top 10 tweets to 31st July
@PublishingSpy finds and retweets tweets that seem relevant to the publishing industry. Click on the ow.ly link for the original tweet.
1. There’s no crying in publishing http://ow.ly/15Jmpk
2. Apple to shake up the publishing industry? http://bit.ly/N9ger http://ow.ly/15J3tC
3. Today is Harry Potter’s Birthday. He’s not only “The Boy Who Lived,” he’s “The Boy Who Saved the Publishing Industry.” http://ow.ly/15JqiU
4. Publishers: Ensure your editors have read the proofs of your books before printing a million of them http://ow.ly/15Joyh
5. Why can’t I find a literary agent or a publisher. Please anyone help http://ow.ly/15Jact
6. Do literary agents actually read people’s writing or do they just go with what they can sell? http://ow.ly/15ISEN
7. Do you have an unshakable conviction that the world needs your book, even if the agents and publishers turn you dow… http://ow.ly/15ITcM
8. The book series Chicken Soup for the Soul sold >100M copies. It was rejected by 149 publishers b4 it got published by another. BE RESILIENT. http://ow.ly/15JkyI
9. Writers’ Podcast: New show: Kill That Adverb! Love That Trope! http://bit.ly/1r8Sg http://ow.ly/15IOad
10. Self-publishers providing they have a market worthy book, can enjoy an excellent living even without being a bestseller. http://is.gd/1MgiB http://ow.ly/15Jldx
top 10 tweets to 24th July
@PublishingSpy finds and retweets tweets that seem relevant to the publishing industry. Click on the ow.ly link for the original tweet.
| 1. Starting to think that a secret handshake and password are needed in order to get a job in publishing…! http://ow.ly/15IePQ | ||
| 2. #rwa09 Chris Keesler says, be nice, there’s room for everyone in publishing–then laughs and days, uh, if you are g… http://ow.ly/15I86B | ||
| 3. im sad that its done but the author said we could save it b4 she gets a literary agent..so im doin that now =) http://ow.ly/15IHeG | ||
| 4. Why a Literary Agent is So Important to Your Success http://ow.ly/15Iazv | ||
| 5. Ending returnability will save Canada’s book publishing industry over $330 million per year http://ff.im/5EqxG http://ow.ly/15IHFC | ||
| 6. Some writers just get really mad at hearing the truth. Sucks! because the publishing industry is a really tough one… http://ow.ly/15IykG | ||
| 7. …OMG! I just got off tha fone with my literary agent!! God you r so awesome..this is going to be the begining of a… http://ow.ly/15Isvm | ||
| 8. Why does the publishing industry think that only books with white people on the cover sell? It’s sickening. http:/… http://ow.ly/15ICnF | ||
| 9. Oh, TODAY the hate mail starts! Gosh, defenders of the book publishing industry are SO SLOW! http://ow.ly/15Iz4P | ||
| 10. Following the iPhone, Kindle publishers seem to have discovered the freemium model - 11 of to top 20 Kindle books a… http://ow.ly/15Iepx |
top 10 tweets to 17th July
@PublishingSpy finds and retweets tweets that seem relevant to the publishing industry. Click on the ow.ly link for the original tweet.
| 1. What is the best way to correspond with literary agents on twitter? (i.e.) where do I find them? http://ow.ly/15HuaP | ||
| 2. Why are builders afraid to have a 13th floor but book publishers aren’t afraid to have a Chapter 11? http://ow.ly/15HJPc | ||
| 3. hates people who think they can succeed in publishing without working hard and making sacrifices and putting the fr… http://ow.ly/15HPnj | ||
| 4.”How do you make a small fortune in publishing? Start with a large fortune” #readercon http://ow.ly/15Hx4z | ||
| 5. Why are builders afraid to have a 13th floor, and plane don’t have a row 13, but book publishers aren’t afraid to h… http://ow.ly/15HHfC | ||
| 6. Literary agents http://ow.ly/15HNpo | ||
| 7. publishers seem to be enamored by book bloggers, not librarians who are putting books in kids hands. #ala2009 #kid… http://ow.ly/15HvaY | ||
| 8. Ranking of biggest book publishers by annual sales - Pearson captures top spot from ThomsonReuters http://ow.ly/hdc… http://ow.ly/15HGOT | ||
9. McGraw-Hill cut 550 jobs…mostly textbook division…another sad day in publishing world  http://ow.ly/15HWuG |
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| 10. OMG, I totally just sent my story in to a literary agent! http://ow.ly/15HvHE |
top 10 tweets to 10th July
@PublishingSpy finds and retweets tweets that seem relevant to the publishing industry. Click on the ow.ly link for the original tweet.
1. If you’re a budding author, the news isn’t good. Publishers don’t want your stuff. Literary agents? They’re too bus… http://ow.ly/15GUBd
2. trying to find a literary agent, it’s becoming very difficult i need some advice on how this is done any help is welcome http://ow.ly/15GQ5s
3. For anybody in publishing: 10 Ways to Take a Bad Author Photo (http://tr.im/r6tY) http://ow.ly/15H0JS
4. collected a bunch of new followers overnight, all from the writing/publishing industry, maybe i’m in the wrong game and should write my book http://ow.ly/15GTIc
5. Literary agents claim to be busy, actually they are busy due to inefficient practices. http://ow.ly/15GZTF
6. I don’t agree with all his opinions on why businesses fail, but his insights re: the state of the publishing industry are intriguing. http://ow.ly/15HgM3
7. Did some research on Literary Agent. Dear God, did that take a long time. I have pages and pages.http://ow.ly/15Hgza
8. Breaking news! Penguin to make 100 staff redundant (10% of total), biggest ‘cull’ so far in publishing: http://bit.ly/ugtjE http://ow.ly/15GZnT
9. Amazon trying to put an Apple squeeze on book publishers. Revolutionized the music industry. Will it work? $AMZN $AAPL http://bit.ly/tXkP http://ow.ly/15HmjX
10. …and #10 had been deleted so we’ll never know!
top 10 tweets to 3rd July
@PublishingSpy finds and retweets tweets that seem relevant to the publishing industry. Click on the ow.ly link for the original tweet.
Here are last week’s 10 most followed tweets.
| 1. Jeff Bezos of Amazon is trying to do to book publishers what Steve Jobs of Apple did to the music industry. http://bit.ly/USTTQ http://ow.ly/15Gh4q |
| 2. Who are some publishers, agents, writers, authors, editors, etc. that you recommend as a “must follow”? Looking for good advice in all areas http://ow.ly/15GmXD |
| 3. feeling very gloomy about the state of the publishing industry. http://ow.ly/15Gqz9 |
| 4. An Open Letter To Kid’s Book Publishers from a Librarian: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6666670.html [very interesting!] http://ow.ly/15GFnG |
| 5. Just recieved a letter from Paramount, they want to put my song Blinded on CD for major publishers, cost me £120. I’m on dole with no money http://ow.ly/15GgR6 |
| 6. There any literary agents on Twitter??? http://ow.ly/15Gi7J |
| 7. Vibe Magazine going out of business, a victim of the internet, but an opportunity for individual publishers http://ow.ly/15Gw9O |
| 8. A blogger tells how he changed his thinking about buying books into becoming a supporter of the publishing industry http://bit.ly/31winu http://ow.ly/15GhuH |
| 9. Had A Great Coaching Seminar On Today With Aspiring Authors and Self Publishers! Pursue Your Dreams! http://ow.ly/15Gijq |
| 10. We are a group recent college grads who want to establish careers in publishing - so we’re making this as real as we can! http://ow.ly/15GmfD |
