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starrystorm
Query Tracker Help
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Cephus
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69% of publishing professionals reporting burnout
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Fuchsia Groan
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Where to find Agent Critiques
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Fiction Outlines ?
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First Royalty Statement, questions about "reasonable reserve for return"
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Brigid Barry
Querying multiple agents in an agency
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Brigid Barry
Brigid Barry
gtanders
Short story first in the same world as a novel? Risk?
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Nether
Nether
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Cover letter and query letter bios as a semi-successful self-published writer?
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Maggie Maxwell
Maggie Maxwell
Pitch Slams
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InkFinger
What's the scoop on Scribd?
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BethTurnage
MaryLennox
How Long is Too Long to Earn Back Your Advance
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MaryLennox
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What are the basics of negotiating with publishers?
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lizmonster
lizmonster
bahamaswriter
What to do when someone wants the author to order a book for them?
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bahamaswriter
Paul Lamb
Negotiating a Book Contract
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AW Admin
AW Admin
Edits while still under consideration?
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Why does Amazon discount paperbacks sometimes without author's approval?
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bunny hugger
Paul Lamb
Authors Guild versus Writers Guild
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Paul Lamb
Paul Lamb
ChaseJxyz
Brandon Sanderson creates Kickstarter to self-publish, raises $20 M in 3 days
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Friendly Frog
Friendly Frog
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Publishers that accept books directly from authors
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Brigid Barry
Brigid Barry
lizmonster
Resignation Day
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lizmonster
lizmonster
A question about pen names
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Brigid Barry
Brigid Barry
cmhbob
Draft2Digital acquires Smashwords
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Friendly Frog
Friendly Frog
Introversion
Why some authors are preferring Substack to trade publishers
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Debbie V
Debbie V
Query letter woes
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Unimportant
Unimportant
Probable scam?
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dickson
dickson
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