Daniel McCloskey.com: Sandwichville: Writer's Showcase #9
NOT AT CYBERPUNK
Hey all, I’ve decided to put the 9th Writer’s Showcase at Biddles Escape (401 Biddle Ave, Pittsburgh, PA)
7pm on May 29th
The Showcase will feature Sarah LaPonte.[sarahlaponte.com] Sarah is a talented photographer and author working on a…
Nate and Dan are waging a land war against the MFA. So far it’s been rocky. Their first reading helped someone with MFA requirements. Let’s see how they’re feeling.
Shirky through Matthew Ingram: Publishing is no longer a job or an industry -- it's a button
if traditional publishers — of all kinds, not just the book industry — want to maintain some of the value they have had in the past, they will have to stop thinking about controlling the process of distribution or the delivery platform, and think more about the services they can add for authors and readers.
This is really the only way to manage disruptive changes within a field or industry: 1) Assess the potential value you as a company can provide in the new situation 2) Identify those who are willing to pay for that value 3) Transform your company and business model to providing that value (1) to those identified in step (2)
Everything you do that will not fit in that new model is basically worthless and should be cut off as fast as possible.
Is that really so hard?
Message from our friend Karin Lillis
Our friend Karen Lillis is fundraising for a book tour. She’s a wonderful writer and a great friend to the Cyberpunk Apocalypse. Please do see what she has to say.
FROM KAREN: I’m doing an IndieGogo book tour fundraiser, and one prize is a copy of WATCH THE DOORS AS THEY CLOSE.
Read more about the book, the tour, and the fundraiser here:http://www.indiegogo.com/Book-Tour-for-Watch-the-Doors-as-They-Close
New review at Chamber Four for WATCH THE DOORS AS THEY CLOSE:
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