Or, put another way, what do you bring to the table that will be useful to a publisher and set you apart from the slush pile of manuscripts against which you are competing?FORTHCOMING, in a three-part…
When people find out I collect Civil War books and own more
than 3,000, I’m usually asked two questions: “Why would anyone collect Civil War
books?” and “Have you read them all?”No, I haven’t read t…
Helping folks understand this fact, this year, is one of our missions.
We get a lot of reviews--more on average per book than any other Civil War publisher. We want to double it. Why?(Aside: Di…
Charlie Knight's From Arlington to Appomattox: Robert E. Lee’s Civil War, Day by Day, 1861-1865 (coming May 2021). TEXT EXCERPT JUST PUT UP: May 1862: https://tinyurl.com/ttvusjo Don't…
That look we get in Cookie Corner. One of the real joys in life (seriously, it is).The Savas house is a Brady Bunch family of blended dogs. Riley, our sweet old lab isn't with us any more, and the lit…
SAVAS BEATIE SURVEY RESULTS, Part 1.In a few words: fascinating and very helpful. We have a lot of big news coming, and the 50-question survey from last month zeroed in on some of our ideas, and what…
NEED A LATE-MINUTE GIFT? What about a Savas Beatie Gift Certificate!Just click this link, fill in a few blanks, and you are done! https://www.savasbeatie.com/giftcertificates.phpMerry Christmas.Miss K…
So this was so weird. I was walking around the front yard yesterday when a lady in a flashy black Corvette drove past and called out to me by name."Kenya! Look, it's that publishing p…
Advances in technology in general and the advent of faster computers, better software and the Internet in particular have turned every aspect of publishing inside-out. The past couple of decades…
