Publicity - Everyone Needs It

Meet Angie Brillhart

Media relations. Coordinating promotional materials. Contacting authors. As Barbour Publishing’s in-house publicist, I definitely wear quite a few hats. But I have the opportunity to work with some great authors, media professionals, and coworkers who make my job easier!

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Heard It Through Hartline

Interesting Developments In The World Of Publishing

The latest news is the request by the ABA (American Booksellers Association) for a government investigation of price wars.

From Publishers Weekly:

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Gotta Get It!?

Beat It

Gimme a beat . . .

Okay, so I just stole Michael Jackson’s title and Janet Jackson’s lyric. (I like to dance; is that a crime?)

Let’s not beat around the bush. (Sorry.) What’s a “beat,” and do ya need it?

Beat: a description that replaces or ...

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Publisher's Corner

Abingdon Press

Abingdon Press is well established in the religious publishing world as an imprint of The United Methodist Publishing House, in operation since 1789. In the early 1920s, Abingdon began publishing a wide array of high-caliber academic, professional, inspirational, and...

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ACFW Happenings

The Business Of Fiction

Fiction, fantasy, fun! Enter the mind, a writer’s playground. Writing is often romanticized as creative expression. It happens in a glorious, sunny room full of light and inspiration. A fireplace warms the corner and either a friendly mutt or a cuddly

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