Will Immersive Reading Save Publishing and Kill the Traditional Novel?

James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell In the digital book world these days most of the talk is about whether the big publishers will survive...

Self Publishing And Original Voices

James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell One of the joys of mentoring and teaching at writers’ conferences is coming across that “thing” all ag...

Making Readers One at a Time

James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell The other day I strapped my AlphaSmart on my back and rode my bike to Starbucks to do a little writing...

Low Down on The Numbers

by Clare Langley-Hawthorne Janet Reid, a literary agent, posted an item on her blog last week on the issue of self-published authors queryin...

Field Report From the E-Book Revolution #2

James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell UPDATE : Well, that didn't take long. Random House and Penguin have announced their...

I Believe I Am Really a Writer

James Scott Bell I am not a number! I am a free man!   – The Prisoner Back when I was learning this stuff, this writing ...

“I” is for Integrity: Sue Grafton and the Self-Publishing Blowback

James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell   One of those instant, internet explosions broke out this past week after the great Sue Gra...