Comments on: New Publishing Industry Needs New Editors

By: PJ Lifestyle » If Paper Publishing is Dead, What Next?

PJ Lifestyle » If Paper Publishing is Dead, What Next? — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:36:05 +0000

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laterooms london — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:29:59 +0000

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By: The PJ Tatler » Smugly

The PJ Tatler » Smugly — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:34:08 +0000

[...] in 2008 I wrote a piece here at PJM about the new publishing industry needing a new business model. The basic point here is that costs used to be dominated by making, shipping, storing, and selling [...]

By: Tom Lopy

Tom Lopy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:24:50 +0000

I don’t think self publishing is the best route because of the promotion aspect. Its critical to push the book in a variety of formats like podcasts and audio books. You need to have an expert to handle that. A company like newfiction.com does that.

By: New Publishing Industry Needs New Editors | New Fiction Blog

New Publishing Industry Needs New Editors | New Fiction Blog — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:22:08 +0000

[...] some authors responded by asking what publishers were good for in the new world of the Internet.

By: Pajamas Media » Manufacturing on Demand: The Future Is Now

Pajamas Media » Manufacturing on Demand: The Future Is Now — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:17:40 +0000

[...] daily life: music distribution without the need for big physical production plants, electronic book publishing, and even what the continuing advances in computer technology will mean to computers themselves. [...]

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:20:59 +0000

If you’re interested in self publishing, you might find this book of use:

http://www.johntreed.com/HTWP.html

By: Pajamas Media » Amazon’s Kindle Draws the Reader In

Pajamas Media » Amazon’s Kindle Draws the Reader In — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:23:57 +0000

[...] future of these things is bright, though. First of all, the price is sure to drop; electronics always does. Soon, a lot of schools will be ordering texts that can be delivered as [...]

By: Pajamas Media » Blog Archive » What Will Your Next Computer Be Able to Do?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:21:08 +0000

[...] us bibliophiles: you can take your whole library with you in a package the size of a big checkbook. Publishing will be much easier, too: no more heavy paper bricks. So you’ll have the space for 3,200 books, but you’ll also [...]

By: amba

amba — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:24:04 +0000

As an editor as well as a writer, I object to calling these creatures you're describing "editors," unless they also edit. Call them impresarios, or something. The problem is and always will be that the "filter" filters out good stuff along with the bad, and not just obscure elitist good stuff either (as witness the experiences of eventually bestselling authors from Puzo to Rowling who collected dozens of rejections). The filter is usually set by what succeeded in the past, so when something is genuinely original, or doesn't fit a MFA-program trend, it tends to fall through the cracks in the culture. Another HUGE problem we need to do something about is that PAPERBACKS (as most on-demand books are) DO NOT GET REVIEWED. My brother wrote a highly entertaining, darkly funny novel about a drug death in the Peace Corps, and published it with a "micropublisher," another interesting trend. I've sent him the link to this post, and maybe he'll come comment.