I’m back from the conference–tired but enthused about this publishing business I love. Pre con I’d been inundated with the downside of the book industry: death of chicklit, tight market getting tighter in general, branding of authors, blurring of lines. Scuttlebutt ran high with midlist authors being dropped, editors switching housing or hanging out an agency shingle, agents firing authors or shutting their doors to all but referred clients.
It’s enough to drive a person to drink.
All the Pens and Needles business cards I left in the goodie room vanished the first day, so if you are interested in … Read the rest »
