Category Archives: Business

Query Letter

Posted on May 20, 2011 by David

Dear Mr. ???: Max Spencer looked like your average 12-year-old middle schooler, although a bit more buoyant and a tad less athletic than most. He’d never scored the final point to win a game or crossed the finish line with … Continue reading →

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Publisher’s Marketplace

Posted on April 2, 2011 by David

Here’s a website I’ve found tremendously useful and to which I have subscribed. At its heart is a collection of self-reported data about announced book and other literary rights deals. Most of the announcements identify the players, title and genre, … Continue reading →

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Hustle

Posted on April 1, 2011 by David

A writer shares her experience of how hustling (no pun intended) increased her sales. I don’t write in, ahem, quite the same genre as this writer, but I share her belief that relying on any other person to do all … Continue reading →