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Warning:  This presentation tackles the Egyptian Revolution, politics, religion, money, dinosaurs, ebooks, paranormal romance and the future of book publishing, so if the amalgamation of such disparate topics strikes you as blasphemous,  click here for a video of cute happy bunnies . The 15,000 authors and publishers who use Smashwords to publish and distribute over 36,000 ebooks stand to benefit from the events now unfolding in publishing.  If they benefit, I benefit because Smashwords is an ebook distributor. Therefore, my opinions are biased. I have enormous respect for professional publishers and the passionate people who work in the field.  The business of BIG PUBLISHING may be broken, but the people in publishing are not.  Publishing is not dead.  These good people are hard at work this very moment rewriting the next chapter of book publishing for the benefit of all humanity.
An uprising is in the words
Catalysts of the Egyptian Revolution ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Is Big Publishing next?
The Old World of Big Publishing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Publishers controlled passage to the hereafter ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Is the allure of Big Publishing a mirage?
Reality is setting in for authors ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Drivers for the Overthrow of Big Publishing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The two questions that will spark an author uprising against Big Publishing
Q1 What can my publisher do for me that I can’t do myself?
Publishing Power Shifts to Authors ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Q2   (the most dangerous) Will a traditional publisher make me  less  successful?
Can a Big Publisher Harm an Author’s Career? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What happens when authors – the creators of books – lose faith in BIG PUBLISHING? God is dead.  — Nietzsche
The Accidental Revolutionary – Amanda Hocking  * ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],*   Smashwords distributes Amanda Hocking to Apple, Sony, Kobo, Diesel and B&N (partial)
Hocking is not alone.  Thousands of indie authors have joined the revolution ,[object Object],Sherwood Smith Brian S. Pratt Ann Somerville Shiloh Walker Ilona Andrews  M. R. Mathias  PL Nunn Selena Kitt Bella Andre Dan Poynter Cody Willard Tracy Falbe Ruth Ann Nordin Tina Folsom Lynn Flewelling Jack Gregory Alexis Harrington Shayne Parkinson Gerald M. Weinberg Randolph Lalonde Norman Savage David Derrico JA Konrath  Rebecca Forster Eva Gordon Dennis Batchelder Michael Sullivan Ginger Starr Mark Berent Bill Clem Carl East Dan McGirt Felicity Heaton Derek Ciccone Zoe Winters Boris Tzaprenko Lucinda Brant Rupert Colley Michael McCollum Nicky Charles Wesley Allison Sylvia Day RJ Silver Norah Wilson L.L. Bartlett Philippa Balantine David Dalglish Pat Ryan Janice Daugharty 15,000+ more at Smashwords.com
Thanks for considering the future
Learn more about indie ebook publishing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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The Uprising in Book Publishing

  • 1.  
  • 2. Warning: This presentation tackles the Egyptian Revolution, politics, religion, money, dinosaurs, ebooks, paranormal romance and the future of book publishing, so if the amalgamation of such disparate topics strikes you as blasphemous, click here for a video of cute happy bunnies . The 15,000 authors and publishers who use Smashwords to publish and distribute over 36,000 ebooks stand to benefit from the events now unfolding in publishing. If they benefit, I benefit because Smashwords is an ebook distributor. Therefore, my opinions are biased. I have enormous respect for professional publishers and the passionate people who work in the field. The business of BIG PUBLISHING may be broken, but the people in publishing are not. Publishing is not dead. These good people are hard at work this very moment rewriting the next chapter of book publishing for the benefit of all humanity.
  • 3. An uprising is in the words
  • 4.
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8. Is the allure of Big Publishing a mirage?
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11. The two questions that will spark an author uprising against Big Publishing
  • 12. Q1 What can my publisher do for me that I can’t do myself?
  • 13.
  • 14. Q2 (the most dangerous) Will a traditional publisher make me less successful?
  • 15.
  • 16. What happens when authors – the creators of books – lose faith in BIG PUBLISHING? God is dead. — Nietzsche
  • 17.
  • 18.
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