Canadian Publishing: Just Like Everywhere Else

Geoff Pevere, one of the Toronto Star's entertainment columnists, has an article about getting published. Although written within a Canadian environment and with reference to Canadian sources, what he outlines is pretty much what I've been reading about everywhere else for the last few years.

Key takeaways:

• Getting published is harder now than it used to be. Publishing has consolidated.
• Fiction isn't known for making money.
• It pays to know the industry, and the internet has made a lot of information, opinions and advice available.
• You need to write a book people will want to read.