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Marketing Is Mostly Not Evil

test heading (image from here) Marketing has a bad reputation. People hear the word 'marketing' and think, 'that's the thing that's going to trick me into buying all this stuff that I don't want.' Then they run in the other direction as quickly as possible. That's not how we think about marketing here at First [...]

By |2024-03-21T03:14:38-04:00August 21st, 2014|Behind the Scenes|Comments Off on Marketing Is Mostly Not Evil

Publishing Sequels

test heading (Adventures in Cartooning and sequels) Figuring out whether or not a book should have a sequel can be a challenging task for publishers.  There are lots of creative questions to ask: does the book work best as a stand-alone?  Should the author take their future projects in a different direction?  Will a sequel [...]

By |2024-03-21T03:14:58-04:00August 18th, 2014|Behind the Scenes|2 Comments

How Can You Tell You’re Holding an Advance Book?

When we send galleys out, or when we're at shows with galleys, we occasionally get questions from the people we're giving them to: is this a galley? First: galleys, or AREs, advanced readers editions, or ARCs, advanced readers copies, are terms for bound promotional copies of upcoming books.  Galleys are produced ahead of publication and [...]

By |2014-07-16T17:53:15-04:00July 29th, 2014|Behind the Scenes, Books|Comments Off on How Can You Tell You’re Holding an Advance Book?

There’s No One Way to Do Things Right

test heading (all books are different -- as exemplified by: the bookshelf) When we do posts on our blog about behind-the-scenes sort of things -- submissions, book length, cover design, book tours, etc. -- we get a lot of responses that basically amount to, 'I know you said you wanted X thing, but what will [...]

By |2024-03-21T03:18:19-04:00July 24th, 2014|Behind the Scenes|Comments Off on There’s No One Way to Do Things Right

Mysterious Indicia Numbers

test heading (or, what happens if your book gets reprinted a lot) A few weeks ago, we reprinted Box Brown's Andre the Giant, which is exciting, because reprints are always exciting!  You've sold all the first printing of a book!  And you get a chance to fix any mistakes and add praise and accolades your [...]

By |2024-03-21T03:18:39-04:00July 24th, 2014|Behind the Scenes|Comments Off on Mysterious Indicia Numbers

Do I Really Have to Do All That Just to Get My Book Published?

test heading (image: Box Brown and Andre the Giant in the Philly Daily News.  Media attention is one of the best ways to get publishers to notice you.) A few months ago, we talked a little on our blog about ways to get publishers to notice you so that they'd buy (and publish) your book.  [...]

By |2024-03-21T03:20:26-04:00July 3rd, 2014|Behind the Scenes|1 Comment

The #1 Thing To Do When Submitting Your Book to a Foreign Publisher

test heading If you're an author who's not from North American, submitting your work to a US publisher for consideration -- whether or not it's been published in your home country before -- can be extremely nerve-wracking. It's hard enough to get a sense of what the market, the audiences, and the publishers for your [...]

By |2024-03-21T03:37:43-04:00June 16th, 2014|Behind the Scenes|Comments Off on The #1 Thing To Do When Submitting Your Book to a Foreign Publisher
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