… Read more   Are book reviews worth it?
Do reviews actually sell books? No, but you do.
It seems that, at least according to newspapers, the book review is a thing of the past. Most newspapers have done away with book sections, severely limited book reviews and care less and less about cultural

The noted playwright David Mamet is only the latest big-name writer to self-publish. Mamet said that for his next book, which will consist of a novella and two stories, he will self-publish, working with his agency ICM Partners… Read more    .

Mamet self-publishing isn’t really news, not anymore, when people like the

Many e-commerce sites are cutting out the middlemen and passing savings onto customers.

… Read more   You’d think that publishers would have done that long ago.
But no, its authors who are doing that. Self-published authors, of course.
Publishers still consider themselves gatekeepers of quality writing. And they continue to work with booksellers,