The editor I kidnapped is still in my basement, though I've moved a wine cellar and some fruitcake down there so my sequestered editor has plenty to eat. And she's consented to answer more questions for you, in the fourth edition of “Ask the Editor.” Taylor L. asked: What tips a book from the maybe pile to the yes pile as far as acquisitions go? How much more scrutiny do you give a first time … Continue reading Ask the Editor: Questions and Answers, Part IV→
Don’t worry – I do let the editor locked in my basement come outside for fresh air and a nap and some wine and whatnot. She’s a freerange editor when she’s not answering reader questions here! J9 asked: How has the explosion of the e-reader and e-book market changed publishing, especially acquisition, marketing and sales expectations? And related, has the e-book market caused editors’ job duties to change? Ask the Editor In a nice way, … Continue reading Ask the Editor: Questions and Answers, Part III→
She’s still in my basement (which is dry, thank heaven) and I’ve still got a lot of wine for bribery purposes, so Editor X is happy to answer more questions. Here we go with installment two of “Ask the Editor.” Anony Miss asked: My question: why aren’t there more scratch-n-sniff contemporary novels? I think it’s a whole niche market being totally ignored. Ask the Editor Speaking as a person who had to research the embedding … Continue reading Ask the Editor: Questions and Answers, Part II→
Remember that editor I have tied up in my basement? She’s been fed and I shared my wine supply because I’m not TOTALLY evil, and she’s consented to answer some of your questions from our original entry. I’ve got quite a few answers – she’s really freaking wordy, my GOD – so I’ll break them up in to several posts. Kim in Hawaii asked Do you read bloggers’ reviews and readers’ comments? If yes, does … Continue reading Ask the Editor: Lots of Questions, Lots of Answers→
I admit, I’m terribly curious to find out what the Kindle on-device library lending will look like, whenever it arrives this fall. But I learned recently of another library lending program that totally knocked my socks off. At the Cudahy Family Library in Cudahy, Wisconsin – where is that, you ask? It’s right here – the librarians have the Most Interesting Lending Program. They lend Kindles. No, really, they lend Kindles. Preloaded with a ton … Continue reading Lending Kindles at the Library→
Yesterday when I was formatting my review for Courtney Milan’s Unlocked, I put the author’s name in both the “author” and “publisher” field. I have a feeling I will be doing that more and more often, and I know I’ll be doing it again for Milan. Read on for an interview (as usual, a nosy one) about Milan’s decision to self publish the third book in her trilogy. So what’s the story? You’ve shared why … Continue reading Interview with Courtney Milan: Self Publishing Her Next Novel→
Two interview events, one now and one coming soon! First, as I mentioned last week, this evening at 6:30pm, I’m interviewing Gena Showalter at the Apple store in Soho, New York City (103 Prince Street). The interview will be about 40 minutes with time for Q&A, and will be taped for a podcast to be released later. Also: Tuesday, 24 May at 10:30am in the Sourcebooks Booth, #4356, I will be signing advance reader copies … Continue reading Questions? Questions? Upcoming Live Event Interviews with Gena Showalter and Nalini Singh→
Are you breathlessly anticipating the next book in Julia Spencer-Fleming’s series? Curious to see how Clare and Russ survive her deployment? Well, over the past few months, Julia and I have been working on an interview (really, this email has been going back and forth for AWHILE) and she’s got 5 8 ARCs to give away this weekend. She’ll ship them out anywhere so you’ll get a copy zippy fast. Just leave a comment below … Continue reading One Was a Soldier: An Interview and Giveaway→
by SB Sarah · Feb 24, 2011 at 12:21 pm ·
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One of the sessions I attended at Tools of Change was from BeneTech, which works to make books accessible to those with significant physical obstacles to reading, such as visual impairment or learning disability. Listening to that presentation, I tweeted some of it and heard back from a reader named Sassy Outwater, who agreed with some of the points and offered to school me on what blind readers need and have to facilitate their own … Continue reading The Blind Teaching the Reader: An Interview→
Jesse Peterson won the author interview I offered for the Brenda Novak Diabetes Auction, and she wanted to talk about her book Married With Zombies, which comes out 1 September 2010. I decided it might be fun to do a goofy video author interview, and ask Jesse about her book, and what’s next in zombie fiction. She totally went along with my bizarre questions during the RWA conference – we’re in the lobby of the … Continue reading Behold! A Video Interview with Jesse Petersen!→
The winners of the newest books from Kelley Armstrong and Marjorie M. Liu are: Kaye and Jen H. Please contact me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom with your mailing address – congratulations! I’ll reopen the comments so anyone who would like to talk about the new Liu and Armstrong books can have at it – thanks for entering the contest!
