by Adam Robinson | Jan 29, 2018 | Bookselling, Production |
File under production and distribution Barnes & Noble has announced an overhaul of their self-publishing platform. What does that mean for writers? How does their platform stack up against the other “Print On Demand” companies? If anyone is interested...
by Adam Robinson | Feb 3, 2017 | Bookselling |
Michael FitzGerald, one of the founders of Submittable (which you’re probably familiar with, if you’ve ever submitted your work for consideration at a magazine or publishing company), recently pointed me to an article he wrote about the challenges of, and...
by Adam Robinson | Jul 2, 2016 | Bookselling |
At Electric Literature, which is a fantastic blog about books and publishing, editor Lincoln Michel has put together a long piece about book sales, how they work and how they are tracked. It’s not so much about how to sell books (though along the way some...
by Adam Robinson | Apr 21, 2016 | Bookselling |
This is a picture of 100+ books that I recently sent out for one of my great clients. It’s a photo of some of the review copies he very thoughtfully put together. Review copies are essential for achieving any sales goals in publishing. While they don’t...
by Adam Robinson | Jan 8, 2016 | Bookselling |
Here’s another link to a piece I did at Real Pants, this time about a fledgling bookstore. I thought their story would be interesting to writers who are also devoted to getting their work out into the world. I interviewed Kyle Harvey about what kind of books...