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The Business Rusch: Anti-Published

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, free nonfiction, On Writing , Barry Eisler, Barry Switzer, Ben Wolverton, Book Bomb, Carole Nelson Douglas, Charles Stross, David Farland, David Gaughran, Dean Wesley Smith, Downton Abbey, Elizabeth Naughton, Ella Distribution, Fiction River, Forbes, Hugh Howey, JA Konrath, Jeremy Greenfield, Lawrence Block, Linda Nagata, New York Times, newspapers, Night Shade Books, Phillip Rock, publishing, Pulphouse, Romantic Times, Salon, Scott Turow, Techdirt, The Business Rusch, The Passive Voice, traditional publishing, writing | 35 Comments »

I didn’t read my five newspapers this morning. I’m cranky about that. I love my newspapers. I read them on my iPad, and don’t mind the advertising at all, even though I accidentally click on the ads once in a while. (And please, don’t tell anyone: Occasionally, I investigate the product.) Which is way more [...]

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The Business Rusch: The End of the Unprofessional Writer

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, free nonfiction, On Writing , accounting, Agents, Authors Guild, bookstores, Bookview cafe, China Miéville, Dean Wesley Smith, Distribution, Ewan Morrison, Globe and Mail, Harcourt, Harlequin, Harry Potter, indie publishing, Infinity Box Press, J.K. Rowling, Kate Wilhelm, Pulphouse Publishing, Scott Turow, Stephen King, traditional publishing, Twilight, Ursula K. Le Guin, Wired | 72 Comments »

On July 24, 2012, Canada’s The Globe and Mail published an article titled, “There Will Be No More Professional Writers in The Future.” The article cites a number of writers, from the ubiquitous Scott Turow to Ewan Morrison who, The Globe and Mail thoughtfully tells me, is “an established British writer.” Morrison says that the advances [...]

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The Business Rusch: The End of The World as We Know It

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, free nonfiction, Freelancer's Survival Guide, On Writing , 50 Shades of Grey, Agents, Amazon, American Booksellers Association, Authors Guild, Barnes & Noble, Book Expo America, Borders, Bowker, Department of Justice, EL James, Fantasy, Forbes, genre fiction, independent booksellers, indie publishing, Los Angeles Times, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, Paid Content, Publishers, Publishers Lunch, Romance, Ruby White, science fiction, Scott Turow, Smashwords, Steve Wasserman, The Nation, The New Yorker, traditional publishing, You've Got Mail | 128 Comments »

If you read mainstream publishing news, like I do, occasionally your head will explode. Or you’ll run around in a panic, turning into one of those long-haired barefoot New Yorker cartoon characters, carrying a sign saying that the world is about to end. For many in traditional publishing, the world is ending. Their clout is [...]

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