Mango Publishing Acquires Red Wheel/Weeiser’s Conari Press. Details at https://tinyurl.com/y6fda7ms.
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Looking to get more organized? Ready to drop hints for holiday gifts? Check out Jane Friedman’s personal newsletter, in which she shares digital tools and resources for authors. https://mailchi.mp/janefriedman/electric-speed-116?e=4db3355a43
For current trends in traditional book-publishing news, fiction, non-fiction, and YA, check her blog post at https://tinyurl.com/yxckexg7.
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David Farland says writing is not a job for lazy people. It may look simple, but if you’re not writing, you’re not earning. Read more at https://tinyurl.com/y3vrtn6e.
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At BookEnds Literary Agency, Jessica Faust says you can’t be just a plotter or a pantser. If you plot too much, you miss opportunities that arise as you write. If you completely wing it, you’re liable to wander too far off topic. Read more at http://bookendsliterary.com/2019/10/17/becoming-both-a-pantser-and-a-plotter/.
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PW Daily—backlash for Macmillan over e-book sales, self-published books jumped 40% in 2018, what’s really going on with Chinese tariffs, and more at https://tinyurl.com/y225jzup
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Random House Graphics releases its debut list this January https://tinyurl.com/y3uytw24
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From The Writer—Nine Strategies for Handling Criticism as a Writer
https://tinyurl.com/y2um8gj4