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I've always detested having to speak on the phone, particularly for work and particularly when I don't know the other person. It's no coincidence that I ended up as an editor, in which communication focuses on the written word. My favourite part of working freelance was the fact that my main client was in Australia so I almost never had to speak with them (and they were really quite nice). Editor/writer is listed as the top job for introverts (second is a surgeon, so I'll make that my fallback career) and I'm very happy with my quiet, self-contained daily routine.
But needs must and when you work for a small company like ours, there's no room to be precious. So I've spent all day on the phone, calling independent bookshops around the country to chat about a new exciting project (of which more later this week).
Arghh - pitching an idea to strangers over the phone is my idea of very hard work.
But you know what? It was fine - it turns out, as I might have known, independent booksellers are a very nice bunch and very happy to chat to independent publishers. And working my way through the database, I was green with envy after hearing about some of their shops. The lovely people at
Mr & Mrs Doak's Bumper Bookshop in Eastborne (how inviting does that sounds? And it has a tea-room!) had me wanting to pack my bags for the seaside pronto. Or Thatcham's
Family Bookshop, who are currently offering special deal on hardback children's classics. And next time I'm in East Anglia, I'm definitely making a detour to visit the
Norfolk Children's Book Centre, set up in a garden in rural north Norfolk (there's a nice article
here in
Books for Keeps on how NCBC is a great example of how children's bookshops can encourage children to become keen readers).
And the exciting part is that the bookshops I spoke with were really enthusiastic about taking part in our new project, more of which I'll reveal at the end of the week. Sometimes it is worth stepping out of that comfort zone...
This week I have been wasting colossal amounts of time on my new toy...
(Note the lovely case, a bargain from the nice people at
Lente Designs).
I made the silly mistake of putting lots of stuff on it for the children, which means they are constantly trying to wrestle it away from me. Favourite apps so far include
Squeebles, a sort of maths version of
Moshi Monsters, which has actually got S eager to practise her times tables. She's also keen on
SketchBook Pro and
123D Sculpt, though the latter is way too complicated for me to actually create anything worth saving. But the sketch app is very satisfying, even if, like me, you're very rubbish at drawing...
Nosy Crow has been rightly lauded for its imaginative and original children's ebooks. We've got
Cinderella, and I will definitely be downloading more of their work. And if anyone knows a good spelling app, please let me know - I downloaded Spelling Free but it's very dull and the heavy American accent confuses the children (and their spelling).
However, my favourite so far is the
Usborne Sticker Dolly Dressing, an app version of those great sticker books - really, I was fighting E for a go on this - and it's a bargain at £2.99, compared to the actual sticker books.
The downside of the iPad, as you will have noted from the amount of apps I have loaded, is how ridiculously easy it is to spend money.
Amazon 1-Click and
iTunes make buying an item so quick and easy, I almost forget there's real pounds involved.
I also think the iPad is making me a bit, well, jumpy - all that information at my fingertips means I'm skipping from breaking news to tweeted conversations to Facebook without really focusing on any one site. I think once the novelty of exploring apps wears off, I'll be using it more to watch and listen to stuff (for example, check out
Khan Academy, which is like carrying round your own university lecture
Have you ever wanted to write a children's book? Are you working on one right now and feeling lost? We have a great interview in store for you then! We welcome to The Muffin today Shirley Raye Redmond and Jennifer McKerley, authors of the book Write a Marketable Children's Book in 7 Weeks. Shirley Raye Redmond is an award-winning writer and frequent conference speaker. She has sold more than 26 book manuscripts and over 450 magazine and newspaper articles. Her children’s book, Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the President (Random House), has sold 200,000 copies and was a Children’s Book of the Month Club main selection in 2003. Jennifer McKerley is a teacher and award-winning writer. She has authored Random House books for grades 1-3: Man O’ War, Best Racehorse Ever (2005) and Amazing Armadillos (2009). Amazing Armadillos was the 2010 Winner for Young Readers Book in the New Mexico Book Awards and was named one of the best children’s books of 2010 by Bank Street College of Education. She has also written several other children's books.
WOW: Welcome, Jennifer and Shirley Raye, to The Muffin. We are excited to have you here with us today and to share your book, Write a Marketable Children's Book in 7 Weeks, with our readers. To start off, please tell us a little about the purpose of your book and your target audience.SRR: Many people dream of writing a children’s book, but don’t know how to get started. Our workbook walks the reader through the process in about two hours a day for seven weeks. We’ve used this method dozens of times to write manuscripts that sold to major publishers, such as Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Gale Cengage. Some of our titles have even won contests and awards. JM: When we wrote this workbook, we had in mind the many people who’ve told us they have an idea for a children’s book, but they felt lost about how to begin and about the publishing process. They knew it was hard to sell a book and wanted to avoid false steps. We show writers how to begin on sound footing and keep going. Part of this involves understanding the publishing world, and we provide a quickie-education. |
Jennifer McKerley |
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The public library has long attracted avid readers with an unrivaled pitch: Check out a best-selling book for free and renew it multiple times.
But as more people ditch printed books in favor of e-books that can be downloaded directly to a computer, the rules are changing.
As of Monday, HarperCollins, book publisher of authors such as Anne Rice, Sarah Palin and Michael Crichton, will not allow its e-books to be checked out from a library more than 26 times.
After that, the license on the e-book will expire and libraries will have to decide whether to buy a new one.
For library users, that could mean longer waits for popular titles, tighter limits on how many times an e-book can be renewed and the possibility that e-books that are not repurchased would be available at the library for only about a year.
Librarians across the country are outraged and fear other publishers could adopt a similar model. Some have organized a boycott of books published by HarperCollins. They argue the restrictions place an additional burden on financially strapped public libraries, some of which have reduced their inventories because of budget constraints.
The added expenditures on e-books, they said, will make it more difficult to compete in an industry that is quickly becoming dominated by electronic readers such as the iPad, the Nook and the Kindle.
“This strikes at the heart of what we do,” said Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey, who described electronic media as the new virtual library. “With limited financial resources affecting all libraries across America, people are asking, ‘Why would you do this?’”
For HarperCollins, it is about balancing the benefits to book publishers, authors and libraries in a rapidly growing segment of the publishing industry that has left many newspapers, magazines and booksellers scrambling to catch up.
Nearly 10 years ago, when HarperCollins began offering e-books to libraries, the number of e-readers was too small to measure, the company said. Now, it is projected that more than 40 million e-reading devices will be in use in the U.S. this year.
“We have serious concerns that our previous e-book policy, selling e-books to libraries in perpetuity, if left unchanged, would undermine the emerging e-book eco-system, hurt the growing e-book channel, place additional pressure on physical bookstores, and in the end lead to a decrease in book sales and royalties paid to authors,” HarperCollins said in a statement.
Librarians also have serious concerns. At the Naperville Public Library, the new policy would be an additional strain on a materials budget that has shrunk by about $200,000 in the last three years, said deputy director Julie Rothenfluh.
“It’s a balancing act for us,” Rothenfluh said. “We have to be that much more careful to make sure what we purchase provides the best benefit to our users.”
For most libraries, e-books are only a small percentage of the items circulated but represent the fastest growing segment.
About 10,000 e-books are circulated in Naperville. The Chicago Public Library, which has experienced slight increases in its budget, doubled the circulation of e-books from 17,000 in 2009 to more than 36,000 in 2010.
Librarians said HarperCollins’ decision failed to factor in the role libraries play in promoting reading, which benefits the book industry and christian book publishers. Some said the book publisher should have included librarians in discussions about the checkout limit.
E-book checkouts are “a growing percentage, and it definitely reflects a trend that people want to take their e-reader and upload it
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Bargain hunters were out in force this weekend as liquidation sales began at 200 Borders locations slated to close as part of the company’s bankruptcy filing.
The affected stores — about one-third of the bookseller’s locations — are expected to close by the end of April. Twenty-one underperforming stores in Southern California will be shut, including stores in Sherman Oaks, Century City, Long Beach and Orange.
Huge “store closing” and “everything must go” posters covered the windows at Borders in Pasadena and Glendale, which were bustling with customers Sunday. Many sections were already picked over, including from christian book publishers, with shelves left bare and items such as notebooks, journals and photo albums strewn about.
Most items were discounted 20% to 40%, with markdowns expected to increase in coming weeks.
“As long as there’s a deal, I’m going to take advantage of it,” said Jordan Francke, 27, who was checking out the games section at the Glendale store.
“It’s just the changing landscape of literature these days. It’s all electronic,” Francke, a children’s book publishers and television schedule coordinator, said of the chain’s bankruptcy. “I can only imagine it’s a struggle for a place like Borders to stay relevant.”
That’s a harsh reality for regular customers such as Kathleen O’Reilly, 52, who was at the Pasadena Borders carrying a shopping basket laden with discounted stationery and magazines.
The Pasadena resident said she was “old school” and enjoyed seeing and touching books before making a purchase. She said she would miss visiting the store with her teenage daughter.
“I spend several days a week here,” said O’Reilly, a self-publishing counselor at a high school. “I actually debated whether I even wanted to come because I was worried I’d be too upset to see the store torn apart.”
Business is expected to continue as usual on the company’s website and at stores that aren’t closing.
After a slew of competitive blunders and missteps in the last decade, Borders Group Inc. found itself in trouble and had to cut staff, shut stores and shake up its top management.
Critics said the company botched its move into the book publisher digital age, causing sales and earnings to plummet. At the same time, mass merchants including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. became major players in the book-selling market, often offering lower prices than Borders and rival Barnes & Noble Inc.
But Borders maintains it isn’t done for good. In a letter e-mailed to customers and posted on the company’s website last week, Borders President Mike Edwards said the company hoped to emerge from Chapter 11 as “the destination of choice.”
About 6,000 of the chain’s roughly 19,000 workers will be laid off as part of the closures. Among them is Rich Kilbury, a christian book publisher, who was pushing a cart stacked high with books at the Pasadena location Sunday.
“It’s depressing, but we kind of saw it coming,” he said. “Business had dropped off.”
The promise of discounts attracted Victoria Rose to the Pasadena store, where she was browsing mystery and thriller books. The 60-year-old high school English teacher said she was never a regular customer because she could find a better s
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Despite the winter snow and the resulting delays to the arrival of our books from the printers,
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Digital World Book, known as the DBW is the key conference in the publication of books for publishers in the e-books. All the “big six” book publishers are present in quantities never before. Random House will have more than 40 participants, while fewer than 20 came from the publisher in 2010. The digital book world conference began quietly on Monday morning with three sessions focused for a long time, the official opening ceremony will begin at 17 hours, but despite the digital output cautiously DBW 2011 is just quiet – There are over 1,250 registered twice that last year 600.
Since book publishers are here at DBW, mainstream booksellers are also here. Who is here and what they are selling will be evident when the floor show begins 13:00
The session iPad / iPhone has provided an overview of applications and the Apple App Store. It was the kind of session that felt like it was presented to other audiences – do not publish specific, as the meeting of the e-book design and production. The meeting is followed very still ongoing as I write, shows an interest of people in book publishing companies. How they got out of it, maybe they acquired the interest in book publishing and literary agents and tell us later.
Sessions on the morning of Monday, three were in the design of e-books and production, online content strategy and the iPhone / IPAD strategies. It was the first, most of the screws and nuts, which was the subject key retailers were focused on. Speaking directly to the creators of books and production managers, the session included discussions on programming languages and workflow – which suggests that book publishers are now specifically and actively serious about integrating e-Books, e-book publishing, amazon kindle publishing etc into their business model.
You are braver than me! I really panic about making phone calls to people I dont know :)
So it's not just me then!