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Observe, Learn, Adapt, Flourish–All Publishing is at a turning point

by Tris Hussey on December 29, 2009 · 0 comments

in Citizen Journalism, Create Your Own Blog, Daddy Wears Slippers to Work, Featured, Internet Life, RSS, Social Media, Technology, Using WordPress, Web 2.0

I don’t buy terribly many books anymore, or magazines, and certainly not newspapers. A bit of an ironic statement from someone who’s first book comes out in January, but I don’t equate publishing with paper. I assume that my books will have more life in digital editions than in paper ones. I’ve been writing in the digital medium far more than I ever have (or will) in works published on paper.
While it isn’t Earth-shattering news that newspapers, at least in print, are dying off. Local newspapers, the hyper local kind [...]

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Would you like to have my books on paper, e-ink, or both? New Challenges for Writers & Publishers

by Tris Hussey on December 9, 2009 · 3 comments

in Books, Create Your Own Blog, Daddy Wears Slippers to Work, Social Media, Technology

With my first book coming out in January, I’ve been watching the eReader space for more than just gadget lust: I want to make sure I can keep writing books. Sure I can just write away and maybe self-publish the work, but you know I’d like to make a living at least in part, through writing. In order to do that publishers have to be able to afford to pay writers enough of an advance so we can write and not starve in the process.
So Simon and Schuster’s plan is [...]

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