Do you follow news about the publishing industry? Maybe a snippet comes to you here or there, or maybe you subscribe to a pile of publications. Whether I'm actively looking for it or not, publishing news tends to find me.
I get much of my information from fellow writers. However, I also make a point to read magazines, blogs, and websites that focus on the industry. My favorite publications are RWR (the monthly magazine RWA publishes), and Romantic Times BOOKReview. Both keep me up to date in the romance novel industry. In addition to great interviews and articles, RT BOOKReview gives reviews for the month's fiction releases in the following genres: romance, mystery, paranormal, erotica, mainstream, inspirational, urban fantasy, and science fiction.
For the larger picture, I like the website Publishers Lunch. It's a free, daily update of what's happening in publishing. For a fee, you can subscribe to its host, the in-depth site, Publishers Marketplace.
A few other great publications are Writer's Digest, The Writer, and Poets & Writers. No, I don't read all of these magazines every month, but I do check them out occasionally.
On an offbeat note, I also rely on Entertainment Weekly. It rarely, if ever, reviews romances, but it still offers several book reviews along with the fiction and non-fiction top ten charts for the week. Valuable, in my opinion. And about once a month Stephen King writes a column. You can count on it to be thoughtful, sometimes funny, and always entertaining.
What are your favorite industry resources?
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Friday, September 25, 2009
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