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Rethinking Book Proposals
What would it look like if agents & publishers changed some aspects of book proposals?
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Kathleen Schmidt
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Author Websites: What you need to know.
A Q&A with website and brand designer Meghan Coppinger, of Sea Spark Creative.
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Kathleen Schmidt
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Does KKR Know that S&S is a Publisher?
A curious interview and my take on it.
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Kathleen Schmidt
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A Quick Programming Note: Going Paid (Sort of)
This won't be painful.
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Kathleen Schmidt
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What can help books sell?
There is no simple solution to increasing book sales, but here are some ideas.
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Kathleen Schmidt
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Book Publicity: What Works and What Doesn't
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Book Publicity, Part 2: What Works & What Doesn't
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We Need to Talk About Blurbs.
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Book Publishing is Broken
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September is Suicide Awareness Month
The publishing industry doesn't discuss mental health nearly enough. That needs to change.
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Kathleen Schmidt
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We Need to Talk About Blurbs.
The "sparkling," "witty," and "compulsively readable" blurbs on book covers don't matter to consumers. Should they still matter at all?
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Kathleen Schmidt
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Book Publicity, Part 2: What Works & What Doesn't
If we want book publishing to change, we must be honest about book promotion.
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Kathleen Schmidt
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Book Publicity: What Works and What Doesn't
A Guide (sort of).
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Kathleen Schmidt
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Publishing is a Business
The Acquisition of Simon & Schuster: An Explainer
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Kathleen Schmidt
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What Book Publishing Can Learn from Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Confess, Fletch
You don't need an astronomical marketing budget to be successful, but you do need to know your audience.
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Kathleen Schmidt
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Book Publishing is Broken
Making an emotional argument for the old days of book publishing won't save it. What will?
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Kathleen Schmidt
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Book Publishing + Social Media + Streaming
Yes, these three things are intertwined.
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Kathleen Schmidt
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Marketing Books in 2023 (Goodreads included)
Book publishing has a marketing problem. Will it get better?
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Kathleen Schmidt
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