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Continue reading →: Real life lessons in self-publishing
Philipp Lenssen of Google Blogoscoped recently self-published a book called 55 ways to have fun with Google. He has published a nice post listing his Lessons Learned Self-Publishing With Lulu. Its worth reading from all perspectives. I wonder if traditional publishers would benefit from as honest feedback as this? A…
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Continue reading →: What skills will I/We need five years from now?
It struck me yesterday that I have been ignoring one critical element of the issues facing publishing. That issue is the personal responsibility of editors and authors. What do editors and authors have to learn, or do and understand, to fit into the increasingly complex pattern of modern and future…
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Continue reading →: Snowbooks: idealism in a changing publishing world?
I love blogging because it leads you to strange and wonderful places. I commented yesterday over on Richard Charkin’s blog and have been tracking the conversation there. One commenter, Emma Barnes, added the following: One branch of our non-fiction is a crucial contributor to the overall profitability of our business…
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Continue reading →: Librarything gets faster . . and better
My recent post on librarything generated a good bit of response and my realisation that many of those who read this blog were well ahead of me in using the site. If you are not one of those then perhaps it is time to become one especially since they have…
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Continue reading →: You have to admire that Richard Charkin
Richard Charkin is CEO of MacMillan and a blogger. His blog is here and for anyone interested in publishing you should grab the feed, read his posts and visit the site regularly to read the comments and participate. He has posted today on the non-fiction market which is a market…
