As I’ve already said, all of my predictions about publishing come from observing other industries that have recently gone digital (in some cases, unwillingly). From that, I’ve projected things like the demise of chain bookstores; their failure slowed but not stopped by stubborn publishers clinging to DRM in a vain effort to make digital books [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Publishing’
Carnac the Magnificent strikes again
I believe I have already established that I am psychic, but in case anyone missed it, let’s check out a different subheading of ‘nailed it’ from my original post: As electronic distribution (and web-based shopping) becomes more and more prevalent, and the percentage of electronic vs. analog versions of the same products continues to move [...]
I am like some kind of genius at predicting stupidity
Twenty days ago, in this post, I made a prediction: At least one — probably several — big publishers will try to introduce their own ebook reader or ebook format, despite the fact that popular formats exist and are already being whittled down to a few survivors. These things will suck huge amounts of money that [...]
On Seeing the Inevitable
I have nothing against Joe Konrath. Those of you familiar with the ins and outs of publishing might be aware of Konrath as a mystery/suspense writer who’s become something of an evangelist for independent epublishing via markets like Amazon where an ‘unsupported’ author can play on a more level field with the Big Six of [...]
This is How I Get It Done: Making a quick ebook with Jutoh
This one’s going to be short, because I’ve kind of been looking at this screen all day. A few days ago, I asked if anyone would be interested in getting all of my NaNoWriMo advice posts pulled together into some kind of epub format. The answer was “yes.” I kind of ignored that for a [...]
A bit of conversation
SO here’s a talk I had this morning: Website: *explodes* Me: …the hell? Website: What? Me: You just exploded. Website: Nuh uh. Me: Yes. You did. You are still exploded, in fact. Website: Well… Me: What? Website: At least you noticed me. Me: … Website: Sorry. Me: I’ve had a lot on my – Website: [...]
Moonlighting elseblog
I’ve got a post percolating about stories, games, and plot vs. character, but I’ll save that for tomorrow and instead point out that I wrote a guest blog over at ktliterary.com today: On Being Rexroth: Living with a Literary Agent.
Publishing, Charlotte*, and John*
Today, kids, it’s storytime. But first (and related to the story), I’m going to revisit the Macmillan/Amazon Weekend Event and talk about publishing in general. Now, Amazon came out yesterday with a statement about the whole weekend drama llama. Yes, they attempted to paint themselves, disingenuously, as “fighting for the little guy”, and I rolled [...]
