In Publishing Perspectives’ Ether for Authors, Porter Anderson looks at the focus Joanna Penn puts on marketing algorithms: a report from the future. Read More
Ether for Authors: Which Way Should B&N Go?
In Ether for Authors, Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives looks at the fortunes of B&N and has new reactions from observers on the struggle. Read More
Ether for Authors: Look Who's Not Talking
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
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
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
Read about BEA: BoatExpo America
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson Ether for Authors: BoatExpo America You wouldn’t think BookExpo America (BEA) at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City had much to do with the huge boat shows that fill such trade-show arenas . But you’d be wrong. When the industry! the industry! barges into the city at the… Read More