Daily Archives: June 20, 2014
New Books and ARCs, 6/20/14
Posted on June 20, 2014 43 Comments
What’s hot and fresh in books and ARCs today, here at the Scalzi Compound. Tell me what you want on your own reading list, down in the comments.
Yog’s Law and Self-Publishing
Posted on June 20, 2014 57 Comments
Many years ago, writer Jim Macdonald postulated “Yog’s Law,” a handy rule of thumb for writers about the direction money is meant to flow in publishing: “Money flows toward the writer.” This is handy because it will give the writer pause when she has a publisher (or agent, or editor) who says that in order […]
Angry Robot Closes Strange Chemistry and Exhibit A Imprints
Posted on June 20, 2014 28 Comments
The news is here. If you’re an author with either of these two imprints, I would check your contracts for reversion clauses. Likewise, if I were the folks at Angry Robot, and were putting the books in these imprints into “out of print” status, as it seems likely they are from the announcement, I’d be […]
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