by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 13, 2012 | Blog, Publishing
The Out of Print Writing blog has just published a short series of interviews with an Australian publisher (Rebecca Starford, Affirm Press), an Australian literary agent (me) and a writer (Neil Randall) on what happens when a writer gets “a nibble” of...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 29, 2012 | Blog, Publishing
I thought I’d been a bit quiet in the Twitterverse during June, but my monthly list of my most popular Tweets seems to tell a different story. I hope there’s something helpful here for you: None of that 4-hr work week hokum: Penelope Trunk’s...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 15, 2012 | Blog, Publishing
Last week Crikey published my response (requires registration) to the Publishers Launch conference that ran on June 4th, the day before the juggernaut of Book Expo America. The conference focused on digital publishing and the ways old and new publishers are responding...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 9, 2012 | Blog, Client book news and links, Publishing
Allen & Unwin guru Jane Palfreyman sent me this photo of the Big W point-of-sale-display (POSD) for my client Fiona Higgins’ debut novel The Mothers’ Group. The POSD began as part of a Mothers’ Day push for the book, published in late March, and...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 30, 2012 | Blog, Publishing
I don’t know whether my most-retweeted links reflect my eclectic reading habits or my Tweeps’ diverse interests, but the list below is definitely a May miscellany. For anyone new to my blog, a warm welcome, and a quick explanation that at the end of each...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 25, 2012 | Blog, Publishing
Two of my clients have been surprised recently to learn that they are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce song lyrics in their respective novels. I’m sorry to break it to you, authors, but if you want to reproduce anything by another artist in your...