Editorial Anonymous gives us a nice reminder not to get too YESYESYES when an editor makes an offer.You can, you know, ASK FOR MORE MONEY.Read the post.
Dear Google, don’t be evil
The Open Book Alliance, which includes tech companies Yahoo! and Microsoft, and author, publisher and library groups, has written a "manifesto" challenging the Google Book Search settlement.The settlement is bad for consumers and book-lovers: It deliberately thwarts competition in the emerging e-books market, creating a digital book monopoly that will inevitably lead to fewer choices... Continue Reading →
We’re Rich! We’re Rich!
Oh, wait. The average picture book advance was $4,000. We never have been good at counting those zeroes.Get more detail about average and mean advances on Barbara Kanninen's site ("mean" here is a mathematical term, not a synonym for stingy, though you would be forgiven for thinking this).