The Business Rusch: Bookstores (Changing Times Part Six) Kristine Kathryn Rusch In September, I attended a science fiction convention in Leipzig, Germany. Leipzig is in the former German Democratic Republic, or what was then called East Germany. The science fiction fans who put on the convention had started a science fiction club before the Berlin […]
Continue ReadingThe trade paper version of the Freelancer’s Survival Guide is now available. I know a bunch of you mentioned you wanted it before Christmas, so I’m announcing now. It’s only available on Amazon.com at the moment. It has what is called a slow roll-out. It’ll be in regular bookstores by the end of the year. […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: The Nimble Presses (Changing Times Part Five) Kristine Kathryn Rusch Last week, I wrote about how I believe e-publishing will save Big Publishing and got a lot of great comments. I also got some private letters accusing me of being a “defender” of Big Publisher, a “shill” for Big Publishing, and a […]
Continue Reading< The Business Rusch: Understanding Publishing (Changing Times Continued) Kristine Kathryn Rusch As I mentioned last week, I’m going to finally examine the elephant in the room—the changes in my industry, publishing. I realize that many of you reading this blog aren’t in publishing, but you do run businesses. I hope that the blogs I […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: The Nook Inspiration Kristine Kathryn Rusch I had planned to write this week’s blog on the trip to Los Angeles. (See why I’m not in Los Angeles here.) Instead, I’m sitting in my office, fending off a very needy cat who couldn’t even handle the 36 hours we were gone. I shudder […]
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