In Publishing Perspectives’ Ether for Authors, Porter Anderson looks at the relative silence of major publishing house’s leadership–in a noisy industry. Read More
Provocations in Publishing: A Major Publisher Jumps the Shark
At Writer Unboxed, Porter Anderson focuses on the recent revelation by publisher HarperCollins of the profitability of ebooks — at what some see as authors’ expense. A Provocation in Publishing post. Read More
Ether: While You Were Bashing Amazon
On the Ether at JaneFriedman.com, Porter Anderson looks at Amazon Publishing’s latest strides — $110,000 in author awards and a new million-copy seller. Read More
Ether for Authors: Beta Readers in the Race
Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives asks in Ether for Authors whether an idea from author Hugh Howey might not help promote pro beta readers Read More
On the Ether: Faster, Authors, Faster!
Porter Anderson at JaneFriedman.com asks for Ether reader input about the rising demands for author speed and productivity in writing books today. Read More
Read: Are Publishing Firefights Hurting the Mission?
Porter Anderson, in his weekly (Tuesdays) Ether for Authors column at PublishingPerspectives.com, looks at the field’s bellicose pleasure in crises. Read More
FutureBook: Orna Ross, the Pudding Would Like a Word
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson The FutureBook: Orna Ross, the Pudding Would Like a Word At The FutureBook: What’s important is for all of us to remember that our words, our expressions of opinion, can be hurtful, wrong, unfair, damaging. It’s incumbent upon us to be careful. A tip from the long-lost arts of journalism:… Read More
When Amazon Sat Down With the Lambs
In this week’s Writing on the Ether from Porter Anderson at JaneFriedman.com: A unique discussion between Amazon executives, entrepreneurial authors, and media people at BEA touched on self-publishing and reader expectations. Read More
How London Beat BEA's Pants Off
Authors at BEA seem welcome, but only in their place. They’re not expected to be doing business. BEA started in the era of publisher-controlled authors. Ether for Authors from Publishing Perspectives – with Porter Anderson. Read More
BEA: Malcolm Gladwell Takes Aim
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson Writing on the Ether: Casting Stones at BEA At IDPF’s Digital Book 2013 Conference at BEA, headliner Malcolm Gladwell, ahead of his forthcoming David and Goliath: “In 10 years, best-selling authors will [still] need marketers and editors…Good marketers and editors will find a way to be relevant…[And in reference to… Read More