Chris Lough writes in Tor.com an article which is, hands down, the best description of the book production process I’ve ever read. In How Could The Winds of Winter Be Published in Only Three Months he walks us through the six key steps in the process for a typical book and then for R. R. […]
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WORD: Amazon Brick and Mortar
Posted: 30th March 2016 by jazzdog in PublishingTags: Amazon, books, bookstore, eBook, publishing, Richard Hacker, writing
Sometimes what you never thought you’d ever see happens right in front of you. Like many of us, I have watched Amazon enter the marketplace, devouring small, independent bookstores and crushing the big box stores as well. Amazon can sell just about anything to anyone and get it there in two days for free. Sounds much […]
Digital Angst
Posted: 25th January 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Digital Media, Novel, Publishing, UncategorizedTags: analog, digital, eBook, fiction, novel, publishing, reading, Richard Hacker, vinyl disks, writing
Unless you’ve been living on a small deserted island somewhere in the Pacific, you’ve seen a tremendous change in the publishing industry over the last few years. I’ve found myself in many conversations around books, bookstores, the big chains, the online retailers, and the medium itself. Before we used to beat each other up over […]