tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362490117084225307.post8145315958267871711..comments2024-02-13T16:47:53.774-06:00Comments on Cowboy Musing: The talk on Publishing vs the EconomyTerry Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526255183090554401noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362490117084225307.post-64533158763009293382008-10-27T17:10:00.000-05:002008-10-27T17:10:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for all the research you did, Terry...Thanks so much for all the research you did, Terry! <BR/><BR/>I have been in publishing for some 30 years as an author, editor, and now publishing coach, and I think that we are heading into a "new era of publishing." Many of the old ways and forms are passing away, as some of your editors noted. However, I think this can be a great time to be an author, IF we "think outside the book." I wrote about this recently on my own blog, but the essence is, if we authors can think of our job as primarily finding our audience and delivering our message in a number of different formats, this can be he BEST time to be an author. <BR/><BR/>But, publishing itself needs to be willing to think in new ways. Seth Godin's insights in Meatball Sundae SO apply to publishing. New Era Publishing requires new ice cream under the whipped toppings of new media forms, not the "meatballs" of the old, antiquated ways of doing things (which many people you quoted alluded to). <BR/><BR/>Diane Eble<BR/>http://www.yourbookpublishingcoach.comDiane Eblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778003754801099090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362490117084225307.post-7480312770074636592008-10-26T11:31:00.000-05:002008-10-26T11:31:00.000-05:00Terry,Thank you so much for doing this research an...Terry,<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for doing this research and for posting it. I have been wondering about this, but wasn't sure where to go and read about it.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your hard work!<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Sandi GreeneSandi Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260499885578306955noreply@blogger.com