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Charlie Stross on the publishing industry
Scifi author and blogger Charlie Stross has written a five-part series on how the publishing industry actually works:
The structure of the publishing industry
,
how books are made from manuscripts
,
a dissection of a book contract
(with digressions on the implications of clauses, and why it's in an author's interests to get an agent),
the logistics and economics of territories and translations
, an exposition of
the economic forces responsible for books being the length they are
, with speculation on possible future trends, and a piece on
who comes up with book titles, blurbs and cover artwork
(hint: it's not the author). As with all of Charlie's writing, it's keenly insightful and highly readable.
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