If you’re at all interested in the future of publishing and the book, read on:
Book Expo is the publishing industry trade show; it’s huge circus celebration of print media, attended by publishers, agents, librarians, book vendors of every stripe, technology mavens and, of course, legions of hopeful authors. The venue includes a vast maze of publishers’ and national promotional booths, informational seminars and quasi-advertising presentations (by the likes of Google), and a great tidal swell of self-agrandizing speeches and signings.
Note: the Keynote Address this year—at an extra admission cost— was by that publishing giant Barbara Steisand.
I go to this granfalloon to sniff the zeitgeist and get a grip on how to better help writers who might want to publish.
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The New Collaborators
©The Editing Company, LLC, 2008
Just as the book has recently evolved from a analogue publication on printed paper and wrapped in a cover to an information text that is at the center of a vast array of interactions--- accessible to eyes, ears, and searches via paper edition, computer, electronic reader, pod cast, disc or memory card, and generating new information waves in film, television, video games, and chatter---
Just as the book has mutated from hand-held paper edition into a new and vital idea nexus, so the process of book creation has evolved from a single author working with a single editor to a more collaborative process. Read More>>
Storytelling: Using Narrative to Improve Your Writing
©2008 The Editing Company, LLC
Effective storytelling is an essential skill to master to connect to your audience.
I. Why should you use stories?
All people love stories. From the very beginning of human organization, narrative storytelling has been a way of explaining how the world works. Myths, fables, legends, and oral histories precede reason in the human mind’s understanding of the world. Human brains are hardwired to think of life as a story, a narrative: everyone thinks of her or himself as the main character in “The Story of (fill in your name here)’s Life.” Read More>>
