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This Week in Publishing
Nathan Bransford - Literary Agent — ... (except of course for those precocious teenagers). Why is it? Well, it takes a while to write a novel, and anyway, most writer's first novels suck. Over at Bookends, Jessica laments the poor state of communication in the publishing industry and how frustrating it is to have to chase editors who are so uncommunicative you start to wonder if they're still alive. Hear hear. And JA Konrath tackles a tough question in a really awesome, comprehensive manner: when should you self-publish? And finally, I'm really going to miss the King of ...

Cynsational News & Giveaways of Sideshow (YA) & The Day-Glo Brothers (PB)
Cynsations — ... Should You Self-Publish? from J.A. Konrath at A Newbie's Guide to Publishing. Peek: "I would avoid print self-pubbing if you someday want a traditional book deal, because numbers follow you. If you get an ISBN, that number is trackable, and so are the sales associated with it." Source: ...

You Can Become a Kindle Millionaire, Part 5
A Writer's Life — ... your work. I'm not famous, but at least I have a little more recognition than your typical, unpublished author...and my Kindle sales so far aren't phenomenal or particularly lucrative. You could argue that THREE WAYS TO DIE is essentally a self-published, original novella...and it has tanked. I've sold 55 copies @ 99 cents each in total across all three web platforms this month for a royalty of less than $20. (Joe has an excellent post about the pros and cons of self-publishing here) ...

The Comeback of Vanished Fictional Forms
Oz and Ends — ... Last month thriller writer J. A. Konrath opined about how one form of digital publishing might change the forms in which we tell verbal stories: ...