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I enjoyed this article by Nilofar Ansher. It deals with the way new media and technology play a role in moving the control of opinion away from from critics and specialists and into the hands of consumers. In fact, consumers are ever-more becoming producers. I think this is the real shift: the audience is not only listening, they’re talking back. . . . → Read More: Repost: It’s Still About Story Telling: Writing in the ePublishing Age  Comments are closed  Book Marketing, Publishing, Reading, Writing  Book Marketing, publication, Writing I found this article to be a very useful, first-hand account of the challenges and advantages of self-publishing. I think that opinion tends to be divided between those who feel that eBooks are opening new opportunities for readers and writers, and those who feel that the eReader medium is still too immature and under-refined compared to paper . . . → Read More: What Independent Author Stacey Cochran learned from self-publishing 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Book Marketing, Publishing Book Marketing, owe nothing, publication In the spirit of “try before you buy”, I invite you to read a preview of my novel, Owe Nothing, on Google Books. Owe Nothing is my non-mainstream look at Vancouver: an adventure novel based upon real people and places that I knew when my family lived in dodgy Kingsway Motels for over a year. The names . . . → Read More: Preview Owe Nothing Free, on Google Books One comment - (Comments are closed) Book Marketing, Life, Publishing, Reading, Writing Book Marketing, fiction, Life Story, novel, owe nothing, publication, Vancouver, Writing I read this 2010 Survey of Book Buying Behaviour that gave some interesting stats on eReader adoption rates among book buyers. Compared to buyers of printed books, eBook purchasers are a small lot, but growing every day. The survey said, among other things, that of the 9800 some-odd people surveyed… eReader owners represent about 7% of all book . . . → Read More: Is an eReader or Tablet in Your Future, or mine? Comments are closed Book Marketing, Publishing, Reading Book Marketing, marketing, publication, Reading What’s the right price, relative to the cover price of the printed edition, or relative to the expectations of the eReader market? This is something I must resolve for myself: when I publish “Owe Nothing” in eBook format (which I am going to do fairly soon), what is the best price? I’ve seen eBooks on sale for $0.00, . . . → Read More: How do you set a price for an eBook edition? Comments are closed Book Marketing, Publishing, Reading, Writing Book Marketing, novel, owe nothing, publication I tend to write the most and the best when the process is driven by a personal memory or feeling – something that might have been evoked by a unexpected sound or smell, or a memory triggered by that. Sometimes, a new perspective or pattern of thought evolves, which was brought on by a recurrence of events during the day. . . . → Read More: Writing as a Form of Cocoon… Officially, here it is: My new fiction website is launched! ejohnlovebooks.com is the new focal point for my works of fiction, including Owe Nothing, my novel about Jack Owen’s life in Vancouver. On my new site, I’ve tried to provide you with an introduction to myself and my background, both as a writer and as a designer. Of course, . . . → Read More: New Home, New Look, New Approach 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Book Marketing, Publishing, Writing Book Marketing, fiction, marketing, owe nothing, publication, Writing Ah, Spring. A time for growth, renewal, and positive change. And spring cleaning. My personal web presence at www.ejohnlove.com has been in play since 1998, and over the years, it has been the home of all of my online personal shrines and pet projects, not the least of these is “True Life”, my personal family memoirs project. Creating . . . → Read More: Owe Nothing: Taking Writing and Marketing to the Next Level… Comments are closed Book Marketing, Events, Life, Publishing, Reading, Writing adventure, Book Marketing, fiction, novel, owe nothing, publication, Vancouver, Writing …but that’s life, right? In my naivete, back in the heady days April 2009, I imagined that the act of publishing my novel “Owe Nothing” would automatically bring some level of attention, and – more importantly to me – some new readers. Money is great, but to me, it’s a by-product of the other success: popularity. Back in 2008, . . . → Read More: Writing the novel was fun! Marketing it… not so much. Comments are closed Book Marketing, Publishing, Writing Book Marketing, fiction, novel, owe nothing, publication, Writing |
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