Writing Insights – If You Self Publish on Amazon, Who Owns the Copyright?
Doris Booth
Doris Booth is founder and president of Authorlink®, the news and information magazine for editors, agents, writers, and readers, ranked among top websites for writers. The company’s separate literary agency represents some bestselling authors, both domestically and abroad. Doris has sold projects to St. Martin’s Press, Simon & Schuster, Sterling Publishing (Barnes and Noble), Berkley Books/Penguin, Farrar Straus Giroux and other dominant houses. She has also been involved in rights negotiations for two hit Netflix docuseries, as well as with other production studios. The agency is not accepting new authors at this time, but writers are encouraged to use Authorlink® as a comprehensive resource.
Interview: Body of Stars Explores Fate of Womanhood
Body of Stars, Laura Walter, Dutton Penguin Random House – From debut novelist Laura Maylene Walter, a bold and dazzling exploration of fate and female agency in a world very similar to our own—except that the markings on women’s bodies reveal the future. Laura braved 200 + rejections before her novel found a home.
How to Get a Book Published
About eighty percent of humans who answered various surveys in recent years say that someday they would like to write a book and get published. Perhaps half of those will start writing. Maybe five percent of the forty percent will finish, and far fewer will find a...
The Lost Apothecary, Debut Novel by Sarah Penner
The Lost Apothecary, Debut Novel, Sarah Penner, Park Row Books – Sarah Penner had more than one hundred rejection for her first novel. But she never gave up. Her second work, THE LOST APOTHECARY, has just been published by Park Row Publishing.
Is 20,000 Words A Good Length for Publishing a Book?
Writing Insights – Is 20,000 Words A Good Length for Publishing a Book?
Does the Quality of a Writer Depend on Their Observances?
Writing Insights: Does the Quality of a Writer Depend on Their Observances?
Interview: Debut Author, on The Little French Bridal Shop
The Little French Bridal Shop, Jennifer Dupee, St. Martins Press – “The Little French Bridal Shop is a compelling debut that explores grief, love, and finding yourself.”
Kate Padilla’s Poetry Book Captures Heritage
APPLES ROT ON THE GROUND by Kate Padilla (Finishing Line Press, 2021) Reviewer: Doris Booth Our own Authorlink columnist Kate Padilla has just released her first book of poems, titled APPLES ROT ON THE GROUND. The unlikely title has deep meaning for her and her Latina...
Who’s Copyright Will Appear on My Book, the Publisher’s or Mine?
Writing Insights: Who’s Copyright Will Appear on My Book
Interview: Author Andrew Mayne Returns With Black Coral
Black Coral, Andrew Mayne, Thomas & Mercer –
