Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Publishing

  • Swapping with Julie Ortolon

    I first met Julie Ortolon when we were both writing for Dell, at least ten years ago. I saw her again in 2010 at the RWA National conference in Orlando. In fact, I was entering the hotel (in one of those huge revolving doors designed for large numbers of people with large numbers of bags)…

  • Digital Self-Publishing

    I thought we’d talk a bit today about a huge trend in publishing: authors digitally self-publishing their own work. What this means is that the author makes an electronic edition of his or her work available, directly to readers, without involving a publisher at all. Self-publishing was called vanity publishing for a long time (and…

  • Knowing What You Want

    This is a post for writers, about career planning and publishing. (It’s Wednesday, after all, writing or publishing day on the new schedule!) This post is part of of a workshop I’m putting together for January for TRW. One of the things I’ve learned in 19 years in publishing is that the entire business –…

  • Let’s Get Visible

    This is an article I wrote for the newsletter of Toronto Romance Writers, my RWA chapter. I’ll be teaching a full day workshop for them on writing and publishing in January 2012. Let’s Get Visible By Deborah Cooke How do readers know when an author has a book available? How do readers know when a…

  • Publishing Biz Info

    This week, as the blog touring ends, I have a new plan for my own blog. More about that tomorrow. For today, here’s something for you to read. I teach a lot of workshops about the publishing business, and about authors navigating their way through that business. The key to making good choices as an…