Help the economy, buy a book

Last night, my author gal pal/mentor Linnea Sinclair sent me a link to a blog post about the crisis in the publishing industry. It contains a lot of enlightening information about exactly what's happening in the industry and why. We all know the economy is on shaky ground. I'm confident that it's going to get better, but it'll probably take a while. Bookstores and the publishing industry that feeds them are taking some seriously hard hits -- declining sales, layoffs at some of the big publishing houses, booksellers ordering fewer books, indie presses going under, smaller advances for authors, debut authors having a tougher time breaking in. With the holidays coming up, this is a great blog post on how a little effort from a lot of people could make a big difference.

But for those of you out there trying to sell your first book, my agent Kristin Nelson had encouraging news in her blog last night.

Lisa