Tag: Books

  • Self-Publishing Vs. Traditional Publishing

    Self-Publishing Vs. Traditional Publishing

    The question of whether to go with a traditional publisher or to self-publish has become a popular debate since the advent of digital books and e-reader devices.  In the past fifty years self-publishing was mostly through vanity presses or was used by those who sold industry books to a select audience.  If you were on…

  • Why Movies Will Never Replace Books By John Scherber

    Why Movies Will Never Replace Books By John Scherber

      Movies have been with us for about 115 years now. Their charm is obvious––movement, sound, color, the impact of constantly changing visuals. Some even offer 3-D. Aren’t they about the most stimulating entertainment possible? The violence especially is often more than you could ever imagine, or would want to. With all this, why would…

  • Publishing Without New York By John Scherber

    Publishing Without New York By John Scherber

      So you’re ready to publish your great novel, the one that took you eight years of agony to write, but no one’s interested. You even have an agent. Signing with her made you feel like you were really on your way, but now she rarely returns your calls, and you don’t know exactly what…

  • Beautiful Writing — Who Needs It? By John Scherber

    Many writing coaches counsel their students that “beautiful writing” in fiction usually goes unnoticed by the public. Their readers are busy marching through the narrative on their way to see what happens next. After all, as writers, isn’t our primary job being storytellers? What does it matter how it’s done, as long as it’s clear,…

  • Publishing Without New York By John Scherber

      So you’re ready to publish your great novel, the one that took you eight years of agony to write, but no one’s interested. You even have an agent. Signing with her made you feel like you were really on your way, but now she rarely returns your calls, and you don’t know exactly what…

  • Why Movies Will Never Replace Books By John Scherber

      Movies have been with us for about 115 years now. Their charm is obvious––movement, sound, color, the impact of constantly changing visuals. Some even offer 3-D. Aren’t they about the most stimulating entertainment possible? The violence especially is often more than you could ever imagine, or would want to. With all this, why would…

  • Self-Publishing Vs. Traditional Publishing

    The question of whether to go with a traditional publisher or to self-publish has become a popular debate since the advent of digital books and e-reader devices.  In the past fifty years self-publishing was mostly through vanity presses or was used by those who sold industry books to a select audience.  If you were on…

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