Category Archives: Ideas and Opinions

Ingram, MyiLibrary, and Coutts

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Where would publishing pipeline go if there weren’t book distributers like Ingram? I must say the company is impressive. Who knew that they were an umbrella company for Lightning Source, Coutts, Spring Arbor, and MyiLibrary among many others? I sure … Continue reading →

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The maybe-not so dark side of ghost writing

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Ed Battistella

I went into reading the article The Term Paper Artist by Nick Mamatas thinking that I was going to come out of it totally disgusted by the thought of ghost-writing term papers and instead I found it interesting with a … Continue reading →

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Paper Topic–Children’s Literature

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Ed Battistella

While tossing around ideas for potential paper topics, I kept coming back to children’s literature.  This is because I will be studying abroad this summer in London and the topic of the course is children’s literature.  In particular, we will … Continue reading →

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Interview with Pat Walsh, Author of “78 Reasons why your book may never be published and 14 Reasons why it just Might”

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Ed Battistella

This interview on SlushPile.net is a fitting one for what we’re doing here on Literary Ashland. Pat Walsh, a San Francisco publisher, has just released his book on the difficulty of getting published. In addition to instructions on how to … Continue reading →

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