eBooks
Thursday, July 9, 2009 [ 11 Comments ]
Frequently Asked Questions: Contract Terms and Marketing Plans
Not surprisingly, since announcing Quartet Press, the most popular question we’ve received from prospective authors and others is “What are your contract terms?" - we've decided it would be a good idea to summarize our terms here on our blog. Since the second most frequently asked question, “Marketing? Tell me...Monday, July 6, 2009 [ 10 Comments ]
Dear Reader: We Feel Your eBook Pain
In an era of disruptive media technologies, one technology exceeds all others in its ability to disrupt. It's a technology that is literally shaping the way we buy, use, and interact with all forms of media -- including ebooks. I am speaking, of course, about Digital Rights Management (DRM). In theory,...Monday, June 29, 2009 [ 6 Comments ]
A Million Little Pieces: Getting Started with the Startup Edition
If you're wondering what getting a real company started from scratch is like, think about this: Do you remember the first time you got your own apartment or house and realized that the downpayment or deposit plus first month's rent (which seemed massive) were just the beginning of the list of...Sunday, June 28, 2009 [ 0 Comments ]
Interview with a Winner: Lori Green Talks Books + Reading
Lori Green is a winner. Well, probably for lots of reasons, but for Quartet Press, Lori is winner for coming up with our new tagline: "For the Readers. For the Authors. For the Stories." Lovely, isn't it? And, it really embodies what Quartet aims to be all about. We want...Sunday, June 21, 2009 [ 13 Comments ]
RWA and Digital Publishing: It’s Time for New Think
I've been in RWA so long, I remember the first ePub war. Ah, memories. So few of them are pleasant. I have seen the good, the bad, the ugly, and the really stupid (oh, author who proclaimed that going epub meant you wouldn't be edited, I still cringe when I...Sunday, June 14, 2009 [ 9 Comments ]
Good Grief, We’re Actually Doing This (and you can play along at home)
Whoa. Just a few weeks ago, Quartet Press was still a gleam in our collective eye, but after much conversation and debate, we’re off to the races with our new digital publishing venture. It’s equal parts exciting, terrifying and overwhelming in the number of things that need to be decided,...Sunday, June 7, 2009 [ 1 Comment ]