Thursday, July 01, 2010

The Rise of the Author-Entrepreneur
Publishing Perpectives
     


In a UK complement to our Monday story, Anna Lewis (pic left) of the London-based online self-publishing platform CompletelyNovel.com writes about the idea of "author as entrepreneur" and describes how her company is working together with a growing coterie of authors, as well as businesses and institutions, who want to publish, market, and sell it themselves, bypassing traditional publishing altogether.

Read the article ...   
 
  
 
How Can Publishers Benefit from the Author-Entrepreneur?


Can publishers learn from the success of author-entrepreneurs? Or will publishing companies benefit by acquiring authors, who after the hard work of writing, self-publishing and self promotion, realize the benefit a publisher can provide?

Let us know what you think!
  

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