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Adult eBook Sales are – Erm – Up

No, no, no, not that kind of “adult eBook!”
This kind

Adult fiction ebooks outsold hardcovers in 2011: survey
by Christine Kearney (Reuters)

Electronic books more than doubled in popularity in 2011, with ebooks outselling hardcover books in adult fiction for the first time, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

Net sales of e-books jumped to 15 percent of the market in 2011 from 6 percent in 2010, according to a report by the Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group. The groups compiled data provided by nearly 2,000 publishers…

While ebooks increased in strength, bringing in more than $2 billion in 2011, the majority of publishers’ revenue still came from print books, with $11.1 billion in 2011… read article

David E. Kelley Re Kathy Bates

Don’t think of this as more inane Emmy commentary. Think of it as inane Emmy commentary from one of  TV’s most successful writer-producers!

EMMYS: David E. Kelley On ‘Harry’s Law’s Nominations And Cancellation
By Nellie Andreeva read article

Is This How You’ll Shoot Your Next Video?

Vyclone Launches Social Video Collaboration App
by TeamTVWriter Press Service

We could have re-edited this announcement, but we’re on the web, where we all know that whatever is quickest is best.  So here’s what the Vyclone folks say about the app they released today:

Vyclone is the simplest and fastest way to co-create, sync and edit multiple videos of a shared event. Perfect for capturing all of life’s events, from birthday parties to sporting events and concerts, Vyclone synchronizes and edits multiple users’ clips to create one movie with all the angles cut together. The movie can be remixed, or edited, to the user’s liking, then shared with Vyclone’s vibrant community and other social media platforms. read article

Why Do Writers Self-Sabotage?

Whoa. An article we totally agree with. From experience. Our thanks to Tara Mohr.

Is An Inner Argument Holding Back Your Productivity?
by Tara Mohr

?Have you ever received the opportunity of your dreams and sabotaged it by not responding? Maybe you got an email about a possible book deal, or an invitation to play an incredible gig, or an inquiry from a mega-client. The dream invitation came – and to your own surprise, you ignored it. Why do we behave in such a clearly counter-productive manner?I would argue that we often do this because we’ve brought the wrong part of ourselves to the table. As creatives governing our own careers, we have to bring many different skillsets — many different selves, even — to the diverse activities we do on a daily basis. When we bring the wrong self to the table, we can get paralyzed. read article