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18 Mar 09
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31 Aug 08
note the couple of DUHs in the comment section.
publishing_industry publishing writer writing music industry natalie_merchant radiohead
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It is the year of the author, because they will be the ones who drive the paradigm shift. They may begin to use online publishing and distribution tools to bypass traditional publishers and put their work out there en masse.
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we are poised at a point where writers could completely transform the publishing industry, if only we would sit up and notice.
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a huge ecosystem that supports and is supported by the book.
I am actually suggesting that cutting the middlemen out could have negetive repercussions for authors and artists. Authors could do it now if they wanted. Lots of authors do, but that means they have to find and hire their own editor, proofreader, and designer. They have to get an ISBN number, apply for copyright, get a library of congress number, and a tax ID number (if they plan on selling the book). Then they have to get bids from printers, prepare the manuscript, and pay out of their own pocket to have the book printed. Once it's printed they have to pay for shipping and storage. To sell enough to cover costs they will probably need help with their marketing strategy which might include a book tour (which they will also pay for out of their own pocket), book fairs, ads, articles, interviews, reviews, an author blog, etc... Oh, and if they want to sell to bookstores or even to Amazon, they have to contract with a distributor. If they are lucky enough to sell the books, they might need an accountant to sort out how much they owe Uncle Sam. And they will have to make sure to pay quarterly and in the midst of all this how will they find time to concentrate on writing the next book? Point is, without those "middlemen" the author is stuck doing all of this him or herself. It's difficult, it's a lot of work, and it's not something many authors are willing or able to take on.
The Kindle is the first platform to solve a handful of big problems for the self-publishing author.
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that other stuff is old-world dead-tree crap.
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love affair
between authors and the audience, which will be
rekindled (sorry, couldn't help myself) by their
return to a relationship of mutual gift-giving... -
the solution is _collaborative_filtering._
and i can also understand that some people,
like sara here, will completely and utterly
fail to comprehend it. fortunately, however,
their failure to grasp it has no consequence
bearing on the ultimate success of the tool.
it's not superstition. it will work even if
you don't "believe" in it...tomorrow's authors won't waste one _minute_
of their time doing "marketing", because it
will be clearly understood as a kiss of death.
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