Video: Changes in Publishing & Self-Publishing

Some of you may have heard about the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), a new organization supporting self-published authors. I’m one of the advisors, along with Mark Coker (Smashwords), Joanna Penn (Creative Penn), and Victoria Strauss (SFWA), among other well-known publishing professionals.

I discuss reasons for moving to VQR, changes in publishing and self-publishing and what it means for authors—plus I pass on a top tip (hint: it’s to do with your blog).

Also covered:

Marrying business side and artistic side of writing
The creative and artistic potential of self-publishing today
The dangers of “irrational exuberance”
The need for self-publishers—and all writers—to develop their entrepreneurial skills
How the major challenge for publishing houses now is to see authors as equals.

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