Thoughts on Digital Self Publishing (DSP), Series FiveIn the beginning of years, when the Internet was so new and all, and the Web Domains were just beginning to work for Man, there was a Dot-Com Idea, and he lived in the middle of a Howling Desert of Dial-up, most 'scruciating idle; and when anybody spoke …
Category: Digital Self-Publishing (DSP)
Authors as Marketers
Thoughts on Digital Self-Publishing (DSP), Series FourAll successful authors are successful self-marketers.Occasionally, you'll see traditionally-published authors arguing that they aren't interested in “going indie” because they don't want to do their own marketing. This is misleading; what they really mean is that they prefer doing the kind of marketing required by traditional publishing over the …
Industry Shifts. You Should Too.
Thoughts on Digital Self-Publishing (DSP), Series ThreeAs Jenny the Bloggess recently pointed out, there are no "rules" for successful digital self-publishing. Many industries have a proverbial mailroom, a place where you "do your time" while learning the ropes and making connections, providing ambitious/determined/persistent/tenacious individuals a path to the job they actually want. Most professional creative …
Marketing: A Metaphor
Thoughts on Digital Self-Publishing (DSP), Series TwoImagine, if you will, that you are holding a large blanket – say an overstuffed comforter for a king-sized mattress. Say that is made out of some very heavy and bulky fabric, like wool or denim. Now imagine it even heavier, because it is soaking wet.Further imagine that the …
Limitations
Thoughts on Digital Self-Publishing (DSP), Series OneFor me, adulthood has largely been a process of encountering my limitations, accepting them, and finding creative ways to work around them in order to meet responsibilities and achieve goals and desires.One of the surest ways to stop a good thing from happening is to suggest doing a perfect …
J. ALEKSANDR WOOTTON 