I’ve been collecting articles about publishing options for my Academy Nights class. Here they are:
- Self-Publishing versus Traditional Publishing: Which is Right for You? Darren Barefoot compares how each option worked for him
- How Can You Get Published if You Don’t Have a Platform? Michael Hyatt on how to build a blog into a platform for your publishing efforts.
- Perils of self-publishing: Six steps to success: Joe Procopio on how to self-publish successfully.
- Math of Publishing Meets E-Book: New York Times, March 1, 2010. An attempt to deconstruct the economic side of publishing.
- eBook Production in Two Minutes: A video about technical choices in ebook creation, intended mainly for publishers rather than authors.
- If you don’t like it, change it: Macmillan will allow “college instructors to change the content of the books they assign to their classes (delivered to the students as e-books), down to the sentence level, without notifying the publisher or author.”
- Amazon Allows Some Publishers and Authors to Opt Out of E-Book DRM: Opting out of digital rights management on Kindle.
(March 2) Some additional contributions from a coworker:
- A four-part discussion of print-on-demand options, starting with Lulu, by Michael Hicks
- Article on digital piracy and why it’s the publishers’ fault. No, really! (from Indie Author)
- And an article on Lulu and CreateSpace by the same blogger
March 3
- Why Do Consumers Think Book Prices Are Too High? “Ultimately, I think readers have every reason in the world to be skeptical of the level of pricing on ebooks.”
March 5
- Penguin Books presentation on e-books for iPad, YouTube video
- Books in the Age of the iPad, fantastic discussion of “formless content.”