Episode 87 – Pen Names, Dark Matter, and Writing to Market

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Question of the Week: Do you write for passion or do you write to market? Why have you made that decision?

Jim and Bryan marveled at having lasted 87 episodes as they took on the latest news in self-publishing. After giving props to their latest patron, S.J. Pajonas and her book Removed (available at http://bit.ly/sjremoved ), they tackled tips on pseudonyms, Draft2Digitlal’s email service, and long-term blogging. News stories included thoughts on the sharing economy, how Netflix and self-publishing relate, what trad pubs fail to understand about ebooks, where you’ll see a self-pubbed book mentioned for the first time ever, and whether or not you should write to market. This week’s Question of the Week: Do you write for passion or do you write to market? Why have you made that decision?
What You’ll Learn:
  • Why you should consider using a pen name
  • What Draft2Digital is doing to bridge the email marketing gap
  • Tips on blogging from the godfather of blogging
  • Why publishing may not fit with the sharing economy
  • What Netflix and self-publishing have in common
  • How trad pub is ignoring the “dark matter” of self-publishing
  • What it means that a self-published book made a major year-end list
  • The pros and cons of writing to market
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Question of the Week: Do you write for passion or do you write to market? Why have you made that decision?

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