Melanie Saxton

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Many authors, especially first-time authors, feel a bit lost as they search for experienced book editors. Below is some helpful guidance, especially for first-time authors who need professional help with the editing and publishing journey. How long has the book editor been working with authors on manuscripts? Experience is key.

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Melanie Saxton

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re writing a technical manual, an autobiography, a novel, or a self-help book, how expertly you convey your message matters. Available on Amazon I’ve always loved storytelling, from the time I repeated fairy tales to my siblings to the time I began writing magazine editorials and editing books.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 12, 2024

Securing the services of a literary agent has long been the gold standard for authors pursuing a long and successful career in publishing. At the turn of the twentieth century, the so-called “author’s representative” emerged as the figure who would help authors cut a better deal with publishers. It’s easy to understand why.

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Jane Friedman

MAY 2, 2023

Photo by ANTONI SHKRABA production Today’s post is by David Wogahn, the author of Countdown to Book Launch and the president of AuthorImprints , a self-publishing services company. This article is based on his presentation at IBPA’s Publishing University , Launch Plans—Build Out Your Blueprint for Success.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Harlequin Teen (started in 2009) was relaunched as Inkyard in 2019, publishing both YA and middle-grade fiction. It’s only logical: Publishing is a business, and if the imprint doesn’t earn its keep, there’s only so long it can continue. Publicist Kathleen Schmidt , who has had a long career in traditional publishing, agrees. “If

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Melanie Saxton

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The article below, published in Conroe City Lifestyle , could easily be something found in interior design books. Do you have an interior design book percolating inside your head? I can help — I’ve edited thousands of literary and editorial manuscripts and ghostwritten nearly 30 books.

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Melanie Saxton

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I learned a lot by writing the article below, and it brought to mind the need for more current and clarifying reverse mortgage books. If you are a professional in the home lending market and specialize in reverse mortgages, consider the value of reverse mortgage books. These mortgages are not what I initially thought. Check it out!

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Content Marketing Institute

JANUARY 18, 2018

How do we evolve from seeing content as sales collateral to acting like publishers? Start by studying iQ’s five-year evolution as the iQ team replaced its marketing mindset with a publishing one. Start by studying iQ’s five-year evolution as the iQ team replaced its marketing mindset with a publishing one. Insource your content.

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Make a Living Writing

JULY 5, 2023

Writers are often told to keep their day job until book sales take off, but what if you could find a day job in the industry you love? If you’re here, chances are that you love reading and book publishing jobs are up there in your list of dream careers. Not all book publishing jobs include this aspect.

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Elna Cain

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I know – Sometimes the guidelines seem like a reading a book and many of them use font size 5 too! Pitch email guideline example of what not to pitch Atlas Obscura specifically lays out what they don’t want and things they will never publish for their magazine. This means your guest article is no longer published or live.

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Melanie Saxton

MAY 2, 2024

However, I have put my legal training to good use by editing books for lawyer authors (including one in Austin) and blogging for law firms and sole practitioners. Below is a recently published article from May 2024. I’ve interviewed judges and law partners throughout the years and enjoy the law sector very much.

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Publishing Trends

MAY 23, 2024

Followin g an introduction by NYU host and Associate Dean of NYU SPS Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts, Andrea Chambers , and AALA’s Jennifer Weltz , the kickoff panel featured S&S ’s Jon Karp, Scholastic ’s Peter Warwick , Abrams ’ Mary McAveney and Baker & Taylor ’s Aman Kochar.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

At Penguin Young Readers , Ken Wright , President and Publisher of the Viking , Philomel , and Flamingo Publishing Group , will retire at the end of January 2023. Jordan Bishop joins Random House Children’s Books as Digital Marketing Associate. At Wonderwell , Eva Avery joins as Editorial Director.

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Kristi Hines

JUNE 20, 2021

Editorial Calendars. Wrike – Plan your content, create a new workflow, and track items from the first draft to publishing. Project Gutenberg – Over 60,000 free ebooks and books in the public domain. Locates relevant academic search results from web pages, books, encyclopedias, and journals.

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Grammarly

JUNE 2, 2023

Have you read any good books lately? A reaction essay is a written response to material or events in the world at large; this extensive list includes everything from books and movies to trends and events. For example, you might cite three specific chapters to support your reaction to a book.

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Jane Friedman

MAY 7, 2024

Photo by Oleksandr P Today’s post is by author, editor, and book coach Julie Artz ( @julieartz ). There’s been a lot of discussion recently about the challenges around publishing with the Big Five, some of it overblown and some of it valid. Download her Craft Your Query Workbook. Are the submission guidelines clear?

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

If you’re a chief content officer , copywriter, designer, or programmer searching for ways to create more and better content in less time, you’ll find fresh ideas for improving your creativity, productivity, and writing skills with these best books from 2017. A search of Amazon.com for “marketing books” returns 324,225 titles.

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Neil Patel

JULY 13, 2021

While different definitions might circle through the marketing world, a natural link is a link that’s a) editorially earned, and b) organic in the context it appears. Whenever I publish a new blog post, within 24 hours, I usually see new links from authority blogs. It’s not part of a sponsorship or paid in any way.

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This month’s Ask the Editor is sponsored by Legacy Launch Pad’s Bestselling Book Bulletin. Sign up to receive a bulletin every Thursday morning that includes one answer to a publishing question, one publishing tip, one publishing resource and one bit of publishing advice. Learn more and submit your question.

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Publishing Trends

JUNE 14, 2023

PEOPLE Sasha Quinton has been named EVP and president of Scholastic’s School Reading Events , the newly formed division that combines the book fairs and book clubs businesses. Emily Graff has joined Simon Element/Marysue Rucci Books a s executive editor. Jennifer Strada has joined as senior production editor for McElderry Books.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 8, 2024

PEOPLE Penguin Random House , Anna Paustenbach will join Avery Publishing as executive editor on April 1st. At Random House , Sara Birmingham will join May 6 as executive editor, reporting to VP editor in chief Ben Greenburg and working closely with editorial director Caitlin McKenna , to expand the fiction list.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 15, 2023

In the intro, Chokepoint Capitalism [ Decoder ]; Direct sales [ Kris Rusch ]; Amazon Ads for Authors by Ricardo Fayet; Ads for Authors course ; Why I Ignored Target Reader Feedback for my Book Cover Design ; ChatGPT for teachers [ Hard Fork ]; Pilgrimage Kickstarter. You can find my books for authors and my fiction here on Kobo.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Hannah Babcock , formerly Rights and Co-Editions Manager at Scholastic , joins Random House Children’s Books as Director of Subsidiary Rights, and Alyssa Eatherly , formerly Literary International Rights Coordinator at William Morris Endeavor , joins as Associate Manager of Subsidiary Rights. At Alfred A.

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Publishing Trends

MARCH 19, 2024

At Penguin Random House , Suzanne Herz is rejoining Penguin Random House as publisher of John Grisham , on April 15th, and will report to chief revenue officer Jaci Updike. Alessandra Scarpaci has joined Random House Children’s Books as publicity assistant. Marisa Nakasone has joined Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group as designer.

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Publishing Trends

JANUARY 8, 2024

Books, Jonathan Stolper , will depart Circana and BookScan after 13 years heading the business. He may be reached at jsto1984@gmail.com Starting February 1 st , longtime Client Development Executive Director David Walter will lead the US Books business under Circana’s Entertainment Sector. He was previously CEO at Kepler’s Books.

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ContentWriters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Having a content marketing editorial calendar can help you and your team stay organized. A content marketing editorial calendar provides a schedule for publishing the assets that drive your content strategy. These could include the content type, publishing channel, target persona, CTA, publish date, or something else.

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Publishing Trends

JANUARY 19, 2023

Gina Centrello , longtime President and Publisher of the Random House Publishing Group , is retiring from her position. At Penguin Random House , Vaishali Nayak , previously Senior Marketing Manager at HarperCollins Children’s Books , joins as Assistant Director of Brand Marketing. He was previously CFO at Macmillan.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

PEOPLE Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch , is transitioning to the role of Chairman, and will be succeeded by Hachette UK CEO , David Shelley , who will take on both HBG and HUK roles. Richard Kiston , deputy CEO of Hachette UK, will be taking on the same role for Hachette Book Group. COO Joe Mangan has announced his retirement.

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Publishing Trends

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Kristen Klemens has joined as client manager for Simon & Schuster Publishing Services , She was formerly partner manager for trade sales and marketing at Rebel Girls. She was formerly editorial assistant at Little, Brown and Company. At Tin House Books , publisher Craig Popelars has stepped down after four years with the company.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Happy Holidays from the Editors PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster , Judy Clain will be joining on January 16 as SVP and publisher of the relaunched Summit Books Imprint , reporting to CEO Jonathan Karp. At Hachette Book Group , Amar Deol will join as executive editor for Grand Central Publishing and begin his new role on January 3rd.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

At Simon & Schuster , Stuart Roberts , formerly executive editor at Dey Street Books , has joined as VP, executive editor and special projects. Katherine Nintzel will join as VP, editorial director of Atria Books on November 11th. At Macmillan Publishers , Andrew Faber has joined as academic marketing associate.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

At HarperCollins , Odette Fleming , previously assistant director of marketing for Harmony Books and Rodale Books , has joined the Morrow Group as associate director of marketing. Grove Atlantic has announced that VP, associate publisher Judy Hottensen will step down on January 1st, 2025. He has been with the company since 2014.

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Content Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Each month we try to have a good editorial balance and have new content published for each buyer persona. Each month @AdEspresso publishes new content for each buyer persona, says @MassimoCw. Before the content is published, we usually run a final SEO check to fine-tune the title, URL, and section titles. Click To Tweet.

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Jane Friedman

OCTOBER 26, 2023

All hail the newly published author. A few weeks ago my new book came out, a collection of literary humor essays. You would think given this is my seventh book (from six different publishers), I would be well prepared for this momentous occasion. Cole , author of Party Like It’s 2044 : Finding the Funny in Life and Death.

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Melanie Saxton

MAY 27, 2023

Enjoy the article below published in June 2023 in The Woodlands City Lifestyle. Need a Writer or Editor in The Woodlands to Assist with Your Home-based Blogging, Books, or Marketing Material? I’m fortunate as a home writer to report and blog about exciting residential properties and improvements.

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Contently

JANUARY 17, 2023

If you’ve ever met a dyed-in-the-wool fact-checker trained in one of the iconic editorial departments that revere the practice , you’ll know they’re just built differently. And honestly, the kinds of content businesses publish rarely require the rigor expected by publishers of long-form investigative journalism.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 28, 2022

I’m a few pages away from finishing a first draft of a multi-generational novel that runs about 500 pages, which I plan to pitch to agents and traditional publishers. Note that I have published a nonfiction book before with an indie publisher but this is my first novel. Is an editor worth the money?

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