One of the big stories in the publishing world today was Amazon's release of their Cloud Reader. This is significant for a couple of reasons. The first is obvious, it lets Amazon have an "app" on the iPad/iPod while retaining control and all of the profit that the app generates (telling Apple where to stick their 30% fee).
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Going North
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How Will People Find Me?
Forwards, Not BackwardsMajor media (publishers, television/film studios, record labels) are afraid of innovation. Rather than look to the future, and create engaging products that fans can rally behind, they play it safe and sell what’s sold well in the past. This is … Continue reading Independent Fortune Cookies
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The major entertainment companies (Labels, Publishers, Studios) are in the business to create content.
I've been noticing a lot of "publishing .. ummm, things" popping up. Some are doing some very good things for authors, some.. well how can I put this nicely... they don't have a clue.
Indie vs. Trad. It's a never ending debate that goes on and on, and I've participated in my share of banter. If you know me, you know which side I fall on, but that's not what I want to talk about today. I want to talk about "going North".
Klout is a service that takes your social media activity (Twitter and Facebook) and gives you a "score". This score supposedly indicates how awesome you are online. I discovered Klout a while back and I thought it had died, but recently there's been a lot of talk and excitement over Klout.
Google has tried the "social thing" before. They've failed. They're a search company, not a social company- right?. Google+ (later referred to simply as G+) proves they are an Internet Company.
People don't find you, YOU find them, at least some of them (I'll explain later). Waiting around hoping for people to somehow magically know you exist is never going to happen. Much like any other business, you need to market yourself, and spread the word about how awesome you are. I know, that's easier said than done.
An author can write independently of a book publisher, but a book publisher cannot publish independently of authors.
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