Another chapter in the self-publishing playbook. Now that you’ve gotten your book recorded by a pro, how do you go about finding the market for this high-priced new product? Don’t look to ACX and Audible for much help.
Category: Publishing Today
Did Amazon just make authors’ lives harder?
Most authors have been dutifully tending to their social media duties. But the launch of Amazon’s new Kindle social media feature @author might just be the straw that breaks the successful author’s back.
5 ways to screw up “Bookish”
I’m still excited and hopeful, but early statements from some of the people involved with Bookish have given me pause. As I see it, there are ways to do this right—and a bunch of ways to do it wrong.
Is community building weighing authors down?
Alarms are starting to sound about the demands on writers. In her articles, Laura Miller is building quite a case that authors may be under too much pressure in this 24/7 world of social media, community, and demanding fans. Not to mention, the misguided expectation that authors will be any good at selling their own books.