How You Can Make Money & Still Get Your Book Read

Here's something new in book publishing from Unglue.It: Crowdfunded ebooks become copyright-free once they’ve reached their target. This crowdfunding platform allows authors to charge for their ebooks until they’re satisfied with the profits earned and can release them happily into the public domain. There are three models for this:

1. Authors release their work for free and ask for support from readers and fans

2. Authors ask readers and fans to pledge towards the creation of an unfinished book

3. Authors with a finished work can set a funding target, after which the work will be released copyright free for everyone to read

 Check out the cool mission/definitions at the top of the Unglue.It page.

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What To Do About Amazon?

A lot of writers seem to be silent on the topic of Amazon's alleged backhanded business practices to handicap sales of Hachette books. There is a deafening roar of non-response, especially among those who are about to have a book published soon, such as myself.  But, I'll tell you mice. Fair is fair. I have to go with Stephen Colbert on this one. That might be dumb, since he is after all a Hachette author, and I am after all a nobody about to publish my book, but I've heard the beef of even teeny tiny publishers. What do you think? Comment anonymously, of course.

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Three Hundred Books to Read Every Week

I found this rejection online since it is now, apparently, all the rage to post one's rejections, though remember the good old days when people used to post comments telling me I would get sued and lynched, and I would never get published in "this town" again?  I wasn't getting published in any town anyway, was my thought on the matter.  That was what was funny.  That and the fact that no one really gave a crap about my posting my little treasure trove of rejections.  But when this whole concern started in 2007, it was a radical move to expose the names of the rejecters, which I have generally done. This particular found rejection has the name of the writer removed, as well as the last name of "Vicki, Agency Editor."  Because the title "Agency Editor" is so unusual, you can pretty much use the old Google-Whats-It and figure out who she is. Very young, bless her heart.

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MmmHmmm, Atticus Books, MmmHmmm

They want your rejections, but I was here first.

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Manhattan Judge Says No

This ruling against the googlization of all books happened while I was in California, and I missed it, but think it's important to note.

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There's An App For That

Here's a rejection app for your iPhone? It's called Rejection Therapy--The Game. The only rule is that you must be rejected by one person every day. The therapy part is this: "Do nothing and continue living..."

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Send Me Your Rejections

Some of the mice are grumbling at the quality of the rejections lately. Things are getting snooze-y around LROD lately, I'm told. My sense of excitement has been called into questions! Perhaps it's a fair criticism: I've been googling for rejections a lot and relying on the kindness of strangers to send me material. You can help a third-gendered blogger out and save the quality of this blog. Send me some of your best (or worst) rejections. I know you've thought about it, but probably never felt like putting the ham sandwich aside to actually sift through the data/papers in your computer/drawers to find evidence that publishing sucks. So, now's your chance. Put the sandwich down, and please, I'm begging you, send me a jpeg of your most prized rejection. Send to: writerrejected [at] aol [dot] com. Thank you. --The Management

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Dear Mute Entity That Makes Me Seem Cute

Is it some sort of trend among the young people?  (I sound like my mother: that and "the email.")  But really what's with all the writing of letters to things that can't write back. Have we lost our way? Is communication so abstract that it seems plausible to write to rejection letters and futures? Just wondering. And also: "Dear Dust Bunny Beneath my feet: I think you should stop mocking me. Sweep your own self up; I'm tired.  Sincerely, WR" "Dear Starbucks Chai Latte: You can fool me no longer. You are really just a liquid piece of cake in a cup. Tempt me no more, Okay? Now go away, WR" Maybe we've simply lost interest in what others (preferably mindful beings) have to say.

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Google News Rejection From the "Team"

Google as the evil rejector of the little guy.  I like the line, "we often get scoops."

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