The "Medievalist says editing is a business, but really means it is a craft and she is an artisan, not a business person," writes Rich Adin in his essay Medievalist or Futurist? (An American Editor, 9-18-13). We are experiencing a shift away from the (good old) "medievalist" days when editing, viewed more as a craft than a business, Read More
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Health insurance, freelancers, and the Affordable Care Act
August 22, 2013
(Updated 1-8-25; originally published 8-22-13)
The following may help freelancers figure out what health insurance freelance writers and editors can get under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). According to the Authors Guild:
• "Assistance for premium costs: For those with incomes under specified thresholds, federal tax credits will be available to help cover the costs of premiums.
• "Choices will vary by states: For state-based exchanges, choices will vary depending on where you live. The federal Health and Human Services agency has posted interactive maps that provide useful information and provides links to state exchanges and websites." See in particular this website:
A guide to insurance across the U.S. (Association of Health Care Journalists)
---Reporting on Consumers’ Health Insurance Problems: 50-State Media Guide. Read More
CreateSpace, Lightning Source, and Lulu: One self-publisher's experience
June 30, 2013
Guest Post by Tom Benjey, initially for the Washington Biography Group.
Print On Demand (POD) technology allows books to be printed digitally one a time, thus relieving the publisher of the cost of printing a batch of books and having capital tied up in them until they sell. Major publishing houses have been using this technology for some time to keep their backlist titles in print. Read More
Print On Demand (POD) technology allows books to be printed digitally one a time, thus relieving the publisher of the cost of printing a batch of books and having capital tied up in them until they sell. Major publishing houses have been using this technology for some time to keep their backlist titles in print. Read More
Nonfiction--the long and the short of it
May 1, 2013
The 2013 conference of the American Society of Journalists & Authors was discouraging in most ways, encouraging in some, and offered much to learn. Being a writer-entrepreneur is more important than ever. Some trends, in a nutshell:
• Nobody knows where things are going to shake out in book publishing, things are changing so fast and in so many ways, but self-publishing has definitely Read More
• Nobody knows where things are going to shake out in book publishing, things are changing so fast and in so many ways, but self-publishing has definitely Read More
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Library Thing, GoodReads, Shelfari -- and other social networking for bookworms
March 16, 2013
You'll find a helpful range of reader reviews on these social networking for bookworms sites. Check out LibraryThing, GoodReads, Shelfari, BookCrossing, BookMooch, Book Movement, Read More