LOST IN THE MIDLIST.
The author explains the woes of being a mid-list nonfiction author. The author cannot expect a high degree of privacy concerning the fruits of their labor. A mid-list author will always be working on a proposal. A serious nonfiction writer falls between commercial writing and scholarly requirements....
| Publicado en: | Bookseller no. 5265; p. 24 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Bookseller Media Ltd
1/26/2007
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| Sumario: | The author explains the woes of being a mid-list nonfiction author. The author cannot expect a high degree of privacy concerning the fruits of their labor. A mid-list author will always be working on a proposal. A serious nonfiction writer falls between commercial writing and scholarly requirements. Commercial publishers always want something new, which creates the temptation to cut corners and further frustrates the life of the self-employed author. |
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