Looking at the Publishing Industry

Last night I was a guest on Dead Robots Podcast where I talked about the recent changes in the publishing industry. In particular some of the things I covered:

• Observations from BEA (Book Expo America)
• Amazon's recent moves into the publishing
• The digitization of books providing for more titles to be released
• Banning at Absolute Write
• How author's passions work against them from a business perspective
• Major authors approaching Ridan for publication
• Changes in contracts due to new opportunities for authors
• Building a platform through social networking done correctly

I love doing Podcasts as it is SO much faster than typing up blog posts. The time flew by and we only scratched the surface so they are going to have me back in two weeks. Between now and then, Dead Robots is going to be collecting questions to ask me during the next session. So if you have questions or are interested in my opinions on anything publishing related - leave a comment or send an email to: show@deadrobotssocie​ty.com and I'll be back on June 30th to answer them.

One more announcement, for those in and around the Washington DC area, my next seminar on Marketing your Book will be held at the Arlington Public Library (short walk from the Balston Metro on the Orange line) on July 9th at 2:00 pm. I hope to see you there.