The Boston Diaries

The ongoing saga of a programmer who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal “The Boston Diaries.”

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

That was certainly quick

From
"john keane" <XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>
To
<sean@pickint.net>
Subject
Book Reviewing
Date
Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:29:04 -0400

Sean,

I am chronicling my journey to publication http://gettingpublished2006.blogspot.com/ and want to get an idea of the book review process. I believe today's authors need to understand how best to navigate the new publishing paradigm.

As you know, the old filters [agents, publishers, reviewers, bookstores] are being bypassed via a direct connection of authors to readers—with reviewers remaining as the major screeners of gold from dross.

I'd like to know at what stage [.doc, .pdf, paperback, et al.] a self-publishing author should seek a review—on-line and in print—and what are the odds of getting a serious review. I intend to explore the review stage and report on my findings.

Please join me at my Blog. I'm sure readers will profit from your comments.

V.N.

PS You and I share a common view of Dan Brown, technically clueless.

The Saltmine Chronicles, the unofficial official Office blog, is live less than one day, and I get email addressed from it. My own blog was live for months before I got an email from someone I didn't know.

Not that I'm complaining, mind you. I just found this amusing, that's all.

But it's nice to know that John also reads this blog, for which I'm grateful. And I'm sure that reading about the publishing industry will make for interesting reading.

Good luck, John.

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