I Grow Up
Diary of a Mad Editor | September 24th 2008 by john c erianne
There’s a lot of small press publishers out there nowadays who consider themselves renegades, but none, myself included, have come close to touching the legacy of those who came before us. Guys like John Martin of Black Sparrow fame, natu read more
Book Review: The Spirit of the Place by Samuel Shem
Literarily | September 17th 2008 by Shana
The Spirit of the Place by Samuel Shem Length: 334 pages Publication date: June 15, 2008 Publisher: Kent State University Press ISBN-10: 0873389425 ISBN-13: 978-0873389426 Summary: From the publisher: read more
Is the Big Bad Brother of Books at work here?
Organized Rage | September 15th 2008 by Mick Hall
I received the email below from Aoife Rivera Serrano, the Publisher of Ausubo Press, one of the few publishers these days that publishes books written by those writers the multi nationals and Big Brother would rather silence. Whilst it is a bit of a read more
Farspace Anthology 2
Anthology News and Reviews | September 12th 2008 by Donna Sundblad
Utility Fog Press (http://www.utilityfogpress.com, ("new members welcome" target="_top">Utility Fog Press Anthology Group") is a small publisher specializing in themed anthologies. Writing.com is producing an annual Farspace Anthology, which featu read more
The Sky Begins at Your Feet and Is Going to Be Published
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg: Field Notes & Weather Reports | September 8th 2008 by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
If you've known me for a while, you know that I write like crooked politicians vote: often and always. For me the wall has never been about writing, and I confess, dear reader, that I don't experience writer's block, maybe because I keep rotating am read more
Trick or Treat?
The World in the Satin Bag | September 8th 2008 by Shaun Duke
Samhain Publishing, who have an extensive catalogue of SF/F novels, have recently switched to just doing romance and erotica.This is a real blow to the small press genre writer, although I do not blame Samhain. I'm wondering if it's a sign of things read more
The New Kitchen Garden
Tragedy of the Commons | August 29th 2008 by Chief
The New Kitchen Garden. Anna Pavord. Recomended.Another book review for your perusal...This book is a fairly good reference to start or expand your garden. Its main focus is a small garden for the average household, surprisingly enough known as a " read more
Bull$#@% Bulletins
Tom Lennon's Blog | August 28th 2008 by Tom Lennon
Here's something else I recently dug out from the archives. If you have no interest in comic books - or, for that matter, low humour - then I strongly suggest you look away now.Some years' ago, during my ever-so-brief stint as a small-press comics c read more
Remembering Martha
The Blank Page | August 21st 2008 by Stephanie Doyon
I’m sad to report that earlier this week a friend of mine, Martha Blowen, passed away. Martha was an artist, a papermaker, a publisher, a writing coach, and a lovely, gentle soul. With her partner, Denis Ledoux, Martha started a small Franco-Am read more
Meet Jean Henry Mead, author of Escape - A Wyoming Historical Nov…
ePress Readers Forum | August 13th 2008 by Joan McNulty Pulver
Jean Henry Mead (aka Jean Henry and S. Jean Mead) served as editor-in-chief of her college newspaper in 1970 while a cub reporter for the Hanford Sentinel, a daily California newspaper. She also served as staff writer/photographer/editor in San read more
Meet Jean Henry Mead, author of Escape, A Wyoming Historical Nove…
epress-online Publisher blog | August 13th 2008 by Joan McNulty Pulver
Jean Henry Mead (aka Jean Henry and S. Jean Mead) served as editor-in-chief of her college newspaper in 1970 while a cub reporter for the Hanford Sentinel, a daily California newspaper. She also served as staff writer/photographer/editor in San Diego read more
Unico Launches Collections Title
Down the Tubes Blog | August 6th 2008 by John Freeman
After a two-year gestation period, indie British publisher Unico Comics is soon to publish a special annual collecting a number of strips from some of the best amateur comics talent in the UK.Unico Collections was started in 2007 by the artists and w read more
Can't find publisher - try Pothi.com
Hari Maurya | August 3rd 2008 by Hari Maurya
IIT alumni Jaya Jha and Abhaya Agarwal have founded a self-publishing website called Pothi.com about six months back. Pothi.com works as a marketplace for self-published books allowing users to create, sell and purchase books on a print-on-demand (PO read more
When you listen to this
Being and Writing | August 1st 2008 by Kate Evans
do you see where I got the title for my novel, For the May Queen?My publisher just informed me that the review galleys for For the May Queen are ready. I can't believe this is actually happening, finally, after more than 4 years of: an agent who sent read more
Laptop Users - New FREE Connection Manager!
katelove's | July 28th 2008 by katelove's
Here is good news to all laptop users to get a better and good connection at no cost! Yeah, you heard it right, you can get a Wireless Connection, Internet Connection, Remote Connection, VPN Connection and many more for free. All of this is offer by read more
Exceedingly Rare Cthulhu Mythos Anthology to be Re-Released
Grim Reviews | July 7th 2008 by grimblogger
Miskatonic River Press, a very small and new publisher of weird wares, is slated to re-release one of the most sought after anthologies of contemporary Cthulhuiana. Dead But Dreaming originally appeared in 2002 from Dark Tales Publications, and all 7 read more
Geldorf speech in support of Liberty and David Davis
PJC Journal | July 6th 2008
On Friday 4th July, Bob Geldorf made a powerful speech in support of David Davis's Liberty campaign to an audience in Hull Guildhall. The Press have unilaterally ignored it, apart from a few who have acknowledged that Geldorf was there, not one publ read more
Grass Roots Selling
Straight from Hel | July 3rd 2008 by Helen Ginger
At the end of May, I blogged about author William P. Young’s road to publishing success. His Christian book published by a small press began to sell through word of mouth. According to the USA Today, Young said: …there are 880,000 copies in read more
Self Publishers Anonymous
The Truth About Lies | June 24th 2008 by Jim Murdoch
In 1912 the English writer Adeline Stephen married the writer Leonard Woolf to whom she stayed married until 1941 when she committed suicide. The couple's marriage was actually a happy affair despite the fact she suffered badly from manic depression; read more
Blank Slate Are Mint!
Down the Tubes Blog | June 24th 2008 by John Freeman
New British publisher Blank Slate (www.blankslatebooks.co.uk), the brainchild of Forbidden Planet International founders James Hamilton and Kenny Penman, kindly sent us review copies of the first two graphic collections in their range.The new company read more
Mark Piggott Interview Part 2 of 2
The View From Here | June 20th 2008 by Mike French
The View From Here Interview:Mark Liam PiggottInterview by MikePart 1 can be found here.Mark's debut book Fire Horses came out at the end of May from independent publisher Legend Press. I catch up with him a week after his book signings at Borders in read more
Fair use, copyright and big media
Clamouring to become visible... | June 20th 2008 by Paul Anderson
I've spoken before about big media taking the work of bloggers and those they deem "amateur", and using their work without permission, compensation or even acknowledgement. In the eyes of big media, this is perfectly legitimate.Now it would appear t read more
The Associated Press to Set Guidelines for Using Its Articles in…
Blog Inspiration | June 16th 2008 by saichon sannok
The Associated Press, one of the nation’s largest news organizations, said that it will, for the first time, attempt to define clear standards as to how much of its articles and broadcasts bloggers and Web sites can excerpt without infringing on Th read more
Say Goodbye by Ed Rand
Judge a Book By It's Cover | June 15th 2008 by Nikki Leigh
We want you to share your book cover with us. An attractive cover is a big element in the appeal of your book. We want to hear the details about yours.This is the cover for Say Goodbye, A Reluctant Sleuth Mystery by E J Rand (www.reluctantsleuth.co read more
Which publisher offers the best publicity for your book?
The Writing Porch | June 8th 2008 by J. Louise Larson
Want to find the publisher that offers the best publicity for its authors? Interested in a book tour?Don't count on it, unless you're a celeb.In today's marketplace, the more responsibility you assume for publicity and promotion of your book, the bet read more
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