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After The Hype And Drama: Balancing Trad And Indie Interests

After The Hype And Drama: Balancing Trad And Indie Interests

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After years of my-way-or-the-highway rhetoric, we’re starting to hear more nuanced messages from the author corps at last. The smartest minds in publishing know that it’s not a contest between two paths to publication but a long, daunting journey in a beleaguered market.

Of Talent And Turkeys

Of Talent And Turkeys

Porter Anderson Porter Anderson
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As self-publishing adds so many more books to the marketplace — and as digital publishing means that nothing goes out of print — can we continue to dodge the issue of what talent might mean in the potential success for writers?

‘It’s Over. We Can Coexist Now’: Hugh Howey Calls A Ceasefire

‘It’s Over. We Can Coexist Now’: Hugh Howey Calls A Ceasefire

Porter Anderson Porter Anderson
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“It’s time to back off a bit on the arguments for self-publishing,” says author-activist Hugh Howey. “It’s over. We can coexist now.” And with that, one of the most prominent of the indie authors in self-publishing today calls on his followers to hold their fire. The most important points, Howey says, have been made and understood.

When Authors Turn Against Authors, Or: Storytelling Folks Should Stick Together

When Authors Turn Against Authors, Or: Storytelling Folks Should Stick Together

Porter Anderson Porter Anderson
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While the self-publishing leadership looks for accord — or continues chewing each other’s legs off — questions will be waiting.

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