The Rules of Book Publishing Have Changed
By Cassandra Allen
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Book Publishing
The Ongoing Battle Between Self (Fee-Based) And Traditional Publishing
Business is Booming (Bookstores/Authors)
By Susan James
Posted in: Book Publishing
Business is Booming and What It Means to Bookstores, Author! s and Cr eative Entrepreneurships. (And What Walmart has to do with it!)
I've spent my life surrounded by drug addicts and degenerates
By Neil Ostroff
Posted in: Book Publishing
Unfortunately, who you surround yourself with and the environment you exist in greatly influences your writing.
Breaking Free of the Norm in Writing
By Neil Ostroff
Posted in: Book Publishing
How many times a day do you get an idea for a story and then stop and think the idea is too strange, the plot so out-there, that publishers would quake in their boots if they were to buy it? If you’re a writer, how many times have the rejections said ‘not a saleable story’ to something that is not poorly written, just not mainstream enough? Well, I’m here to say, screw it! Write what you want!
Forget Mainstream Publishing And Write What You Want
By Neil Ostroff
Posted in: Book Publishing
My latest novel, PULP is a prime example of a book that would never see the light of day in commercial publishing yet still manages to capture a large indie audience with its strange, off-the-wall storyline. Originally rejected because of its “extremely bizarre content” by several major publishing houses who had requested partials, the book is now running strong in the online community.
E-Books are Like Lottery Tickets
By Neil Ostroff
Posted in: Book Publishing
Today’s technology means that even the most outrageous, out there, politically incorrect story has a chance to foster an audience. A story universal in its theme, yet at the same time so appalling in its intensity, can exist. Though the the! me of my novel FROSTPROOF is universal (a man down on his luck will do almost anything to survive) its means to achieve that goal is somewhat disturbing.
Writing Books that Publishers are Afraid to Publish
By Neil Ostroff
Posted in: Book Publishing
When I started writing DEGENERATES I knew it would be a hard sell to the traditional publishing community. It’s a dark novel filled with drug use, hard luck stories, and the grim realities faced by a segment of the popula! tion tha t mainstream society tends to dismiss.
