“Having registered that digital is the busy end of the business, I realised I could do more, and faster, on my own”
Anthony Hayward posted on The Guardian today about his adventures in self-publishing. From the article:
Last year, ebook sales in the United Kingdom more than doubled, as did their share of the entire books market – to almost 15%. Despite an understandable reluctance on the part of many readers to join this revolution (and in time it might well prove to be that) ebooks are here to stay – so why not embrace them and discover the advantages?
As a journalist and author myself, I have done just that. After writing more than 20 books, with major publishers behind them, I have found it increasingly difficult to get new ideas accepted. It is also frustrating as a writer to have a non-fiction book that is up-to-the-minute when “completed”, only for it to come out maybe nine months later and seem slightly dated.
Yes, another quarter … another weird Bowkers “report.”
On this day, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg address to a deeply divided country. It wasn’t a long speech – 278 words, total – but it continues to be one of the most enduring.
Stanislaus Forest Supervisor Susan Skalski today announced that a proposed action for the Rim Fire Hazard Tree (Rim HT) project is available for comment. The project proposes to improve public health and safety by removing standing hazard trees and other trees previously felled during fire suppression across 7,630 acres of National Forest lands within and adjacent to 148 miles of high use roads and other developed facilities.