Authors are Extraordinary; Publishers are Ordinary

I gave a presentation called “Publishing 101” at the Brookfield Public Library on Sunday. I’ve given this presentation a couple of times before, and it treads familiar territory for me. I do an overview of types of publishers, types of contracts, and some good-to-know pieces of information for anyone interested in the industry (usually folks…

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Orange Hat’s Next Chapter: Now What? 

When deciding what was next in my career and discussing my purchase of Orange Hat with our founder Shannon Ishizaki, I kept returning to the phrase “service continuity” as my foremost goal. Yes, ownership was changing, and there was soon to be someone else at the helm. But I wanted our authors to feel that…

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