The Business Rusch: Third Quarter Blues

The Business Rusch: Third Quarter Blues Kristine Kathryn Rusch This past week has been an utterly fascinating one for me.  My husband Dean Wesley Smith and Scott William Carter taught a four-day workshop on the New World of Publishing.  Professional writers from all over the spectrum (and all over the world) came to learn not just how to indie publish their work, but also how […]

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The Business Rusch: How E-Books Will Save Big Publishing (Changing Times Part Four)

The Business Rusch: How E-Books Will Save Big Publishing (Changing Times Continued) Kristine Kathryn Rusch In my very first post in this long series of linked topics, I advised anyone who cared about publishing to keep up with the day-to-day industry news.  I wrote that blog post in my spare time over four days and I noted: “In four days, some parts of the [publishing] […]

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The Business Rusch: Challenges For Big Publishing (Changing Times Part Three)

The Business Rusch: Challenges for Big Publishing (Changing Times Continued) Kristine Kathryn Rusch Misinformation presented as fact irritates me.  It always has. My training as a journalist came at the hands of the World War II journalists—the guys who essentially invented television and radio news—as well as some hardcore investigative reporters.  Thirty years ago, even the smallest news organization wouldn’t print (or broadcast) information that […]

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