• On Writing,  publishing

    The New World of Publishing: Reasons for a Trade Paper Edition

    The writer, Steve Perry, asked me a couple of good questions in the comments on the last article. I wanted to try to answer them up front here because I thought the questions, or the basic question, important. The basic question (not exactly as Steve asked it) was this: Is doing a paper book worth the effort? My flat opinion is yes. So let me explain why I believe that. How Much Money Can You Make? In the series you can get to above called “Think Like a Publisher” I talked about how to sell trade paper books and get them into bookstores. (Some of that series is a little…