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The Business Rusch: Binge Reading

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, free nonfiction, On Writing , Agatha Christie, Alexander Dumas, Andre Norton, Arrow, Downton Abbey, Edgar Rice Burroughs, HBO, Hollywood Radio and Television Society, House of Cards, Hydra, Ian Fleming, JD Robb, John Scalzi, Marie Force, Mary Balogh, NCIS, Netflix, Nielsen, Nora Roberts, Random House, Shanora Williams, Stephen King, Supernatural, television, television ratings, The LA Times, The New York Times Bestseller list, The USA Today bestseller list, the Wall Street Journal bestseller list, Victoria Holt | 31 Comments »

On a day when most of the publishing blogosphere is dealing with Random House’s horrible Hydra publishing line, I figured I’d talk about something else. First of all, if you haven’t heard about Hydra and what it wants to do to writers who know nothing about business, check out John Scalzi’s blog. In fact, check [...]

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The Business Rusch: The Death of Publishing

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, free nonfiction, On Writing , Agents, ebooks, Fiction River, indie publishing, London Times, publishing, Pulphouse Publishing, royalties, royalty statements, The Passive Voice, traditional publishing, Writers, writing | 59 Comments »

It is the last day of February, 2013, and by now, traditional publishing should have mailed its holiday cards with the gleeful misquote attributed to Mark Twain on the cards’ interior: The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Not that there were actual news reports of the death of traditional publishing. But if you [...]

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The Business Rusch: Out! All of You!

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, free nonfiction, On Writing , Adam Levine, agent, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, e-publishing, Elvis Presley, Ernest Tubb, Gene Autrey, Hank Snow, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmie Rodgers, Lawrence Block, legacy.com, Michael Caine, New Adult, Nightline, Peter Guralnick, RT Book Reviews, Rufus Thomas, Sally Field, Sylvester Stallone, traditional publishing, Vanity Fair, writing | 41 Comments »

Those of you who read this blog regularly know I have a magpie brain. I find shiny things here and there, and then I put them together—not to create a nest (I have one, thanks)—but to help me form a realization or to figure out the solution to a problem or to reinforce things I [...]

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