{"id":56,"date":"2011-05-31T10:34:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T16:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clarybooks.com\/?p=56"},"modified":"2011-05-31T13:02:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T19:02:12","slug":"tuesday-links-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarybooks.com\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath were over at the Kindleboards Writer&#8217;s Cafe last week, and they promised another edition of their continuing discussions about publishing and self-publishing. It should be out sometime today. They have a lot to say about how each of them came to sign up for a one-book deal with Amazon&#8217;s new publishing imprint. Link when I find it. And <a href=\"http:\/\/barryeisler.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/be-monkey-conversation-about-new-world.html\">here it is<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Quick couple of links for you:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Louise Voss and Mark Edwards report that their novel <i>Killing Cupid<\/i> finally <a href=\"http:\/\/indieiq.com\/2011\/05\/26\/killing-cupid-finally-cracks-the-top-100\/\">cracked the Amazon Top 100 list<\/a>. They attribute their success to a change in their book&#8217;s blurb. Read the rest to see what they did.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 I haven&#8217;t messed around much with Google ebook publishing system, and I don&#8217;t know many writers who have. But according to the news site Good E-reader, Google <a href=\"http:\/\/goodereader.com\/blog\/e-reader\/google-ebooks-at-bookexpo-america\/\">had a big presence at the Bookexpo America<\/a> convention. Google wants to be a big name in the ebook field, and as a top Internet gorilla they&#8217;ll no doubt find a way. Guess it&#8217;s time to learn more about their publishing platform. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <b>Edit to add:<\/b> I had to link to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnet.com\/blog\/technology-business\/book-expo-america-industry-dinosaurs-on-parade\/10865\">BNet report on the Book Expo<\/a>. It has the most delicious line ever, describing the commercial publishers there.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The industry is a mass of silent film stars telling each other that the talkies are no threat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 At The Novelette, L B Gschwandtner has <a href=\"http:\/\/thenovelette.com\/blog\/wanna-sell-a-million-books\">an interview with best-selling indie author John Locke<\/a> discussing how he marketed his work and became the great success he is. Good reading for the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p>And now, off to read Barry and Joe. More later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath were over at the Kindleboards Writer&#8217;s Cafe last week, and they promised another edition of their continuing discussions about publishing and self-publishing. It should be out sometime today. 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