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Nathan Bransford latest blog posts Traditional vs. Self-publishing is a False Dichotomyposted on Thursday 24th of May 2012
Us vs. them is fun. It gets people's blood boiling. It instills fear. It's thrilling to be on a team, especially when you feel like your team is winning.
These days it seems like traditional and self-publishing are increasingly pitted against each other on blogs and forums, as if one side or the other is the bastion of all that is good and pure in the world and the other side is the bastion of all that is horrible and evil.
This is insane.
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Where Did You Hear About the Book You're Reading?posted on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012
The way we discover books is ever-changing. It sure seems like we're far more likely to discover books through a tweet, Goodreads recommendation, Facebook post, or online search than we are through methods that existed before the Internet.
Where did you hear about the book you're reading?
I'm reading A Wrinkle in Time at the moment, which I could have sworn I read growing up, but now realize I picked up and put down a million times when I wa...
On Self-Publishing and Having a Chip on One's Shoulderposted on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012
There is an affliction sweeping the nation that until recently has mainly only been whispered about in private quarters, but which agent Sarah LaPolla and author Chuck Wendig touched on this week:
Some (some!) vocal self-published authors have a rather substantial chip on their shoulders.
Before we start get into name calling, let me state the following:
I love self-publishing! I think it's fantastic. I wouldn't by any means rule out partak...
Social Media is an Imperfect Sales Tool. Use it Anyway.posted on Monday 21st of May 2012
I somehow missed this post the first time around, but Red Pen of Doom wrote a post at the end of last year that, while extremely complimentary of my physical appearance (blushing, RPofD!), pointed out that my social media following has not resulted in the same number book sales as, say, Snooki. Who, yes, has a book out.
The title of the blog post: The Twitter: it is NOT for selling books.
And you know what? I (mostly) agree with this post.
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 Do We Have a Failure to Communicate?posted on Thursday 17th of May 2012
I've had several different conversations with friends lately wondering about whether our ability to communicate is being eroded in the texting/e-mail/Facebook messaging/G-chat/Skype/direct messages/can on a string era.
We have more tools for communication than ever. Social media makes it possible to instantly know what our friends are up to and even see when they're nearby. We share books and articles and TV shows and ideas faster than ever b...
The Last Few Weeks in Books 5/14/12posted on Tuesday 15th of May 2012
Apologies for being inconsistent with the link roundups lately, I've been quite busy finishing up the last few changes for Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp.
The good news is that I've been saving links like a hyperactive squirrel stores acorns. Here we go! Rapid fire style.
First, I was recently interviewed for a San Jose Mercury News article on Facebook's cultural impact, in which I touch on the way social media enforces transpar...
 The Biggest Challenges in the New Era of Publishingposted on Thursday 10th of May 2012
As you may have noticed from my gazillions of posts about the wonders of e-books and the future of publishing, I'm a rather relentless techno-optimist. I think the future is going to be better than the past, and I believe having more books out there in the market is a decidedly good thing. I'm counting down the days until there's an invention that allows us to read five books at once.
At the same time, along with technological change comes ma...
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