I’m catching up on our issues of Publishers Weekly, and I thought I’d share some info from its September 22 issue, in which PW writes the results of its 2013 Salary Survey (you can find more info here). Among the statistics… 89% of publishers’ staffs are white/Caucasian, with 3% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 3% mixed race, 1% …
We are delighted to announce that during the first six months of 2013, three Ashland Creek Press debut authors — Mindy Mejia, Olivia Chadha, and Jean Ryan — will be participating in the Book Divas‘ Ask a New Author column. This means that for the next six months, Mindy, Olivia, and Jean will be …
I’m not the only one who’s been saying that paperbacks are the new hardcovers, and e-books are the new paperbacks. Paperbacks are getting more expensive as publishers go with smaller print runs or print-on-demand (like us). And e-books are generally priced under $10, due in part to Amazon’s revenue-share incentives, but also due to the …
This is not exactly mainstream news, but the major publishers have been battling with libraries for the past few years over the pricing and management of e-books. It boils down the money, basically. Publishers have been increasing the price of e-books to more than triple the price of the equivalent paper books. To get an idea, …
I was just doing a little inventory here at Ashland Creek Press HQ and thought I’d add a blog post about what’s new here at the press. First, the human members of the staff had a big day at the recent Ashland Book and Author Festival — you can check out some photos here. They’ve also …