Fall is almost here in my part of the world. Warm sweaters. Pumpkin Spice lattes. And of course…football season! If you know me, you know I’m a huge football fan, both college and pro. I would never call myself an advanced expert, but I know the game, can recognize many ref calls, and, when my husband wants to wind me up for an amusing rant, he’ll bring up the Wildcat formation (while exciting to … [Read more...]
Dream of launching a magazine? How Stacey Anderson flipped her model and went for it
With constant proclamations that “print media is dead” I’m still not sure how critics are missing the racks of magazines everywhere you look – and that more are being launched all the time. In fact, according to Crain’s NY Business, 2012 saw 195 new print titles launched, compared to 181 in 2011. And only 74 titles folded in 2012, compared to 142 the year prior. Personally, I love the feel of a … [Read more...]
“We’re not selling/writing for strangers anymore”
If you are a writer, marketer, content provider, or entrepreneur, please spend 26 minutes listening to this insightful interview with Seth Godin on the Zen Habits website. In it, he talks about not only the state of publishing today, but how to build an audience, what it means to fail and how to finally let go of trying to please everyone. From the publishing front, which is of particular … [Read more...]
The spy who stole: Book publishing realities
In what could turn out to be a book-in-the-making on its own, a recently published UK spy novelist was found to have plagiarized most of his content from various sources, including several James Bond books. The book's been recalled, the author's career is in ruins and questions abound. The author cites pressure and self-doubt as what drove him to do this. He said he couldn't keep up with the … [Read more...]
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