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The Business Rusch: Word of Mouth

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, free nonfiction, On Writing , Big Bang Theory, Book Riot, Brenna Clarke Gray, Howard Wolowitz, independent bookstores, indie publishing, Ingram Spark, Marion Abbott, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, New York Times, promotion, social media, traditional publishing, Verso Advertising, writing | 41 Comments »

Writers always panic. They finish a book and expect the world to fall at their feet. At the same time, they worry that no one will notice. And, because all writers who are writing today were raised in the traditional publishing model, they believe that if no one discovers their book now, this minute, if [...]

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The Business Rusch: Shifting Sands

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, free nonfiction, On Writing , AAP, Amazon, American Booksellers Association, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Chattacon, Dean Wesley Smith, distributors, Ella Distribution, Ingrams, Publishers Marketplace, Statshot, traditional publishing, Winter Institute | 108 Comments »

I live on the beach. Here the sand shifts daily. We expect it. We watch it. The tide comes in; the tide goes out; the sand moves. But I grew up in the Midwest. The land is firm there, solid. When someone builds a road it remains a recognizable road. Frigid winters and hot summers [...]

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The Business Rusch: The Year of The Bookstore

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Posted in Business Rusch, free nonfiction, On Writing , American Booksellers Association, Christian Science Monitor, Digital Book World, GalleyCat, independent bookstores, James Patterson, Kiss the Girls, Kobo, Mike Shatzkin, North By Northwest Books, Powell's, Publishers Weekly, publishing, Read Kiddo Read, Sourcebooks, the New York Times, the publishing industry, traditional publishing | 44 Comments »

A week ago Sunday, one of our local booksellers, Sheldon McArthur of North by Northwest Books, tossed me the April 22, 2013 Publishers Weekly. The issue has a good review of my upcoming Kris DeLake novel, A Spy To Die For, but it turns out that wasn’t why Sheldon gave me the PW. He gave [...]

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