Comments on: Answering questions

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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:26:14 +0000

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By: Let’s talk: Agents as Publishers. – Laura Pauling

Let’s talk: Agents as Publishers. – Laura Pauling — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:38:55 +0000

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By: Industry news: DGLM expands its business and a defense of traditional publishing (and a correction) « Florida Writers Conference Blog

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:02:28 +0000

[…] intend to get into e-publishing themselves. Read their announcement here. Read their follow-up here. I don’t see this as a big change, just an extension of their business model to enter a new, […]

By: Jane Ellen Freeman

Jane Ellen Freeman — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:47:01 +0000

Great post. Very informative. I support this direction wholeheartedly.

By: Renowned Literary Agents Reaching Out to Self-Published Authors | Ebooks on Crack

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:42:26 +0000

[…] Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, a widely respected New York agency, announced this past Tuesday that they would begin working with self-published authors to digitally publish their books, news that brought on a firestorm of comments from both sides of the debate that DGLM accidentally started. The original announcement can be found here, along with a follow-up post. […]

By: James

James — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:27:13 +0000

Let’s get to the point – who pays for the cover editing, formatting, etc.?

By: Janice Palko

Janice Palko — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:43:01 +0000

Curious. Will you be re-entertaining queries on manuscripts you considered, but ultimately rejected?

By: Aaron Niz

Aaron Niz — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:14:44 +0000

Calling people who disagree with your platform “snarky naysayers” is a nice little jab, but it’s not even close to accurate.

The idea that you are entitled to fifteen percent of an ebook for doing your “regular” duties really makes no sense. You show a real lack of understanding of the ebook industry, because the sorts of things you bothered to mention such as uploading books and changing metadata are not time-consuming or difficult and certainly don’t warrant fifteen percent.

Your inability to elucidate clearly what activities earn you fifteen percent on ebooks really tells the whole story. As you’ve doubtless told many an author, I’d say it’s time to do a serious revision on that business model and go back to the drawing board.

By: Ryan Field

Ryan Field — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:06:48 +0000

I think this was a good follow up post.

Thanks…

By: Paul Pender

Paul Pender — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:04:54 +0000

I want to be a novelist when I grow up, just like the sixth grader you mention. Can you please send me an encouraging note too?