When people think of publishing, they usually think of a traditional print book. However, technology is changing rapidly and there is wide acceptance of digital formats. You can reach this large and increasing audience by publishing in formats that can be read by various gadgets.
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One important way to get the word out about your book is to distribute a news release. This list of free news release outlets enables you to get a lot of visibility by investing time, not money.
New authors tend to want to send out an announcement that their book is available, but that’s the wrong approach to take. You want to say something newsworthy, something that will motivate people to read your release, and to click on the link to your web site where they can buy your book. [Read More]
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Where is publishing headed? Will books give way to movies and television and will libraries become nothing more than museums? Will the publishing and bookselling industries collapse? Is there any hope for the future? U.K. educational publisher Dorling Kindersley (DK) has created a video that shows us that there is indeed hope for those who respond properly to the marketplace.
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As many people know I am a big advocate of self-publishing. It used to be that the selection of books available was made by a small group of elitist publishers who turned up their noses at some pretty good writing. With the rise of technology all that has changed and anyone can be a publisher. It used to be that “freedom of the press belongs only to those who own one,” but today anyone can print and distribute their work. That is democracy in full bloom!
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Debtwire.com has alleged that financially troubled Borders Bookstores has been paying large publishers on time but delaying payments to smaller independent publishers.
Major publishers reported they had been paid on time, but the average time to pay independent publishers jumped to 97.9 days, up from 64.9 days a year ago, according to Debtwire.com. [Read More]
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