Upon the Gears of Big Publishing - ASJA May 15, Berkeley, CA
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This presentation was given in Berkeley, Calif. to the bay area chapter of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. The presenter, Mark Coker, was born in Berkeley, and attended UC Berkeley. ...
This presentation was given in Berkeley, Calif. to the bay area chapter of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. The presenter, Mark Coker, was born in Berkeley, and attended UC Berkeley. In this presentation, he draws parallels between the Free Speech Movement which originated in the Fall of '64 at UC Berkeley, and the coming author uprising against traditional book publishing.
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I've read other material about the impending collapse of the almighty gatekeepers, some of whom are courteous enough to answer outlines or anachronistic and self-abasing queries and most don't. The most annoying and degrading thing about traditional publishing is that your writing future is in somebody else's hands----with e-book publishing it looks like you run the show yourself, on your own timetable. I can't wait to participate and learn more about it. Out with the old and in with the new. Some authors may be eating Duck Confit at the Four Seasons with their agents or publishers but what about everybody else? I had to remind myself that the publisher I'm signed with didn't sign me because they're trying to help me out or because they admire me personally. No more 'query letters!' No more 'No unsolicited submissions.' I'll always admire printed books, but the accessibility of self-publishing e-books is the way to fly. Now all I have to do is bone up on the publishing guide. Your own computer is your publishing company and this is a very informative, motivating and at the same time appropriately sarcastic [in places] post by Mark Coker. 8 months ago Reply