On Friday we forgot to include the link for the Atlantic’s article, “The Most Coveted Screenshot In the World,” in case you did not find it on your own.
By Michael Cader
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By Michael Cader
Publishers Marketplace Tips
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Atlantic Official
Jordan Michelman writes in the Atlantic about “the most coveted screenshot in the literary world,” honoring writers’ joy in sharing their “Publishers Marketplace Official” book deal screenshots. “It’s become one of the most important rites of passage in the book-publication process—more meaningful to some writers than a book party or book-cover reveal. For many authors, in fact, no book deal is complete until they’ve posted it. It is the Publishers Marketplace book-deal social-media post.” Lately, we have been admiring all the authors moving to BlueSky and populating it anew with their deals. Creators continue to impress us with their innovative […]
Giving Thanks and Moving Ahead
It’s been a topsy turvy time recently for all kinds of reasons, which has delayed our annual marking of the occasion. But even in difficult times it’s important to make room for gratitude and appreciation of anything good. So with a mix of humility and irrepressible hope for the future, we admit to our aging: Publishers Marketplace is now a mature-sounding 23 years old — launched at another time of significant uncertainty, months after the first dot-com bubble burst and just weeks after 9/11 (and that means Publishers Lunch will turn 25 next spring). As I express regularly, we’re here […]
Now Available: PM Gift Memberships
Answering longstanding requests — and just in time for gift season — we have added the ability to purchase gift memberships to PublishersMarketplace, at any periodicity from one month up to a year. After purchase, you receive a Publishers Marketplace Gift Certificate by email that you can forward to your recipient. On the same theme, remember our hefty 6.7 pound gift idea for your publishing friends, too: Our definitive book on THE TRIAL: The DOJ’s Suit to Block Penguin Random House’s Acquisition of Simon & Schuster remains an amazing document for any publishing library. (We’ve sold more copies this year […]
More Member Page News
With hundreds of beautiful redesigned Member Pages live at our site, now we’ve restored an updated version of the interface that lets you browse those 2,000-plus member pages across all categories. Just look for Member Profiles under our People menu item. To update your Member Page to the new design, just use the “page options” tools at the top of the Your Account page, and make sure to click the red “publish” button after reviewing any changes. And if you have never published a Member Page, now is a great time to give it a try. Nearly 1,000 agents have […]
Looking Good
Hundreds of PM users have updated their Member Pages to the modernized templates that we introduced earlier this week and they look terrific. But that still leaves thousands more pages ready for refreshing. The process is simple: Go to the “page options” section at the top of the Your Account page at PM to check out how your page maps to the new design, make any changes or updates, and then click to “publish” the new version. While you’re in updating mode, consider checking out your PM contact record as well, where you can now submit biographical info that will […]