Ranson Stephens, Ph.D., a writer, physicist, and public speaker, joins us one last time for part three of his series on the future of the publishing industry. He’s a novelist and mentions other novelists as well as nonfiction writers. The information in his posts is relevant to all writers. Today he looks at the inimitable strengths of the legacy publishing…
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Today Ransom Stephens, Ph.D., joins us again for part two of his series on the future of the publishing industry. Today we look at the evolving state of self-publishing, title-positioning and business practices. If you missed part one, which focused on book development and acquisition, you can read it here. Stephens a writer, physicist, and public speaker, and I met…
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The publishing industry changes constantly. Large publishers gobble up smaller ones. Writers now self-publish more books. Books are turned into electronic formats. Readers choose to read more books on e-readers. Large bookstores, like Borders, go out of business. For the next three days (Thursday, Friday and Monday), thanks to Ransom Stephens, Ph.D., we will take a close look at the…
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So many writers don’t want to blog. I don’t understand why, since I love blogging. I have five blogs. I read a column in the Huffington Post today by Alan Paul, who explains not only how blogging gave new life to his writing but also helped him land a column at WSJ.com and a book deal. Maybe reading the column…
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I’ll be attending the San Francisco Writers Conference this weekend. In fact, this year I’ll be presenting a talk on blogging a book –come hear me speak on Sunday! A lot of people I know will be there pitching their books and attending classes to learn how to attract a traditional publishing deal or to create a successful self-published book.I’ve…
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