My Intro
My name is Ian Anderson. I am an avid student of Mythology, fan of comic books, and I am the author of Modern Disciples.
I am on the verge now of publishing my second novel which will be Volume 2 of the Modern Disciples series. I find myself thinking of all the research I did before I published Volume 1. Not the research I did for the story itself, but all the research I did for publishing and how to get started in the business.
Something I kept finding over and over again was experienced authors giving advice for “young authors” a.k.a people who wanted to be published but were not published yet. Most of the advice consisted of how to write, where you can get your inspiration from and a whole lot of “just do it” talk. It’s strange how none of them mentioned how you may want to get some tips on marketing your product.
The landscape of publishing is changing so radically these days. We are seeing more and more people are turning to e-readers and e-books as appose to paperbacks and hard covers. The Kindle and the Nook being the two most popular e-readers but there are also a lot of web site for downloading e-books to read on your computer.
There is some resistance to the change, as there always is. The most common arguments against e-reading are that people prefer to feel the book in their hands, they like the smell, they stare at a computer screen enough as it is… Let’s be honest about something though, e-reading is a lot more practical. It’s much easier to distribute, a lot faster, and highly cost effective. This translates into cheaper prices for consumers and even higher profit margins for the authors.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying traditional books are bad and people have every right to smell the pages of the new book and stare at the cover for fifteen minutes if they like it enough. I still like to stare at the cover of my book. When I look at the sales of my book for the Kindle I often think to myself, “How am I supposed to sign those?” Is it possible that hard copy books will become a luxury?
We are in interesting times, although change can be scary as well as exciting. As scary as it can be though I think the whole practice is starting to make a change for the better.
More and more new authors are going the route of self-publishing. Oh sorry, that wasn’t very P.C. of me. More and more new authors are going the route of independent publishing. Yes, that’s way better, more syllables.
What I think this means for the industry is that there will be more out there for readers and not the same cookie cutter stories that have been clogging the book store shelves. There may be a chance to appeal to new readers that have yet to discover there is a world of reading after you are done with Harry Potter. There are so many new possibilities, way too many to cover in one posting.
Here’s to some exciting times.
I am on the verge now of publishing my second novel which will be Volume 2 of the Modern Disciples series. I find myself thinking of all the research I did before I published Volume 1. Not the research I did for the story itself, but all the research I did for publishing and how to get started in the business.
Something I kept finding over and over again was experienced authors giving advice for “young authors” a.k.a people who wanted to be published but were not published yet. Most of the advice consisted of how to write, where you can get your inspiration from and a whole lot of “just do it” talk. It’s strange how none of them mentioned how you may want to get some tips on marketing your product.
The landscape of publishing is changing so radically these days. We are seeing more and more people are turning to e-readers and e-books as appose to paperbacks and hard covers. The Kindle and the Nook being the two most popular e-readers but there are also a lot of web site for downloading e-books to read on your computer.
There is some resistance to the change, as there always is. The most common arguments against e-reading are that people prefer to feel the book in their hands, they like the smell, they stare at a computer screen enough as it is… Let’s be honest about something though, e-reading is a lot more practical. It’s much easier to distribute, a lot faster, and highly cost effective. This translates into cheaper prices for consumers and even higher profit margins for the authors.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying traditional books are bad and people have every right to smell the pages of the new book and stare at the cover for fifteen minutes if they like it enough. I still like to stare at the cover of my book. When I look at the sales of my book for the Kindle I often think to myself, “How am I supposed to sign those?” Is it possible that hard copy books will become a luxury?
We are in interesting times, although change can be scary as well as exciting. As scary as it can be though I think the whole practice is starting to make a change for the better.
More and more new authors are going the route of self-publishing. Oh sorry, that wasn’t very P.C. of me. More and more new authors are going the route of independent publishing. Yes, that’s way better, more syllables.
What I think this means for the industry is that there will be more out there for readers and not the same cookie cutter stories that have been clogging the book store shelves. There may be a chance to appeal to new readers that have yet to discover there is a world of reading after you are done with Harry Potter. There are so many new possibilities, way too many to cover in one posting.
Here’s to some exciting times.
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