Gatekeepers. In the world of books, this word evokes strong emotions from both self and traditionally published authors. In the past, there were many gatekeepers — publishers, agents, editors, critics and bookstore owners. All still exist, but can be bypassed now that self-publishing is mainstream and online retailers, unconstrained by limited shelf space, can and […]
We hope you’ll visit our guest post over at Indies Unlimited (www.indiesunlimited.com), a great new site for writers. Our post went live there yesterday and led to a great conversation about book promotion versus book discovery. It’s called “Forget Promotion! Think like a Reader” and was written by our founder Kathy Meis. We hope you […]
If you’re like me, wandering around a bookstore is pure delight (no matter how inefficient Farhad Manjoo over at Slate thinks they are). But if I asked you to describe the elements that make this experience so pleasurable, could you? For centuries, bookstore ambience has led us to buy a lot of books. As we […]