Last week, our store(s) hosted our third annual Palm Springs Readers’ Festival. It was an absolute smash. More attendees than ever, 20% more book sales, and it was profitable for the first time ever. These events are a far cry from the glitzy million dollar conferences TechCrunch and Pando
I write a lot in this space about the BS that other people will tell you about the book business. I’ve also written a lot about PLATFORM, which everyone will tell you that you need in order to sell a book. That is not BS. You do need a
Just a note to celebrate the fact that my third client to put their proposal out into the market has just sold their book at auction in a wonderful deal with the absolute best possible editor thanks to an incredible agent. We were really lucky to get multiple major publishers
I have not written a post in a while. But your extra inbox space has been my clients' gain. When I said in January I was co-writing five books this year, people looked at me like I was lying or insane. But that claim is not what the headline
“You should write about how you do proposals, because it’s really different from all the other ways I was led to believe proposals are done.” That’s what one of my clients– my first client to sell a six figure book at auction– said to me last week. And
The other day I was on LinkedIn. I am about to be in San Francisco uninterrupted for the summer, and it’s my big season of reconnecting with friends and business development. I have an unexpected opening for a few months in late summer, and I'm hunting for
You have not heard from me for a while! My apologies. I had an absurd April. I traveled with one teen or another from April 6 until. . . well, I am writing this from a Dance Convention in Anaheim so NOW. So almost a month. Keeping up with work (not to
I am extremely fortunate that I get to pick people I want to work with. Maybe this won’t always be the case. But for now there are three types of people I just won't work with. I'm too old, too tired, and have the luxury
