Comments on Nathan Bransford, Author: This Week in Publishing 12/4/09

Hey Nathan. I loved the NZ Book Council trailer. ...

2009-12-08T10:59:19.068-08:00

Hey Nathan. I loved the NZ Book Council trailer. The disturbing thing is that I live in New Zealand and have never seen it before!

Toni

Nice! Thank you for not vexing us with inputting o...

2009-12-07T08:28:50.049-08:00

Nice! Thank you for not vexing us with inputting our info prior to commenting. ;)

Just checked in and copped a load of the bold new ...

2009-12-07T06:53:09.896-08:00

Just checked in and copped a load of the bold new look.

Much excitement.

Off now to link-hop about your bold new vista...

Anon 12:04: THANKS! There appears to be ...

2009-12-07T03:12:34.002-08:00

Anon 12:04:

THANKS!

There appears to be a clever use for self-pubbed ARCS out there, waiting to be discovered by someone willing to take the risk.
To create buzz.

Forums in the new site! yay! But wait...there'...

2009-12-06T22:45:37.089-08:00

Forums in the new site! yay! But wait...there's stuff about monkeys and bears. Interesting...

OMG! Nathan's got a new blog layout!!

2009-12-06T22:26:03.669-08:00

OMG! Nathan's got a new blog layout!!

p.p.s. if I were you, I'd disable anonymous co...

2009-12-06T20:55:04.240-08:00

p.p.s. if I were you, I'd disable anonymous commenting... just sayin'.

Also, I didn't say "for me" enough i...

2009-12-06T20:52:59.937-08:00

Also, I didn't say "for me" enough in that comment... lol

wow. And things got heated. I will never go to an...

2009-12-06T20:50:06.990-08:00

wow. And things got heated.

I will never go to an e-reader. Moby Dick isn't the same on a screen, as it's always been about more than the words for me. It's the cover art (which you mentioned), the pages, the feel. It's a huge part of my reading experience.

Just as I don't like audio books, though the words are still the words-- it's the same for me via a screen.

And blog reading is not the same as a novel for me, though I know some would say, "But you read blogs!" Please. I don't read blogs for several hours before bed. It would make me crazy.

And for me, Casablanca in the theater is a completely different experience. All movies are different on the big screen for me.

I guess reading is an experience for me, it's much more than the words.

*viva personal preference/opinion*

Love the new look...

2009-12-06T20:46:49.721-08:00

Love the new look...

Fantastic new look, Nathan! I love it!

2009-12-06T19:21:38.278-08:00

Fantastic new look, Nathan! I love it!

Oh, and there are other ways for self-publishers t...

2009-12-06T12:11:39.384-08:00

Oh, and there are other ways for self-publishers to get the word out, like competitions. Writer's Digest has a self-published books contest, for example.

@ GhostFolk "Fiction, affordable short print ...

2009-12-06T12:04:31.670-08:00

@ GhostFolk
"Fiction, affordable short print run self-published for advance review copy distribution

I am MOST curious how this might work."

ARCs sent to reviewers is a traditional publishers' marketing strategy also used by imaginative and resourceful self-publishers for generating parol buzz and blurb commentary for marketing, publicity, promotion, and advertising purposes. The Four Corners of Buzz, but it still boils down to a well-crafted entertaining story talked about in the street, at the water cooler, in the everyday daily lives of readers.

Many reviewers will briefly look at any bound book recieved gratis for review purposes, deeper if a novel grabs them in some visceral way. Prominent reviewers, however, tend to only review titles with an ISBN of a well-known publisher.

Nontraditional reviewers are legion, local columnists, academics, experts in a specific subject area, accomplished authors, celebrities, library organizations, and so on.

Reviewers are generally after-the-fact sorters, a nontraditional method for screening, but imaginative and resourceful self-publishers use it to test out the parol potential and to glean copy for back cover blurbs and press releases, and blog and Web site announcements coinciding with full release. Savvy reviewers are hip to the strategy anymore, so it's just another avenue for building potential self-publisher breakout.

Love the new look, though I'm still on the cha...

2009-12-06T12:02:21.843-08:00

Love the new look, though I'm still on the change curve and will have to get used to it.

"Not since the advent of Christianity has the world witnessed so sweeping a change in the very fabric of human existence." I'm still not sure his tongue is not firmly in his cheek at points in this article. I feel, even for someone with his background, any association between the events of the 30s/40s and anything less than genocide, seems rather inappropriate. And lays any article open to be misread as attention-seeking adding weight to an subject of less substance.

PS: For any sensitive souls the Kaufmann article comes with a language warning PG-label - contains the F-word once -. (Which seemed surprising and rather unnecessary.)

oh, no! Not forums, too? tosses eSlick over shoul...

2009-12-06T11:18:36.249-08:00

oh, no! Not forums, too?

tosses eSlick over shoulder....

Holy Cow is right. I thought your site was kidnapp...

2009-12-06T11:16:06.971-08:00

Holy Cow is right. I thought your site was kidnapped!

I like the new design, though I do have two quibbles: I must be right eyed because the links column just seems wrong on the left. And if you are embedding links in your text, they are not popping out at me. If you aren't that could explain why not.

Thanks to you I ordered the eSlick (Foxit) because it's .pdf reflow is just what I need for archival research (Foxit). I'm in lurv.

Love the new look, Nathan. And forums, too! :)

2009-12-06T11:11:51.457-08:00

Love the new look, Nathan. And forums, too! :)

The new format rocks! I love the typewriter. Just ...

2009-12-06T08:40:02.371-08:00

The new format rocks! I love the typewriter. Just seeing it makes me very thankful for computers.

swish new design! (i'm new to your blog by the...

2009-12-06T06:33:49.560-08:00

swish new design! (i'm new to your blog by the way but i just caught the last few weeks of the old style)

I'm so glad to see your favorite color is stil...

2009-12-06T05:33:13.350-08:00

I'm so glad to see your favorite color is still orange! :)

The site is wicked cool. I love the nod to paper, in this time of e-ink.

And Forums?? Good Lord, man. Do you know how much time I can spend procrastinating there?

Kudos to Sean!

I like the new look.

2009-12-06T05:18:11.488-08:00

I like the new look.

Great new site! But shouldn't that antique typ...

2009-12-06T04:29:51.311-08:00

Great new site! But shouldn't that antique typewriter be an e-reader?

;)

Okay, Anon 4:06, you got me with this one: ...

2009-12-06T04:23:43.514-08:00

Okay, Anon 4:06, you got me with this one:

Fiction, affordable short print run self-published for advance review copy distribution

I am MOST curious how this might work.

Professional storytellers and other who routiunely perform or do presentations for live audiences can benefit greatly from self-publication.

Folks who already have a retail outlet, perhaps in a tourist area, can do well with an approproate self-pub at the checkout counter.

But, seriously, the trial for self-pubbed titles is selling the things. Esepcially fiction. It's hard work day in and day out.

OMG, Nathan, Sean outdid himself! You are so web-glamorous now!

Go New Zealand Book Council! I am a very proud kiw...

2009-12-06T00:35:36.145-08:00

Go New Zealand Book Council! I am a very proud kiwi right now :)

Hey, I got on a train overnight and the blog chang...

2009-12-05T23:52:21.210-08:00

Hey, I got on a train overnight and the blog changed!

Looks very cool!