Self-Publishing Resources

Posted By Sue Collier on April 18, 2011

Here’s some of what’s happening in publishing right now:

From The Register: Writers sue Huffington Post for back pay
Now that it’s got a genuine corporate behemoth as its owner, the Huffington Post is fielding a lawsuit from its unpaid army of bloggers. Blogger Jonathan Tasini has filed a class action on behalf of more than 9,000 bloggers, claiming US$105m for content which the HuffPo used for its financial benefit while not paying the authors.

From Galley Cat: Jonathan Tasini—People fear being blacklisted
Today paidContent published a long interview with blogger Jonathan Tasini about the class action lawsuit he filed against The Huffington Post on behalf of unpaid bloggers.

From Publishers Weekly: E-book sales explode in February as other segments sink
E-book sales growth showed no signs of letting up in February, increasing at an even faster rate than they did in January. According to AAP’s monthly sales estimates, e-book sales jumped 202.3% at the 16 publishers that reported results, hitting $90.3 million.

From The Creative Penn: Tips for Kindle authors—with Steven Lewis
As ebook publishing continues to become more popular, there are also more support systems available for people who want to DIY. Steven wrote an excellent article a few weeks ago telling us all about Kindle Before You Go feature, so I thought he might be able to offer us some more Kindle publishing tips in person.

From Keyboard Hussy: What can a self-published author to do gain recognition?
Here are some ideas that can help you gain recognition for your bad ol’ author self and your bad ol’ bookity book:

From Galley Cat: Jon Krakauer publishes Greg Mortenson expose
Journalist Jon Krakauer has published an expose of author Greg Mortenson with a new long form journalism site, Byliner. As a promotion, you can download a PDF copy for free today; a Kindle Single edition will be published on Wednesday.

From Rachelle Gardner: Should publishing be compared to the music industry? (Maybe not)
Continuing on the theme of how publishing is evolving, you probably know that many people are comparing our current situation to the music industry’s revolutionary changes over the last dozen years. If we’re smart, the wisdom goes, we’ll carefully study how things have gone in that medium and see what we can learn from it. I’ve read many, many articles that astutely point to things that have worked and things that didn’t for the big record labels; analysis of mistakes that were made; and how that industry has adapted to changing technology which has in turn changed consumers’ buying patterns.

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