The vast majority of noncollectors are under the impression that a first edition is identified by those two words on the copyright page. Sometimes this is indeed the case, often not. Pitfalls abound. Not only are there many methods of indicating edition, many of them cryptic, but publishers often switch from one method to another, apply them inconsistently or otherwise complicate matters to confound collectors. 
What do 34 chick lit authors have to say about the genre? Blog hop ends 4/20. Enter to win ebooks, 
At 64,000 members and counting, the Twitter-based reading group 1book140 is a global concern. 
Over the years I’ve developed categories and a pecking order. Here is my unscientific and by no means exhaustive taxonomy, beginning with the best and ending with the worst kinds of one-word book titles: 
Alex Edwards, who is 22 and from Wakefield, has been dealing with a different type of text: the one which young people flick too and fro with their agile little fingers. He has transposed the whole of Romeo and Juliet's famous Act II, Scene II into text abbreviations and produced it as "Were4 rt thou Rmo?" It's a flip-page book with the text versions alternating with Shakespeare's actual words; currently a uni project limited edition, but hopefully more widely available soon. 
These aren’t those Twitter mistakes that you read about in the paper or see on TMZ. These are simple and easy-to-fix mistakes that are often made by people who just don’t know any better. 
Google Inc. urged a judge Thursday to toss The Authors Guild and an organization representing photographers out of 6-year-old litigation over the future of the world's largest digital library, a move that would force authors and photographers to individually fight the online search engine giant. 
LibraryThing (LT) is much like Goodreads (GR), except LT seems to focus more on data and stats. Perhaps it’s the way the sites are designed. GR feels more personable and light; I see pictures of people next to the book covers. LT feels more introverted and eccentric (in a fun way).
Recently, a new form of reading elitism has come about: judgement against people who haven't yet switched from paper books to digital ones. Even I will confess to patronizingly acting surprised when encountering someone who still reads using the "dead tree format."
If the self-appointed "elite" members of society avidly read, then the "elite of the elite" must avidly e-read, right? Who are these people and where do they live? That city must surely be the most elite and cultured city in America. As a company based in San Francisco, we naturally assumed that the most literate, cultured and forward-thinking people live here. Of course there are philistines who prefer less cerebral pastimes, but they probably live in unseemly places like the South, Midwest, and Portland.
It turns out all of our preconceived notions about e-reader adoption was wrong. 
Get ready for the Pinterestification of the web. 
When the first draft of your novel is littered with subplots, cut. Here are three criteria for deciding where to cut. Via Judith van Praag, Julie Lawford 
Good: I wrote personalized letters to booksellers and sent them ARCS. My efforts resulted in my novel being a Booksense Notable (Which is now Indie Bound.) Bad: I wasted too much time on bookstore appearances. Lots of time only a few people would come out, so now I mostly do drop-in signings where I just sign stock and chat up booksellers. Karin Gillespie |
"...reviewers used to work for newspapers or magazines, and they were paid for their reviews. Today many bloggers who are reviewing books do it because it’s their passion (very few bloggers are paid by others to blog and review books.)" 
Simon & Schuster becomes the latest publisher to settle an antitrust claim by a team of states, while Macmillan, Penguin, and Apple fight on. 
The trick to regularly having books published is to have a regular routine for writing them. 
Pottermore is doing more than just shaking up Amazon's hold over the ebook market, it's providing the beginnings of a blueprint for futureproofling publishing.
The digital age has transformed the physical act of reading and will alter journalistic literary criticism as well....
First, the bad news: If Orwell was displeased by the number of mediocre books reviewed in print in 1946, then the customer reviews and ratings on Amazon and other bookseller websites would have made him dyspeptic...
But there are also signs of hope from pioneers like Nancy Pearl, the Seattle librarian behind "Book Lust." Pearl tends to recommend rather than review but does so with the expertise that only a librarian or someone who works in an independent bookstore has. 
I have several printed out on index cards placed over my computer for me to look at for inspiration. Here are my favorites truths:
If I don’t know how this novel is going to end, then neither will my Reader. 
Big Reason #1: Bad Editing The main complaint about the indie book category is the lack of editing. It’s true that this situation has changed a bit in the past few years, due in part to better and more diligent indie authors and—on the flip side—slack in the editing of traditionally published books. 
Marketing folks would classify me as the classic “late adopter.” No first generation iPod or iPhone for me. No color blocking or printed pants going on in my closet—been there, done that with Guess jeans in the late eighties.
Yes, by the time I pick up a trend it is usually well into the mainstream, sometimes it’s even on the way out. In contrast to this “lagger” tendency (awful name, but it is a real name applied to late adopters) in most of my life, there is one area where I’m often aware of and possibly even ahead of the curve: books and publishing. 
But isn't an individual standing alone, "self-reliant and self-propelling, ready to confront whatever awaited him [or her] with the aid of his own unique and inherent resources" exactly what a good young adult novel character IS? 
'Judging from current trends in mysteries and suspense, no place in the world is safe from crime.' 
New Nook Touch to Ship Next Month With Front Light – $139... |
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