Notes from the Armchair #2
By Laura Zats I have a confession to make… When I started working with Red Sofa Literary, just a few short months ago, I was terrified…
Notes from the Armchair #1
By Laura Zats When thinking about the Red Sofa Chats this blog posts, I’m always reminded of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s series of Fireside Chats during the…
Building a Love of Reading – Praise for the Teachers and Librarians
This weekend is the 2010 Midwinter ALA Meeting for the American Library Association. It is the place to be, should anyone be able to go to Boston. The Newberry, Caldecott,…
The Secret Art of Book Handselling
One of the reasons I love being an agent is that my roots come from the “front lines.” I remember starting my first bookstore job, loving…
Bookstores, Branding, & Book Publishing
I am going to simply post the link and HIGHLY encourage you to read this. This blog, and the thesis it refers to, hits the figurative…
Pleasure reading
I know I’m not the only person who finds it difficult to keep up with all the reading that’s required in my publishing life, while taking…
The Evolution of Illustrated books
Over the last decade, even the last 50 years, books have evolved from the straight-up literary work or work of non-fiction, into to a complex set…
Thoughts about e-Books
While in graduate school, the major focus of my working thesis was children’s electronic books. At the time, there was a new surge in school libraries,…
2011 Writer’s Market now taking article pitches
“From: Robert Brewer, Writer’s Market Subject: Call for Submissions–2011 Writer’s Market! Accepting article pitches for 2011 Writer’s Market until September 1, 2009. In body of e-mail,…
Queries – Don’t take rejections too personally
Rejections are a normal part of the industry. It happens during the search for an agent, as well as during the general publisher submission process (once the agent is…
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