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28 June 2013
Dear Readers and Writers
Here are some interesting notes from news and information sources. Is self-publishing coming of age? Maybe it is a bit like rock ‘n roll, or other non-approved activities in their time – cool one day, mainstream the next. Some news briefs illustrate the point: the UK newspaper The Guardian starts a new series on self-publishing; a couple save their home through going the self-publishing route; and a writer regains control through self-publishing. Detractors still exist in large numbers, however, as seen by the assertion that ‘Self-published authors are destroying literature’. The debate continues.
Cheers
MS
www.bms.co.nz
ms@bms.co.nz
Introducing our series on self-published authors
Welcome to our new series on self-publishing. For a long time, we have been trying to find a way to cover self-published books. As many of you will remember, we've had a couple of false starts, but now we think we've come up with a way of finding the best self-published works without getting overwhelmed by emails and manuscripts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/boo
Counterpoint: Self-Published Authors Are the Salvation of the Literature Full disclosure: Per yesterday's comments, I wish to state that I am a self-published author and I have two college degrees, including a graduate writing fellowship through the National Writing Project. There will be typos, but they aren't because I ...
http://goodereader.com/blog/e
Self-Published Authors are Destroying Literature
Self-published authors with their insistent need to spam social media and pump out a copious amount of horrible ebooks are ruining the modern online bookstore. You can’t browse Kobo, Barnes and Noble, or Amazon without running into a maelstrom of poorly written and poorly edited books.
http://goodereader.com/blog/c
How to Develop a Daily Writing Habit
Learn how to develop a daily writing habit and why it's beneficial to your everyday life to write every single day.
http://www.lifehack.org/artic
Polly Courtney: 'Now I'm back to self-publishing, I've regained control'
The term "self-publishing" is a misnomer; it doesn't mean that the author takes on all the parts of the publishing process as well as the writing. The author orchestrates the editing, cover design, production, distribution and promotion, but...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/boo
Self-Publishing Star Amanda Hocking Sells Next Series to St. Martin's
Amanda Hocking, who sold more than one million copies of her self-published novels before turning to a traditional publisher, has sold another series to St. Martin's Press.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/0
Children's Book Rises on Self-Published Bestsellers List - GalleyCat
Jocomo by Timothy Cohorst has climbed the Smashwords section of our Self Published Bestsellers List, the only children's book to ever crack our list. To help GalleyCat readers discover self-published authors, we compile weekly lists of the ...
http://www.mediabistro.com/ga
Self-Published Science Fiction Bestsellers for June 2013 – GalleyCat Novelist A.G. Riddle stayed on our Science Fiction Self-Published Bestsellers list with The Atlantis Gene this month. Our weekly self-published bestsellers list is often dominated by the popular genres of romance and erotica. In an effort to help ...
http://www.mediabistro.com/ga
Self-publishing saves a home
You won’t see this kind of success story out of just any self-publishing writer, but it’s great when you come across it, CBS News reports.
http://www.teleread.com/ebook
The artistic possibilities of self-publishing
“How I overcame snobbery to self-publish an e-book…”
http://www.lulu.com/blog/2013
Writing with your dad…writing with your daughter
When my dad suggested that we write a book together I remember thinking: is he serious? I was in year six at school, and I'd never even written a proper essay. How could I help him write a whole novel?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/chi
On Writing With Others
Sometimes I need some guarantee that another human being will actually read this little thing I'm spending far too much of my life creating. The silent covenant that I make with myself before writing anything — namely that I promise not to destroy it ...
http://opinionator.blogs.nyti
Writing collides with digital age
As a schoolboy, Akihiro Matsumura spent hundreds of hours learning the intricate Chinese characters that make up a part of written Japanese. Now, the graduate student can rely on his smartphone, tablet and laptop to remember them for him.
http://main.omanobserver.om/n
O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Prize for Military Writing...
Tim O'Brien, the author of “The Things They Carried,” among other works, will be awarded $100000 as the winner of the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes
We Shouldn't Abuse Orwell's Writing When Discussing the NSA ...
On this day in 1903 Eric Blair, who would come to be better known by his pen-name George Orwell, was born in India. Orwell is perhaps best known for his.
<http://reason.com/blog/2013/0
28 June 2013
Dear Readers and Writers
Here are some interesting notes from news and information sources. Is self-publishing coming of age? Maybe it is a bit like rock ‘n roll, or other non-approved activities in their time – cool one day, mainstream the next. Some news briefs illustrate the point: the UK newspaper The Guardian starts a new series on self-publishing; a couple save their home through going the self-publishing route; and a writer regains control through self-publishing. Detractors still exist in large numbers, however, as seen by the assertion that ‘Self-published authors are destroying literature’. The debate continues.
Cheers
MS
www.bms.co.nz
ms@bms.co.nz
Introducing our series on self-published authors
Welcome to our new series on self-publishing. For a long time, we have been trying to find a way to cover self-published books. As many of you will remember, we've had a couple of false starts, but now we think we've come up with a way of finding the best self-published works without getting overwhelmed by emails and manuscripts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/boo
Counterpoint: Self-Published Authors Are the Salvation of the Literature Full disclosure: Per yesterday's comments, I wish to state that I am a self-published author and I have two college degrees, including a graduate writing fellowship through the National Writing Project. There will be typos, but they aren't because I ...
http://goodereader.com/blog/e
Self-Published Authors are Destroying Literature
Self-published authors with their insistent need to spam social media and pump out a copious amount of horrible ebooks are ruining the modern online bookstore. You can’t browse Kobo, Barnes and Noble, or Amazon without running into a maelstrom of poorly written and poorly edited books.
http://goodereader.com/blog/c
How to Develop a Daily Writing Habit
Learn how to develop a daily writing habit and why it's beneficial to your everyday life to write every single day.
http://www.lifehack.org/artic
Polly Courtney: 'Now I'm back to self-publishing, I've regained control'
The term "self-publishing" is a misnomer; it doesn't mean that the author takes on all the parts of the publishing process as well as the writing. The author orchestrates the editing, cover design, production, distribution and promotion, but...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/boo
Self-Publishing Star Amanda Hocking Sells Next Series to St. Martin's
Amanda Hocking, who sold more than one million copies of her self-published novels before turning to a traditional publisher, has sold another series to St. Martin's Press.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/0
Children's Book Rises on Self-Published Bestsellers List - GalleyCat
Jocomo by Timothy Cohorst has climbed the Smashwords section of our Self Published Bestsellers List, the only children's book to ever crack our list. To help GalleyCat readers discover self-published authors, we compile weekly lists of the ...
http://www.mediabistro.com/ga
Self-Published Science Fiction Bestsellers for June 2013 – GalleyCat Novelist A.G. Riddle stayed on our Science Fiction Self-Published Bestsellers list with The Atlantis Gene this month. Our weekly self-published bestsellers list is often dominated by the popular genres of romance and erotica. In an effort to help ...
http://www.mediabistro.com/ga
Self-publishing saves a home
You won’t see this kind of success story out of just any self-publishing writer, but it’s great when you come across it, CBS News reports.
http://www.teleread.com/ebook
The artistic possibilities of self-publishing
“How I overcame snobbery to self-publish an e-book…”
http://www.lulu.com/blog/2013
Writing with your dad…writing with your daughter
When my dad suggested that we write a book together I remember thinking: is he serious? I was in year six at school, and I'd never even written a proper essay. How could I help him write a whole novel?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/chi
On Writing With Others
Sometimes I need some guarantee that another human being will actually read this little thing I'm spending far too much of my life creating. The silent covenant that I make with myself before writing anything — namely that I promise not to destroy it ...
http://opinionator.blogs.nyti
Writing collides with digital age
As a schoolboy, Akihiro Matsumura spent hundreds of hours learning the intricate Chinese characters that make up a part of written Japanese. Now, the graduate student can rely on his smartphone, tablet and laptop to remember them for him.
http://main.omanobserver.om/n
O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Prize for Military Writing...
Tim O'Brien, the author of “The Things They Carried,” among other works, will be awarded $100000 as the winner of the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes
We Shouldn't Abuse Orwell's Writing When Discussing the NSA ...
On this day in 1903 Eric Blair, who would come to be better known by his pen-name George Orwell, was born in India. Orwell is perhaps best known for his.
<http://reason.com/blog/2013/0
