The Future of Self-Publishing: I Could Write A Book! – Part 3

Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Bonnie D Graham

News, Business News, Technology

4.9 • 112 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Buzz 1: “Ten years ago, e-books made up less than 1 percent of the trade book market… traditional publishers have lost their former iron grip on the industry…Successful major authors are even choosing to self-publish.…” (izzardink.com) The Buzz 2: Recent research from Global English Editing and Written Word Media reveals … 66% of readers across the globe say print offers “a more fulfilling and unique reading experience * 1.5+M book titles were published in 2021, with printed book sales increasing by 18.5% during the first half of the year * ebook sales, which generated 9% of 2021’s total $26 billion book revenue, declined by 8%, with print books outselling ebooks 4 to one * Romance is still the most profitable fiction genre worldwide * Crime/ Mystery comes in second place, * Religious and Inspirational titles lead in non-fiction popularity. (https://selfpublishingadvice.org/what-readers-want-2022) We’ll ask novelist Barbara Eppich Struna, writing coach / fiction ghostwriter / author Jeff Deck, indie writer Dale T. Phillips, and publisher Eddie Vincent for their take on The Future of Self-Publishing: I Could Write A Book! – Part 3.

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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?
0:16.5	Welcome to Technology Revolution, the future of now.
0:21.7	Where host Bonnie D. Graham asks savvy futurists for their predictions about the tech-driven
0:27.6	trends that are shaping our future right now.
0:31.0	Here's your host who will take us into the future of now.
0:34.9	Bonnie D. Graham.
0:36.3	Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. That used to be the code on my radio shows for
0:40.7	years that tells you how many guests I have. Welcome to Technology Revolution, fondly known as Tech Rev,
0:46.4	talking about one of my favorite topics, and there used to be a song. I always promised myself I
0:51.0	won't sing on live radio, but I might have to. There was a song, it might
0:54.4	have been Rogers and Heart if anybody's still alive who remembers them. And the song was,
0:58.7	If you asked me, I could write a book. And it was a romantic. Barbara, do you remember that,
1:03.8	Dale, Eddie? Jeff might be too young. I don't know. Anyway, so our topic, I love to talk with
1:09.5	authors and our topic today is a revisit of what we've been talking about.
1:13.4	The Future of Self Publishing I Could Write a Book, Part 3.
1:17.5	So let me give you a little background here before I open, and we will have a wonderful sponsor today. Nord VPN is with us, and I've got a special offer for all of you, so stick around for that.
1:27.1	So here's the
1:27.8	buzz from isard inc iZ-z-a-r d-i-nk dot com ten years ago e-books you know what those are they come in
1:35.5	p-d-fs they come downloadable it's not a physical book it's a digital book e-books made up less than
1:41.0	one percent of the trade book market. Traditional publishers, however, have lost
1:46.2	their iron grip they once had on the industry. Successful major authors are even choosing to self-publish.
1:53.6	Let that sink in for a second. Buzz number two. This is from a research study done by Global
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