Books aren’t just catapulted out into the world willy-nilly, no matter what some people might think. There’s always a complex calculation on the publisher’s side, to figure out who the audience is and how best to get to those people. The books that don’t have any clear audience, or obvious way to reach them, are…
ComiXology announced on Friday it is releasing creator-owned comic books and graphic novels for the first time as part of its comiXology Originals program. The premiere digital comics service announced four new comiXology Originals titles spanning fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and superhero genres via a livestreaming event on Twitch. Readers can dive into the debut…
From last week: When I wrote about numerous other options there certainly are. The four I list are ones I can speak about from a personal perspective. Publishing Options: Find a major publisher Crowd Fund Fund Yourself Go outside the box. The vast majority of top tier creators in the industry use option number…
For those uninitiated to my writing process, allow me to be transparent: I write my column Tuesday evening. This is helpful for many reasons – mostly all revolving around having a full-time day job, a family, and Unshaven Comics. With that being said, I’d be remiss if I didn’t come clean. Today, I’m sure there…
Years back, I was negotiating a contract with DC. I read the contract and there was something I didn’t understand so I asked around the office as to what it meant. Most of the people there didn’t know either but the consensus was, “Just sign it. It’ll be okay.” One person actually said, “We’re all…
http://kriswrites.com/2014/04/23/the-business-rusch-all-good-things/#sthash.fGx9olHX.dpbs April marks the fifth anniversary of the blog. Not of the Business Rusch, exactly, but of writing every Thursday about business or writing or something to do with publishing. And now, it’s time to wrap it up…
http://io9.com/the-7-most-common-misconceptions-about-science-fiction-1189361443 Science fiction book publishers sail the multiverse like a fleet of unstoppable hyper-cruisers. And many of us dream of being beamed up to one of these motherships. But at the same time, a lot of people don’t understand how the system works. Here are the seven most common mistaken ideas about science fiction book…
Once again, closing windows on my computer so you can open them up on yours. The Literary Darknet of Independent Publishing: “The invisible, generally unregulated ocean of written content coming onto the market from the self-publishing community is, in some ways, a literary equivalent of the Darknet. This tremendous volume of content is far greater…
Today on Amazing Stories: an interview with Tanya Tynjala by M. C. Carper (en espanol) http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/07/conociendo-a-tanya-tynjala-escritora-de-cf/ an essay on Early Readers by Monique Jacobhttp://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/07/those-early-readers/ the first installment of a personal discovery of SF by B. Morris Allenhttp://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/07/introduction-to-sff-1-the-mysterious-ms-x/ a STRONG endorsement of reading publishing contracts from Cedar Sandersonhttp://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/07/read-the-contract/ a bit about the Ray Palmer biography from…
When I started my first term at DC Comics back in 1976, DC’s then-VP of production Jack Adler told me the story of the biggest comic book the company never published: Blockbuster. It was purported to be a mammoth reprint book, not unlike their 100-Page Spectaculars but maybe five times bigger. But it was a…
BOOM! Studios, the comics and graphic novel publisher, has acquired indie label Archaia Entertainment. BOOM! Studios will be the surviving company and the Archaia brand shall be maintained as a distinct imprint of BOOM!. The addition of Archaia positions BOOM!’s catalog of intellectual property as the largest independent company-controlled comic book and graphic novel library,…
Pro Se Productions, a leader in Genre and New Pulp Fiction,àannouncesàtoday that as of April 1, 2013, no further unsolicited novel oràcollectionàsubmissions will be set for publication in 2013.àâÂÂThe reason is,â Tommy Hancock, Partner in and Editor in Chief of Pro Se Productions explained, âÂÂwe simply have more than enough…
