Publishing Pulse: June 13, 2014

This Week at Query Tracker
The profiles of several agents were updated this week. Please make sure you double-check every agent's website or Publisher's Marketplace page before querying.
 
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This Week in Publishing
Ever wonder if your extravagant word count is keeping the agents away? Writer’s Digest takes a look at long novels and their chances of selling.

Agent Noah Lukeman shares 15 tips to keep in mind when trying to sell your ebook series.

The Worst Social Media Advice ever. Enjoy the entertainment, folks…

The Passive Guy blog discusses out-of-print clauses and rights of first refusal, as well as their inherently troublesome natures.

And This Weekend in Publishing...
WOLF'S BANE, the third book in my urban fantasy series, The Books of the Demimonde, releases on Sunday. Three cheers for demivamps, rockstars, and werewolves. (These are a few of my favorite things.) The blog tour kicks off from the Demimonde blog on June 15. Wish me luck!

Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully phrased, are lacerations of the soul, if not quite inventions of the devil—but there is no way around them.-- Isaac Asimov

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Ash Krafton is a speculative fiction writer who, despite having a Time Turner under her couch and three different sonic screwdrivers in her purse, still encounters difficulty with time management. Visit Ash at www.ashkrafton.com for news on her urban fantasy series The Books of the Demimonde (Pink Narcissus Press) or stop by the Demimonde Blog at www.ash-krafton.blogspot.com . WOLF’S BANE (Demimonde #3) is available June 15, 2014.