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Life and Death in Publishing
Checking my email last evening, I learned that Martin Greenberg has died. He was a man I never met, knew nothing about, and would not have recognized if we'd passed on the street. But he had a huge influence on my career.
Greenberg was in charge of Tekno Books, which publishes for Five Star, where my first book appeared. That book led to others, which led to attention from reviewers, fans, and other publishers.
It's an odd business. I have never met anyone from Five Star, never met either of the agents I've had, never met most of the people I interact with everyday on-line. Yet we work for and with each other to stay alive in the business. We send each other breezy little notes and official-looking notifications. We call each other by our first names, because it's the way of the Net. Books are submitted, edited, formatted, and published by people I'll never see who only know what I look like from the photo at the end of the finished product.
It works, and because of people like Martin Greenberg, I'm a "real" author.
Thanks, Marty, and rest in peace.
Greenberg was in charge of Tekno Books, which publishes for Five Star, where my first book appeared. That book led to others, which led to attention from reviewers, fans, and other publishers.
It's an odd business. I have never met anyone from Five Star, never met either of the agents I've had, never met most of the people I interact with everyday on-line. Yet we work for and with each other to stay alive in the business. We send each other breezy little notes and official-looking notifications. We call each other by our first names, because it's the way of the Net. Books are submitted, edited, formatted, and published by people I'll never see who only know what I look like from the photo at the end of the finished product.
It works, and because of people like Martin Greenberg, I'm a "real" author.
Thanks, Marty, and rest in peace.
