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According to a new analysis released in October by ProQuest affiliate Bowker, the ISBN agency, self-publishing continued its growth spurt, up 59 percent in 2012 over 2011, from 246,912 titles to 391,768. The gains were even more startling over the longer period for which Bowker collected data: a 422 percent rise since 2007.
Yes, that’s an ambitious title for a blog post. It might even be seen as egotistical (it feels egotistical to me). But I recently did an anniversary AMA on Reddit, and this question came up over and over again: “What advice would you give an author just starting out?” It was too big of a question to answer during the AMA (over 700 comments!), so I promised a blog post. I’ll start by knocking the ego right out of the lungs of this thing and say that what works for…Continue reading "My Advice to Aspiring Authors"
Bob Mayer believes the term “self”-publishing means that the author retains most of the rights to his or her work but teams with others in order to bring a story to market.
A lot of useful how-to pieces, some commentary.
Collection-development policy specific to self-published works (especially by local authors).
Pressbooks users—educators, writers, researchers, scholars, artists, makers—are equipped with powerful tools to create, adapt, and share content.
Amazon's search for new authors of fanfic is a shrewd attempt to professionalise one of the native art forms of the web, writes James Bridle
By reader request, I’m posting Judith’s entire Escaping Stockholm essay as one post, too, for ease of linking and perhaps ease of discussion. I shall, however, put it all behind a cut tag straight off, in order to not re-flood the friends’ list. :) If you wish to break it out and read each section […]
Good intro for cont-ed.
Self-publishing is expanding beyond first-time writers who can’t get deals, as big names like the playwright and author David Mamet are choosing this route, another sign that digital disruption is reshaping the publishing market.