Question 806: Amazon vs. Hachette Retrospective
Scott asks: What was the deal with the feud between Amazon and the Big Five Publishers? Sponsored by Archivos
Question 804: How Soon is Too Soon?
Simon asks: Is it too soon to publish stories about pandemics?
Questions 803: The State of the Indie vs. Trad Wars
Simon asks: What’s become of the Indie vs. Trad publishing wars? Is that still a thing? Is it going anywhere?
Question 800: Library Distribution
Scott asks: How can independent publishers get books, ebooks, and audiobooks into libraries?
Questions 797: An Epic Rant on Writing Goals
Sarah asks: How do I choose a release schedule that takes advantage of algorithm triggering while best serving my audience? Resources Mentioned Jack Reacher series, by Lee Child James Bond series by Ian Flemming Nora Roberts Romance series Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Questions 795: Why Do Publishers Make Authors Do The Marketing?
Scott asks: Why do traditional publishers make authors do their own marketing, but not other parts of the publishing process?
Questions 786: 2020 Publishing Markets
JR asks: What do see coming down the pike for the publishing market in 2020?
Questions 781: Pay to Play
Jessica asks: Do indie writers need to pay to play?
Questions 774: I Finished My Book. Now What?
Richard asks: Now that I’ve finished writing my book, what do I do with it? Resources Mentioned: Wikipedia article on Heinlein essay On the Writing of Speculative Fiction reprinted in Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Asimov Science Fiction Magazine
Feedback: Vellum Without Mac
Today Simon has feedback on using Vellum without a Mac. Resources Mentioned: Vellum