I am so proud to say, the children’s authors and illustrators that came out to be interviewed at The Story Emporium was amazing. I want to thank all of you for your interest and I look forward to interviewing each and every one of you regarding your writing process. I am especially curious to learn [...]
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The Story Emporium Lineup has begun…
September 19, 2011Categories: Author Publicity, Children's Publisher, digital publishing, Distributing, ebooks, Editing, encouraging others, face to face, Grand Opening, Guerrilla marketing, hand selling, Illustrating, Independent Publishing, Marketing, mixed media, mixed media painting, Picture Books, printing, Publishing, Publishing history, Publishing Trends, self publishing, Steampunk clown, The Story Emporium, writing, YA Publishing
Tags: Art, Art Opening, author, Buy Charlie's Head Books, Charlie's Head Books, Children, Children's literature, Erin T Whalen, Illustrator, Literature, Mobile phone, Thanksgiving, The Hope Artiste Village, The Story Emporium
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Our Public Author/Illustrator working studio is underway!
August 30, 2011Lily & Co. Publishing is proud to announce the opening of a working studio where children’s author and illustrator Erin T.Whalen will work on her latest book and illustrations. The hours of operation and description of studio can be viewed here Every Wednesday The Story Emporium will interview a published author and/or illustrator which will [...]
Categories: Author Publicity, Children's Publisher, Distributing, encouraging others, face to face, Guerrilla marketing, hand selling, Illustrating, Independent Publishing, Marketing, Picture Books, Publishing, Publishing Trends, The Story Emporium, writing, YA Publishing
Tags: Art, author, Children, Children's literature, Edward Gorey, Illustration, Illustrator, Literature
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Borders Books Bankruptcy
February 20, 2011It’s been announced… Borders Books is going bankrupt. This is not a bad thing though because they are staying open while restructuring their business model. They have seen the changing face of publishing and book selling and are changing their business to suit it. So congratulations Borders for keeping up with the times!
Categories: Distributing, Publishing history, Publishing Trends
Tags: Books, Borders Books, Borders Group, Business, Chapter 11 Title 11 United States Code, Publishing, Shopping, United States
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Publishing off the beaten path
January 23, 2011I have been following along with all the publishing hoo-ha that’s been happening and I have something in mind that is all my own. It is going to be a new form of publishing. Perhaps it will be successful and expand or it could very well go the other way and fail. I just ask [...]
Categories: Children's Publisher, digital publishing, Distributing, ebooks, Editing, Guerrilla marketing, hand selling, Independent Publishing, Marketing, Picture Books, printing, Publishing, Publishing history, Publishing Trends, self publishing, writing, YA Publishing
Tags: Business, Digital rights management, E-book, PRWEB, Publishing, Publishing and Printing, Religion and Spirituality, Self-publishing
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ebooks are officially here to stay
December 21, 2010Ok, big news here. My Mom came to visit me yesterday and gave me some news that nearly knocked my slippers off! She bought an e-reader. The woman who doesn’t venture close to technology did the unthinkable. She is reading a tablet! This is a sure sign to me that e-books are officially here to [...]
Categories: Children's Publisher, digital publishing, Distributing, ebooks, Independent Publishing, Picture Books, printing, Publishing, Publishing history, Publishing Trends, self publishing, writing, YA Publishing
Tags: Barnes & Noble, Business, Comparison of e-book readers, E-book, IPad, Nook, Publishing, Santa, Sony Reader
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Excellent Book Find
December 9, 2010I had a little bit of time to myself yesterday and decided to visit my local bookstore. While browsing I found this title and took a comfy seat to peek through it. I was absolutely delighted to find a plethora of resources for marketing with little to no money and lots of creativity. This book [...]
Categories: Author Publicity, Children's Publisher, digital publishing, Distributing, ebooks, Editing, encouraging others, face to face, Guerrilla marketing, hand selling, Independent Publishing, Marketing, Picture Books, printing, Publishing, Publishing Trends, self publishing, writing, YA Publishing
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Encouraging others to ‘go it alone’
November 12, 2010I received the nicest email today and wanted to share it with all of you. It is from a woman who self published and is continuing with more books! Always good to hear. ________________________________________________________________________ Hi, Erin. I wrote to you last spring concerning info on getting published. You were kind enough to respond to my [...]
Categories: Author Publicity, Children's Publisher, encouraging others, face to face, hand selling, Independent Publishing, Picture Books, Publishing, Publishing Trends, Random Acts Of Kindness, self publishing, writing
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Picking my brain…
August 29, 2010Harper Collins has taken the publishing industry one step further. They have set up a website www.authonomy.com where authors submit their manuscripts to be read by others weather it be peers, editors, or even total strangers.
Categories: Author Publicity, Children's Publisher, digital publishing, Distributing, ebooks, Marketing, Publishing, Publishing Trends, Remember when, YA Publishing
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Publishing Trends
July 20, 2010Support your local bookstore to keep it alive but don’t run from the digital book. Be sure that when you publish a book, you go both avenues. Give your readers a choice. Give them the option and see what they choose, I am willing to bet they will opt to feel the paper in their hands. (I’d like to see how a digital book signing compares at you local Barnes and N
Categories: Author Publicity, Children's Publisher, digital publishing, Distributing, ebooks, Independent Publishing, Marketing, Picture Books, Publishing, Publishing Trends, YA Publishing
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Sunday Nostalgia Moment
July 18, 2010Do you remember this bad boy? It was all the rage in the early 90′s because it was the first type of scanner introduced and artists were jumping for joy everywhere and so were those who wanted so desperately to stop cutting and pasting for their publishing needs.
Categories: cut and paste, Editing, Illustrating, Independent Publishing, Picture Books, printing, Publishing, Publishing history, Remember when
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