Comments on: The Novelist’s Dilemma http://www.warrenadler.com/the-novelists-dilemma.shtml The Official Website Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:04:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The Challenge of the Writer « The Undiscovered Author http://www.warrenadler.com/the-novelists-dilemma.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-4397 The Challenge of the Writer « The Undiscovered Author Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:29:21 +0000 http://www.warrenadler.com/?p=240#comment-4397 [...] POD, print on demand, publishing, self-publishing, writer by Stephen Watkins I happened across this post last week on the blog of author Warren Adler about what he calls “The Novelist’s [...] [...] POD, print on demand, publishing, self-publishing, writer by Stephen Watkins I happened across this post last week on the blog of author Warren Adler about what he calls “The Novelist’s [...]

]]> By: Hemy http://www.warrenadler.com/the-novelists-dilemma.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-226 Hemy Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:42:04 +0000 http://www.warrenadler.com/?p=240#comment-226 This is a very interesting article on the subject http://tinyurl.com/y9hvxhv This is a very interesting article on the subject

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]]> By: Hemy http://www.warrenadler.com/the-novelists-dilemma.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-222 Hemy Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:33:43 +0000 http://www.warrenadler.com/?p=240#comment-222 It would seem, after reading your enlightened dissection of this topic, that we are smack bang in the middle of a paradigm shift in the publishing of the written word. As an artistic spirit, whilst potentially foreboding in the short-term, I do glimpse the light you are shedding on our options (in terms of coming out of our own creative cave, so to speak) and proactively entering a world that potentially awaits our work. No doubt, those of us who are too slow to reinvent our expectations and accept change will be left behind. The question lingers in my own mind, with so many shards splintering off the traditional institution of publishing, how does one decide which one/s represent the best way forward both now and in the future. My own experiences in music, art and writing have led me to the understanding that the artist should bridge the gap between themselves and their audience. Traditionally the curators, managers and publishers of this world have taken ownership of this (at times) precarious relationship bridge. Perhaps that is why artists for eons have been coerced into submissive and somewhat powerless positions, just in order to be published. Has this then always been a professionally dysfunctional and dependant relationship? The way forward, as you suggest, may well be in an artists ability to move beyond their own creative boundaries and invest more in social media. Like casting a line out to all potential readers if we as writers can harness existing marketing strategies then we should be able to translate those connections into tangible results, primarily the marketing and sale of our own work. This is probably why I have established the first twitter book club, where authors contribute to building that bridge with their audience themselves by participating in our readers circle. It is a club where authors are invited to both share and discuss their own books and participate in reading the works of other authors, alongside their own audience. Whilst some of us might lean towards the tyranny of distance, others who are prepared to engage with our readers in this new era of social media marketing will perhaps become the next generation of self-promoting authors. With a large enough reach, within a highly interactive electronic medium, perhaps the future of this issue will be more about the online identity and exposure of the author and their work, and the currency that will have with prospective publishers. Hemy It would seem, after reading your enlightened dissection of this topic, that we are smack bang in the middle of a paradigm shift in the publishing of the written word. As an artistic spirit, whilst potentially foreboding in the short-term, I do glimpse the light you are shedding on our options (in terms of coming out of our own creative cave, so to speak) and proactively entering a world that potentially awaits our work. No doubt, those of us who are too slow to reinvent our expectations and accept change will be left behind. The question lingers in my own mind, with so many shards splintering off the traditional institution of publishing, how does one decide which one/s represent the best way forward both now and in the future. My own experiences in music, art and writing have led me to the understanding that the artist should bridge the gap between themselves and their audience. Traditionally the curators, managers and publishers of this world have taken ownership of this (at times) precarious relationship bridge. Perhaps that is why artists for eons have been coerced into submissive and somewhat powerless positions, just in order to be published. Has this then always been a professionally dysfunctional and dependant relationship?

The way forward, as you suggest, may well be in an artists ability to move beyond their own creative boundaries and invest more in social media. Like casting a line out to all potential readers if we as writers can harness existing marketing strategies then we should be able to translate those connections into tangible results, primarily the marketing and sale of our own work. This is probably why I have established the first twitter book club, where authors contribute to building that bridge with their audience themselves by participating in our readers circle. It is a club where authors are invited to both share and discuss their own books and participate in reading the works of other authors, alongside their own audience. Whilst some of us might lean towards the tyranny of distance, others who are prepared to engage with our readers in this new era of social media marketing will perhaps become the next generation of self-promoting authors. With a large enough reach, within a highly interactive electronic medium, perhaps the future of this issue will be more about the online identity and exposure of the author and their work, and the currency that will have with prospective publishers.

Hemy

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