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Get to Yes, But Don’t Pay For It

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Jane Friedman, the former publisher of Writers Digest, walked a tight rope in her “Getting to Yes” article in Publishers Weekly‘s Booklife self-publishing advertising insert, which is stuffed with positive reviews that self-published authors have paid for.   Her article says that authors marketing their work should start their campaign by making lists of “owned … Read more

Get DEAD SPACE For Free

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I will soon be releasing a trade paperback edition of my book DEAD SPACE to go along with the ebook edition, which has been available for some time now. To generate fresh word-of-mouth and new reviews, I’d like email you a FREE COPY of the novel in whatever format you prefer (epub, PDF, txt, html, etc). Here’s all that … Read more

Get Badged

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Of all the books that I've written, my favorite is THE MAN WITH THE IRON-ON BADGE. It was nominated for the Best Novel Shamus award by the Private Eye Writers of America, and won quite a lot of critical acclaim, before falling out-of-print. Here's a sampling: "As dark and twisted as anything Hammett or Chandler … Read more

Dorchester Getting out of the Paperback Biz

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Publishers' Weekly reports that Dorchester is getting out of the paperback book business and shifting to an e-book and POD model. Mass market romance publisher Dorchester Publishing has dropped its traditional print publishing business in favor of an e-book/print-on-demand model effective with its September titles that are “shipping” now. President John Prebich said after retail … Read more

Mr. Monk Gets The Greenlight

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Andy Breckman ( the creator of MONK), NBC/U (the owners of MONK) and my editor all loved the outline for MR. MONK GETS EVEN… my 11th original MONK novel. So, next week, I have to start researching and writing. I have no time to waste… the book is due in May. The idea for the … Read more

The Mailbag

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Reynaldo would like a shortcut to getting published that doesn’t involve getting  rejection letters: I am aspiring writer and just beginning to venture out in the world […]but I don’t want to face mounds of rejection letters. What can I do? Is there some honest publishing houses I can trust other than Traditional? What about … Read more

Getting Tough II

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I’ve had lots of emails from people asking me what the new requirements are for publishers to be recognized by the Mystery Writers of America. They will be posted soon, but here are a some of the new additions/changes: 1. If you are a writer seeking Active Status membership, your publisher must have been in … Read more