And by independence, I mean making a sustainable living, not just self-publishing your book via Amazon or Lulu or Smashwords and declaring yourself an “indie”.
Tag: Platform
So You Have a Platform; Now What?
And now blogging is — and very shortly became — something people do do because they are ambitious. –Lizzie Skurnick…
On Transmedia and Fan Fiction
For transmedia novelists (and publishers) to retain creative control will require more than a repurposing of content. This might give…
Collaboration is the Killer App – #DIYdays
For a writer, it’s an amazing opportunity to leverage the full depth of their creations through a truly collaborative process — ideally starting after the first draft is written, IMO — instead of parceling out chunks of rights for a licensing fee and complete loss of control.
5 Things Books Should Learn From Magazines
Like my favorite writers, the magazines I truly value introduce me to new things, or show me new angles on the familiar, that I’d not have come across on my own. In my own series of posts for Folio: a few months back, I made the point that content + context = value, declaring that magazines that nail the equation will survive. That same math is also valid in the conversation about the future of books.
Indie Bookstores. So What?
I’m a firm believer that independent bookstores are not only critical to the viability of the publishing industry, but also to the cultural and economic fabric of local communities.
8 Marketing Posts for Proactive Writers
There’s been a notable spike in new traffic here lately, partly from Twitter and partly from the blog being favorably…