Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Wild West Thursday

  • Dissolving Boundaries – II

    Last week, we talked about the disappearance of territory as a real boundary in the distribution of digital books. That was one boundary inherited from traditional publishing that doesn’t make a lot of sense in our brave new world of e-books. My thinking is that the real barrier is now language. Today, we’re going to…

  • Dissolving Boundaries – I

    One of the things I’ve been thinking about lately is how digital books are changing the basic assumptions of publishing – or how digital publishing technology can do so, if people are paying attention. I thought we might talk about that today. (Those of you who are busy eating turkey can catch up later!) In…

  • Skimming Along

    One of the things that isn’t getting a lot of air time in the discussion about digital books is how reading on a screen instead of on a page changes our reading habits. I thought we’d talk about that today, since there are not only changes but implications from those changes. I skim when I…

  • Meet Me in the Middle

    I recently attended the Novelist’s Inc conference and learned a tremendous amount. Wow. This is a great organization for writers and if you are one, think about joining. NINC’s membership is restricted to multi-published authors, but authors of all genres of fiction can join. As a result, discussions are very informative and include perspectives from…

  • Cover Art in the New Wild West

    Last week on Wild West Thursday, we talked about the changing roles and expectations of cover artists. This week, we’re going to talk about the changes to cover art design in recent years. This is primarily due to the transition from buying physical books in brick-and-mortar bookstores, to shopping online, either for a digital edition…