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The author of this article has been both published traditionally and self-published.

He believes there are many benefits that self-publishing has over the traditional method, and provides twelve good reasons to back up his statement.

Having designed book covers for both traditional and self-published books, in most cases we see the self-publishers coming out ahead in many ways.

Ownership is one of the biggest advantages, and it affects many of the others from money to control to satisfaction.

Hit the Continue Reading link below to read a short excerpt and click through to the full article.

This article has some good infomation about how things have shifted in favor of the self-publisher in this age of Social Media.

It used to be you needed to travel to book stores, court reviewers and print, radio and TV press, along with a whole list of other things.

These days that's all helpful, but you can reach many more people by getting noticed in blogs, forums, Facebook, Twiter, etc.

Continue reading to go to a link to the full article. It will be worth your time.

Have you ever declared:

"I Don't Tweet", or "I Don't Text", or "I don't use Facebook"?

We've all had friends and family say those words to us.

Today I want to perform an intervention. You simply can't say "I Don't" to any of these things and expect to remain relevant, or informed.

Here's why.

Twitter is the new oxygen of information. Let me explain.

Radio isn't about a kind of content - it's just a pipe that brings sound to your radio. It can be Classical Music, or News Radio, or Howard Stern. But you don't say - I don't use 'audio' or I don't consume content that comes from a satellite.

The pipe doesn't matter.

So, with Twitter here's a quick primer. [Read Full Article at mediabizbloggers.com]

As we move into an era when authors have a real choice about whether they want to go the self-publishing or traditional publishing route, authorial control over the publishing process is a very very important issue, and it's something author Hannah Moskowitz recently touched on as well.

Read the full article at http://blog.nathanbransford.com/

How Viral Copies of a Naughty Bedtime Book Changed Publishing

Fast Company;Something remarkable happened last Friday. A children's book hit the No. 1 spot on; Amazon.com's best-seller list. And it did so a month before the book is even slated for release.

You may have heard of the book—it's a best-seller after all.Go the Fuck to Sleep; by Adam Mansbach, began its life as a joke Facebook post in June. It was a particularly trying instance of bedtime with his 2-year-old daughter, and Mansbach let off some steam in the form of a humorous status update to his friends: "Look out for my forthcoming children's book, ‘Go the - to Sleep.' "

 

Read full article at http://bpwiz.blogspot.come

LibreDigital provides a wide range of digital publishing services to 7 of the top 10 US trade publishers. These services include distribution to e-book marketplaces, marketing and discovery tools, managed conversion services, and sales reporting and analytics through LibreDigital Business Intelligence. The new portal allows small to medium publishers to sign up online for distribution and conversion services online and achieve the quality levels that are necessary to gain distribution to over 50 global marketplaces. Distribution services are provided on a revenue share and file conversion services can be charged to the publisher's credit card based on the costs of converting from the original source.

 

Read full article at Newsblaze.com

The book publishing industry is dead and they don’t know it. Its like how the typewriter industry died. And how companies like Blockbuster and Borders can’t survive. And the entire music industry is dying. And broadcast television might be on the way.  And the tablet industry is the first sign that companies like DELL might be in major trouble. And companies like Sirius mean the radio industry is dead.

Read full article at www.jamesaltucher.com