Tag: self-publishing

  • A brief comment on the traditional vs. self-publishing debate

    10 Nov 2011 » 2 min read about Writing & Publishing

    Over on Bryan Thomas Schmidt’s blog today, Bryan discusses “Why Quality Still Matters” regardless of how you are publishing. I posted a comment on a Google+ thread to this post that I think is worth reproducing here. It touches on both quality but also on where I think the evolution of both traditional and self-publishing…

  • Tips for self-publishing from a self-publishing skeptic

    28 Jul 2011 » 3 min read about Reading & Books

    I am not a fan of self-publishing. I have written about why I am not a fan before. But yesterday, a good friend of mine asked me for some advice on self-publishing and you can’t let a pal down. I am biased, of course, so if there’s anyone out there who has corrections or additions to…

  • Some thoughts on self-publishing

    31 Mar 2011 » 6 min read about Writing & Publishing

    There is a lot of discussion about self-publishing on the Intewebs these days, and it is almost always in the context of the the seemingly imminent collapse of the traditional publishing models. There have been a number of recent self-publishing success stories, the most prominent of which is probably that of Amanda Hocking. She is…