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Mary Hunter Schaub
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An all original anthology of fairy-tale retellings for 8-12 year olds, with the focus upon the backstories of well-known villains. A mixed bag of funny, quirky, and downright creepy edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
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Nigel Beale interviews David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer about the differences between SF Editors and others.
Listen to the interview at Nigel Beal’s web site
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Our congratulations to the SFWA Members on this list!
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In this article, Rob Tornoe reports that an artist has sold a silkscreen print of an uncredited cartoon for £150,000, apparently without the consent of the original cartoonist. This raises new concerns about the already disputed realm of copyright and intellectual property.
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Unlike commercial or trade publishers, whose business model is based on book volume (selling as many books as possible from a limited number of authors), author mills’ business model is based on author volume (selling a limited number of books from as many authors as possible). The most famous example of an author mill is PublishAmerica, but there are others, such as VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller, an academic author mill.
Tags: self-publishing, victoria strauss, Writer Beware
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According to the biographical note on Ursula K. Le Guin’s website, she has published twenty-one novels, eleven volumes of short stories, three collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation, and has received many awards: Hugo, Nebula, National Book Award, PEN-Malamud, etc.
What the site doesn’t say is that [...]
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FirstWorldWar.com has a deep archive of WWI pictures, which are clearly labeled and sorted. Whether you are doing a historical fantasy, steampunk, or staging a war in your science-fictional world, this will prove fascinating reading.
Tags: research, twitter, WWI
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Date: November 23, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Location: Planet Hollywood, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America will host its annual reception for the publishing industry in a new location this year. Planet Hollywood, located at 45th and Broadway in Times Square, should provide a vibrant backdrop to [...]
Tags: event, SFWA Authors and Editors Reception
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A gentle reminder that the SFWA business meeting will be at World Fantasy Convention this year on October 31st from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. We’ll be covering, among other things, the draft of the new bylaws which will be sent to the membership by the end of the month.
We’re also doing something new this [...]
Tags: business, World Fantasy
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This is a followup to my post on Thomas Nelson’s new self-publishing division, West Bow Press–specifically, on Nelson’s plans to pay referral fees to agents and others who refer writers to West Bow.
Tags: self-publishing, Writer Beware
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As reported today in the Wall Street Journal, Thomas Nelson, a major independent Christian publisher, is adding a self-publishing line to its business.
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