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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware True to its promise, Harlequin has ditched the Harlequin Horizons name. It's now DellArte Press .
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...heeeeere's Tweetbookz ! Tweetbookz will turn your tweets --those 140-character electronic messages about what you had for breakfast this morning or maybe something more interesting or important, but either way, quickly written and just as quickly forgotten--into Real Paper Books. That's ...
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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last week, RWA , MWA , and SFWA all issued official statements condemning Harlequin Enterprises' new self-publishing division, Harlequin Horizons . (In response to criticism, Harlequin has pledged to "chang[e] the name of the self-publishing company ...
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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware SFWA has joined RWA and MWA in issuing a statement about Harlequin Horizons . ------------- In November, 2009, Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd. announced the launch of a new imprint, Harlequin Horizons, for aspiring romance authors. Under normal ...
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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Today, Mystery Writers of America (a sponsor of Writer Beware, along with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) issued this announcement to its members: ----------------------------------- Dear MWA Members: Recently, Harlequin ...
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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Deep question number one: Why has the launch of Harlequin Horizons provoked such a gigantic firestorm of indignation, when the launch of West Bow Press (which is exactly the same sort of venture, except way more expensive and with a referral fee ...
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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Hot on the heels of the launch of West Bow Press , Thomas Nelson's new self-publishing division, Harlequin Enterprises has unveiled Harlequin Horizons , a company that "that offers aspiring romance writers the opportunity to self-publish their work ...
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On Friday, Google, the Association of American Publishers, and the Authors Guild filed a revised version of the Google Book Search Settlement . It's now up to Judge Denny Chin to set dates for a notice period, an objection hearing, and the final Fairness Hearing. A brief overview of the issues ...
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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Yesterday, PW reported on the launch of AgentInbox , a new service from collaborative writing website WEbook (I've blogged about WEbook before). "AgentInbox is a service that connects publication-ready authors with reputable, vetted literary ...
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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Some blog posts and articles that piqued my interest over the past few weeks. Inspired by a silly piece by writer Jeff Rivera on GalleyCat, in which he, the owner of a self-publishing service, and an anonymous author question the usefulness of ...
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posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware As readers of this blog know, I'm fascinated by the strange phenomena that flourish at the fringes of the publishing world. So I was thrilled recently to discover yet another example: an online course that teaches people how to become Virtual ...
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Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Copyright, literally, is "the right to copy." It guarantees the authors of creative works--including books, artworks, films, recordings, photographs--the exclusive right for a set period of time to allow other people to copy and distribute the work, ...
