Publishing
Post about the art and strategies of professional publishing, from business models to platforms, and more.
Will traditional journalism survive? Paid Members Public
Nick Carr pokes some pointed holes in the “bloggers will replace journalists” idea [http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/10/easy_as_pie.php]. Of course, that’s not to say that bloggers won’t replace some journalists. Are you sure your copy is good enough for people to choose
Google Video UK launches Paid Members Public
The UK version of Google Video [http://video.google.co.uk] went live today. It’ll be interesting to see if it can start competing with the juggernaut of YouTube [http://www.YouTube.com].
The Doom of Niche Magazines? Paid Members Public
The relationship between online and paper publishing is evolving at an incredible rate. In the last fortnight alone, we’ve seen The Guardian announce that stories will hit the website before the paper [http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,1795194,00.html] (provoking plenty of ‘me too’ announcements
links for 2006-01-25 Paid Members Public
* [There may be some values in publishing stocks](http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/23/news/companies/publishing/index.htm) See, there’s life in the dead tree industry, still.(tags: [journalism](http://del.icio.us/adders/journalism) [media](http://del.icio.us/adders/media) [publishing](http://del.icio.us/
Another Step Towards Profitable Blogs? Paid Members Public
As someone who’d love to quit journalism for full time blogging, this [http://www.micropersuasion.com/2005/11/google_your_lon.html] made me go “hmmm…”
An Author? A Writer? Paid Members Public
There’s a great post over on Storytellers Unplugged about the distinction between an author and a writer. This post is called I Do It For The Money [http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/2005/07/i-do-it-for-money.html]: > Author: Person whose name is on a book cover. Writer: Someone actively putting
Bank Holiday Essay: Formats Paid Members Public
Small is beautiful, or so my wife and I tell each other, she because she’s short and I, uh…. Moving swiftly along, the publishing industry certainly seems to agree with me. My evidence? Glamour magazine, The Independent newspaper, two Marvel Age digests and a copy of Brief Lives: Chaucer
Words words words, without end or reason Paid Members Public
As I sat on the train home last night, my ear was drawn to the chap sitting next to me. The moment he sat down, he pulled out his mobile phone and called a friend. He didn’t stop talking for the whole of the 20 minute ride to Lewisham.
