Web Wanderings - Aug. 11-14, 2013
Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Poem on Craigslist?
On July 31, Aaron Belz -- author of three volumes of poems and editor of "Curator Magazine" -- posted an ad on Craigslist to sell his poetry-writing services. Some thought it a joke, but he did generate some business by using this medium to promote his services. In fact, one customer hired Belz to write a poem to insult him. This article asks the question, Can capitalism save art?
Audience Development for Writers: Your Life-Long Career Investment
by Jane Friedman
A twenty-minute video of Ms. Friedman's talk at the 2013 Midwest Writers Workshop, in which she discusses the growth of her blog's readership and her audience development principles. Includes next steps for new bloggers.
7 Reasons Why Social Media Isn't Growing Your Fiction Readership (And What to Do About Them)
The Book Designer
Why aren't your hours of devotion to social media growing your book sales and readership?--What you may be doing wrong.
Harlequin Announces Digital First Program
Press Release through Digital Book World
The company that publishes romance announces a publishing program straight to digital that "allows writers the chance to turn out-of-the-box ideas that don’t fit into existing series romance lines into ebooks. Harlequin-E will initially focus on mystery, romance, erotic romance, young adult, fantasy, fantasy romance, sci-fi and sci-fi romance categories. Harlequin-E will launch its first digital story in fall 2013 and feature stories with a minimum word count of 10,000."
How Clear a View of Publishing Do We Have?
by Porter Anderson
from Publishing Perspectives
A seven-part discussion of the current publishing industry, taking off from Bowker Market Research's U.S. Book Consumer Demographics & Buying Behaviors Annual Review.
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