The Future of Self-Publishing: A Real Page-Turner

Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Bonnie D Graham

News, Business News, Technology

4.9 • 112 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The buzz: “Ten years ago, e-books made up less than 1 percent of the trade book market, yet they now make up 40 to 50 percent of units sold…In genres like fantasy, romance, and science fiction, traditional publishers have lost their former iron grip on the industry…Successful major authors are even choosing to self-publish.…As smartphone ownership expands internationally, so will the market for e-books.…Books could take advantage of the capabilities of digital devices by offering color, interactivity, connectivity, share ability, and new features we can’t even imagine yet.” https://izzardink.com/future-of-self-publishing/ We’ll ask publisher Eddie Vincent, novelist Ursula Wong, ghostwriter and novelist Jeff Deck, novelist Barbara Eppich Struna and indie novelist Dale T. Phillips for their take on The Future of Self-Publishing: A Real Page-Turner!

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0:00.0	Where does yesterday's future, which is already here, really here, really here, meet today's future, which is about to happen, and tomorrow's future, which could be just minutes away?
0:16.4	Welcome to Technology Revolution, the future of now.
0:30.4	Where host Bonnie D. Graham asks savvy futurists for their predictions about the tech-driven trends that are shaping our future right now.
0:34.4	Here's your host who will take us into the future of now.
0:35.8	Bonnie D. Graham.
0:41.3	Bonnie in the house, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome.
0:43.3	A welcome for each of my special guests.
0:46.1	We are live streaming on LinkedIn and Facebook.
0:50.7	So happy to be here with a very special edition of Technology Revolution.
0:54.5	Actually, every week is a special edition, but this is near and dear to me, because I've always been interested in authors, in publishing. I started interviewing authors about 10 years ago,
1:01.5	maybe 20 years ago even on radio. And at that time, they were seeking large established
1:06.9	publishing houses to represent them, to talk about their book tours, to get the
1:12.1	marketing out. And in recent years, publishing on demand, self-publishing has taken hold.
1:17.5	We don't even need to have a paper book anymore, hard copy, paperback. You can have what's
1:24.4	called an e-book. And when I interview authors, I tell them, don't send me a hard copy.
1:27.9	My bookshelves are full. Send me an e-book, a PDF through Kindle, through e-pub, all kinds of ways.
1:34.5	So let me give you a little history of this. Yes, we're talking today about the future of self-publishing. calling this episode a real page turner and I think it will. I've got a phenomenal panel here who
1:45.2	came together through the generosity of two of the gentlemen on the panel. But let me give my opening
1:50.1	monologue. Here's the buzz and this is from a website I found called IZZARD Inc.com, Izard Inc. Like
1:57.7	Lizard with two Z's and without the L. Here we go. Ten years ago,
2:01.9	e-books made up less than one percent of the trade book market, yet they now make up 40 to 50 percent
2:07.7	of units sold. Think about that from less than 1 percent, 40 to 50. In genres like fantasy, romance,
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