Archive for the ‘Be Profitable’ Category
Posted on February 1, 2010 - by Monica Valentinelli
This Is Not Another Amazon Post
If you haven’t heard, there was a bit of an awkward business kerfluffle between Amazon and MacMillan this past weekend. No, I am not talking extensively about it other than to say that I believe we are seeing the result of what happens when people are anxious and start to panic. E-Books are a hot [...]
Posted on January 25, 2010 - by Monica Valentinelli
Calculating the Cost of an E-Book
I’ve had a lot of positive feedback from my previous post entitled Weighing in on E-Books, so I wanted to talk about ways to calculate the cost of an e-book.
First, let’s pull some arbitrary numbers. (And by arbitrary, I mean that these are not precise figures.) Let’s say that we paid our author $3,000 for [...]
Posted on January 13, 2010 - by Monica Valentinelli
Weighing in on E-Books
It’s been really interesting for me to watch the complex discussions about e-books online, because I work for a digital publisher. My company provides digital sheet music files to our customers and there are a lot of similarities between our industry and the publishing industry. However, books have a broader market than sheet music does, [...]
Posted on November 29, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Puking Content, Plagiarism and Too Much Free
I’m sure many of you have thought something along the lines of, “My gosh, there’s a lot of misinformation on the internet.” And you would be right.
I don’t know about you, but I feel like it’s too easy to get sucked into providing editorial on bad information to set the record straight. Of course, [...]
Posted on October 24, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
[Video] Printing Process for THE LOST SYMBOL
This YouTube! video shows the printing process for Dan Brown’s THE LOST SYMBOL. I thought you might enjoy seeing how a book is “born,” because there’s a lot of work involved. From the video, you can see how the cover art is etched by hand!
Posted on October 5, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Tips on How to Be a Pro | Part 3 of 3
Thanks for your feedback on this series about “How to be a Pro.” Even though I could go on forever about the importance of being a professional, I’d like to wrap up this topic by offering more tips from other pros and ten more nuggets to consider.
First, here are the links to the first [...]
Posted on September 28, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
New on the SFWA Blog: Online Reputation vs. Writer’s Platform
Recently, I got the chance to write about a topic that I feel is essential for every professional writer to think about. On the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Blog, I wrote an article entitled, “Thinking About Your Writer’s Platform? Consider Your Online Reputation First.” In the article, I discuss my opinions [...]
Posted on September 22, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Tips on How to Be a Pro | Part Two of Three
Last time, I kicked off the series with a quote from Jennifer Brozek and offered some Tips on How to be a Professional for part one of this three part series. So far, this topic has been pretty popular so I’d like to continue it with more tips and quotes from other professionals working in [...]
Posted on September 18, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
How To Make The Perfect Pitch (Without Striking Out): VIDEO
Came across this as I was reading through my news this morning; thought you might get a kick out of this video. Something to think about if you’re pitching to an agent!
Be sure to visit Christie and Faye online through www.WriteWithUs.net.
Posted on September 17, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Tips on How to Be a Professional | Part One of Three
Did you know that your chances of getting published increase the more professional you act? In this series of posts, I’d like to share with you some tips from other professionals working as freelancers, writers, publishers and editors. I’d also like to cover some tips that you might find interesting to think about as you [...]
Posted on September 2, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Bridging the Online to Offline Connection
Twitter. Facebook. LiveJournal. FriendFeed. Chat rooms and forums. The list of places where you can go to interact with someone online goes on and on and on. Eventually, you get to know personalities on these different platforms and (in some cases) can meet up with people offline. The experience of meeting someone offline can [...]
Posted on July 27, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Looking for Publishing Advice? Why Offline May be Better.
On the internet, there is no shortage of publishing advice. You can often find this advice from people who work in the publishing industry (authors, agents, publishers) as well as from people who don’t (fans, readers, reviewers and some marketers or booksellers). While I do sometimes give publishing advice, I try to put that advice [...]
Posted on March 9, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Need Help with Twitter? Free Webinar!
Hi everyone, just wanted to briefly pop in and mention that I’d like to invite you to sign up for a free webinar that’s going to occur this Wednesday. The webinar, led by Eric Glazer from Marketing Studio with three other professionals, is about “Leveraging Twitter to Grow Your Small Business.”
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