Interview with Jane Friedman

[Quantum]

Informative interview!

https://leanpub.com/podcasts/backmatt...

~18:00 - You should innovate on sales and distribution: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) could sustain himself on bookstore sales instead of needing a patron or being independently wealthy & Mark Twain (1835-1910) peddled his most successful book door-to-door like a vacuum-cleaner salesman. Should you innovate? How do you innovate?

~27:00 - Are the big 5 publishers adapting? Publishers haven't figured out how to scale book promo digitally-driven campaigns. But Marie Lu has a really excellent digital campaign for Warcross. Pans Jonathan Franzen's criticism of digital editor actions.

~31:30 - Assigns broad attributes to authors: trad vs self-pub; love amazon vs hate amazon; which flows into the recent controversy over third-party hardcopy sellers being elevated to the Amazon Buy button.

~46:00 - Is print back? ^_^ The UK Publishers Association "mainstream" report doesn't cover self-publishing nor Amazon sales. The truth: Major publisher share of digital is shrinking while self-publishing, independent small- and mid-publishers, and Amazon imprints are growing.

~53:00 - Optically (sp?), a service that shows how your book is selling across different distribution channels. Maybe http://logical-marketing.com/authors/ (also http://logical-marketing.com/about-us...)

-56:00 - Plug for Pronoun. Anyone have any feedback on their current usage?

-57:00 - New book! The Business of Being a Writer a Writer about publishing and how writers make money other than through publishing a book. To be released in March 2018.

"The Business of Being a Writer offers the business education writers need but so rarely receive. It is meant for early-career writers looking to develop a realistic set of expectations about making money from their work or for working writers who want a better understanding of the industry. Writers will gain a comprehensive picture of how the publishing world works—from queries and agents to blogging and advertising—and will learn how they can best position themselves for success over the long term."

[Graeme]

So far Pronoun is a better option for 2 key reasons. Better royalties especially when selling at less than $2.99 and other channel sales exceed KU reads.

[Quantum]

Here's a January 2017 Q&A w/Pronoun:

https://www.janefriedman.com/pronoun-...

There's a thread on SIA, but for quality over quantity, I'd go with Graeme's analysis. To tide you over, you can look at some of his Pronoun-related posts here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Graeme]

Hi Denise, Alex,

The best link is this one, https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I start using Pronoun from this comment forward.