Archive for category Publishing
Passionate Hookers: process, contents list revealed
Posted by Leticia in Books, Publishing on August 28th, 2009
Passionate Hookers is our forthcoming craft title. In this post we give you the full contents list to keep you excited, but also talk a little bit about the production and manufacturing process. It’s something you rarely hear from publishers, but one that we think is valuable. In putting this book together – which took [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Adelaide Academic Press finds new home
Posted by Leticia in Publishing on August 24th, 2009
– Adelaide, Monday 24 August : Brascoe Publishing is proud to announce the addition of a new imprint to its roster, with Adelaide Academic Press (AAP). Adelaide Academic Press (AAP) is South Australia’s only dedicated academic press. Our company recently acquired the business and are breathing new life into it. The press has been in [...]
From Flying along to building your Anthill
Posted by Leticia in Books, Publishing on August 21st, 2009
Yes, it’s true: authors are businesses too. So, for something completely different, here’s a blog about business-y sorts of things. It has been sparked by my reading of two different websites online: Flying Solo and Australian Anthill Magazine. I’ve been reading posts at Flying Solo – Australia’s website for what they call ‘solopreneurs’, despite Brascoe [...]
Digital Rights Management = cartelisation? Good question.
Posted by Leticia in Books, Publishing on August 12th, 2009
The word ‘cartel’ is so old-school that it seems almost strange to be digging it up out of the lexicon and applying it to digital books. But that’s exactly what I’m going to do, to illustrate the point that ebooks, by dint of DRM, are priced disgustingly high. In recent conversations on Twitter, in which [...]
Interesting publishing-related links… from Twitter
Posted by Leticia in Books, Editing, Publishing on August 10th, 2009
Given that we tweet quite a bit on Twitter and, more’s the point, tweet out stacks of interesting links every week, we figured that it’s about time we compiled a few of them. Here they are – enjoy! Prisoners Plagiarise Famous Poems http://bit.ly/2g53ip Cover art is a marketing tool but without thought it can go [...]
