Promotional consideration

At every convention I’ve attended, there’s a table full of promotional items. These usually consist of postcards or bookmarks, but sometimes there are fliers or little gadgets intended to entice people into purchasing a product. Usually a book, in my experience. Everyone is clamoring for everyone else’s attention, and if you don’t have the weight [...]

Auto Draft

I’m currently indulging in one of the perks of being an audiobook publisher – I’m listening to SINEATER, by Elizabeth Massie, narrated by Joe Geoffrey.  I read this book a long time ago.  If I recall correctly, it came out first in the UK.  My personal copy was purchased from the author and her agent [...]

Books From the Other Side of the Fence

Ninety minutes ago I realized that I had a column to write that should have been posted in the wee hours of the morning (some 12 hours ago), which prompted me to begin furiously typing away.  There are many excuses for the late posting in the day of this column, including:  1) I didn’t get [...]