General Publishing Discussions

Publishing trends, royalties, contracts, finding a publisher—the business side of writing.

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lizmonster
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A Few Observations About Marketing Categories
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lizmonster
lizmonster

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starrystorm
Pitmad is tomorrow and I have no idea what I'm doing!
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Nether
Nether
Knowing when it's ready.
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10
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197
Carrie
Carrie
ChaseJxyz
Planning a proposal to publish prose per my position
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195
Izz
Izz
starrystorm
Using a Fairy Tale Rep When It's Not
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22
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203
owlion
owlion
Harlequin
Getting into the new yorker
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Harlequin
Harlequin
Lakey
Writer’s Digest uses “traditional” to mean “trade”
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13
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200
AW Admin
AW Admin
ChaseJxyz
NFT-ing Stories
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9
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169
PeteMC
PeteMC
PPeterson
Was this self-published?
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10
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145
Unimportant
Unimportant
Professorjpj
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Any way to traditionally publish a free book to the world?
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9
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231
AW Admin
AW Admin
jonxihama
Is it polite/professional to thank an agent after a personal rejection?
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11
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210
CMBright
CMBright
PraiseRao
When is the best time to publicly state the title of a book?
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14
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156
PraiseRao
PraiseRao
Introversion
Why some authors are preferring Substack to trade publishers
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14
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308
ChaseJxyz
ChaseJxyz
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How to get book endorsements from experts/people with PhDs?
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71
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874
AW Admin
AW Admin
Shante_
Using Adult Comps for YA?
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3
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76
Shante_
Shante_
A question about pen names
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8
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337
Melicious
Melicious
Que-puedo_contigo?
New York Publisher that handles non-ebook for indies
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1
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54
Harlequin
Harlequin
Putputt
Things I have learned in Publishing
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16
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471
Unimportant
Unimportant
ever not submitted to a publisher or agent based on politics?
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945
lizmonster
lizmonster
Registering a pen name
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17
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364
cmhbob
cmhbob
jonxihama
I want to keep writing but I don't think I want to join the publishing industry
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31
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557
J.W.
J.W.
Publishing history in query letter: include semi-pro publication(s)?
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3
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90
Maggie Maxwell
Maggie Maxwell
jonxihama
Mention Editor Interest in Query Letter?
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2
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94
Fuchsia Groan
Fuchsia Groan
lizmonster
Publishers based in another geography
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16
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305
onesecondglance
onesecondglance
Not using comps in a query letter
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22
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321
maryland
maryland
Sarah M
Making My Books Available to the Library
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6
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115
Sarah M
Sarah M
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