Join Discuss online at this Publishers Marketplace link Wednesday, February 23 at noon Eastern for an AMA with Melville House founders on indie publishing, the state of book publishing today, why they don’t require agented submissions, and more. Dennis Johnson is, with his wife Valerie Merians, the founder and publisher of Melville House. Johnson is also the founder of the MobyLives blog. Prior to becoming a publisher, Johnson graduated from the Iowa Writers Workshop and was a journalist and academic. Valerie Merians’ recent Melville House titles include How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell; The Mueller Report ; The Making […]
Today’s Discuss Guest: Ecco Editor Sara Birmingham
Join Discuss online at this Publishers Marketplace link at noon Eastern today (and apologies for yesterday’s incorrect link). To participate in Discuss, just sign in and use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments, and Sara will post back. And if you’ve missed previous Discuss AMAs, be sure to check out this goldmine of inside publishing expertise by looking at the list of all our guests here. Their discussions remain on the platform indefinitely for you to explore.
Tomorrow’s Live Discuss Guest: Sara Birmingham, Editor, Ecco
Join Discuss online at this Publishers Marketplace link tomorrow, Wednesday, February 9 at noon Eastern for an AMA with Sara Birmingham, editor at Ecco. Sara will answer questions and address issues such as: how an agent can get around the issue of editors who are overwhelmed by submissions. agented submissions vs. direct submissions, as well as tips on direct submissions. what the acquisitions process is like at a publishing house. what editors look for in proposals. To participate in Discuss, just sign in and use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments, and Sara will post back.
This Wednesday’s Live Discuss Guest: Editor Sara Birmingham
Join Discuss online at this Publishers Marketplace link Wednesday, February 9 at noon Eastern for an AMA with Sara Birmingham, editor at Ecco. To participate in Discuss, just sign in and use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments, and Sara will post back.
Stream the Buzz Books Young Adult Editors Panel
In case you missed it, we had another terrific Buzz Editors panel on Wednesday with four young adult spring authors and their editors on our latest Buzz Books Young Adult Editors Panel. We have the full recording available to download at your leisure. Once again, our thanks to the ABA for co-sponsoring, to bookseller Zoe Detlaf from Books of Wonder in NY for her superb hosting, and to all of the participating editors and authors. You can use the dots on the video timestamp to jump among the presentations. And if you haven’t done so yet, sample the presented titles […]
Buzz Books Young Adult Editors Panel Tomorrow
You still have time to register for our second virtual Buzz Books Young Adult Editors Panel, happening tomorrow, Wednesday, February 2 at noon Eastern. You can register here. ALL MY RAGE, by Sabaa Tahir (Razorbill). Edited by Ruta Rimas. HOW TO BE THE BEST THIRD WHEEL, by Loridee De Villa (Wattpad Books). Edited by Rebecca Sands. BALLAD & DAGGER AN OUTLAW SAINTS NOVEL, by Daniel Jose Older (Rick Riordan). Edited by Rebecca Kuss. FINDING JUPITER, by Kelis Rowe (Crown Books for Young Readers). Edited by Phoebe Yeh.