Links of Interest

WORLDBUILDING: Highly respected fantasy author Katherine Kerr shows how she created her magical world.

http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/blogs/creating-magic-deverry-katharine-kerr

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: The tricky out-of-print contract clause.

http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2009/11/sales-thresholds-in-oop-clauses.html

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Why publishers are having an increasingly bad time of pushing specific titles, particularly nonfiction.

http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2009/11/moving-needle.html

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: How the no-competition clause in a publishing contract affects separate electronic rights.

http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2009/11/when-no-compete-clause-comes-into-play.html

CRAFT: The inciting event in a novel.

http://talktoyouniverse.blogspot.com/2009/11/inciting-event-and-your-world-revisited.html

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Yet more words to know about books sold--sell in, sell through, returns and earn out. Simple words that can make or break your career.

http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/11/sell-in-sell-through-and-earn-out.html

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: An overview of the revision of the Google Book agreement with links to various articles.

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2009/11/revised-google-book-search-settlement.html

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Introduction to the things you need to do to get ready to submit your novel to agents or publishers.

http://angryrobotbooks.com/2009/11/pitch-perfect/

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Three things you want to figure out before you try to sell your book to agents or publishers.

http://behlerblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/those-pesky-three-questions-that-can-stop-your-heart/

Agent Irene Goodman will auction off 25 partial (3 chapters and a synopsis) critiques for charity.

http://www.irenegoodman.com/ebay.php

NEW WORD OF THE YEAR: The people at New Oxford American Dictionary have choosen their new word of the year among such contenders as netbook, ecotown, teabagger, hashtag, intexticated, unfriend, and sexting.

http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Ebook sales are exploding, and paper book sales are getting better.

http://ireaderreview.com/2009/11/15/kindle-sales-explode-for-random-house-2-9-to-22-6-million/

http://news.shelf-awareness.com/ar/theshelf/2009-11-18/aap_september_sales_jump_12_3_up_3_6_for_the_year.html

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Agent Kristin Nelson gives her take on Harlequin's new self-publishing/vanity press line, Horizons.

http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2009/11/exploitation-or-empowerment.html

EDITOR INTERVIEW: Harlequin editor Charles Griemsman.

http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/meet-assistant-editor-charles-griemsman