Wish we had a separate Forum

KMTolan · Dec 3, 2009

There is a severe demarcation between e-books and self publishing. Back in the bad old days when Publish America actually was mistaken for a publisher, I could see lumping these two subjects into one forum.

Kerry

CaoPaux · Dec 3, 2009

Noted and understood. This section's still in flux.

veinglory · Dec 3, 2009

I think it would be good to separate them.

Deleted member 42 · Dec 3, 2009

I can see a sub-sub-forum.

Publishing

Ask the Agent
Ask the Editor
Self-Publishing
E-Publishing
Book Promotion Ideas and Advice

Would that work? Would there be enough traffic?

MacAllister · Dec 3, 2009

Let me think about it a bit. It was absolutely never intended as any kind of slap, backhanded or otherwise -- it was more a matter of overlapping interests, and a Venn diagram of likely posters and whether two different rooms would actually get traffic.

ResearchGuy · Dec 3, 2009

KMTolan said:
There is a severe demarcation between e-books and self publishing. . .

Complicating matters, e-books can be self-published or subsidy-published or commercially published. sometimes in conjunction with printed editions (maybe POD and maybe offset) and sometimes not.

--Ken

KMTolan · Dec 3, 2009

It was absolutely never intended as any kind of slap, backhanded or otherwise

Yeah, that was a bit too editorial (grin), and easily corrected.

I like what Medievalist came up with.

Kerry

MacAllister · Dec 3, 2009

No worries, Kerry - I didn't take it amiss, at all. E-published authors have had to fight pretty damned hard for any traction at all with the RWA, just for one example. I can see how it would be both frustrating and discouraging to think there was an implied default connection between e-pubbing and self-pubbing here, as well.

KMTolan · Dec 3, 2009

MacAllister said:
E-published authors have had to fight pretty damned hard for any traction at all with the RWA, for example.

Heh - the same with the SFWA. I'm currently in a spirited (but civil) debate with one of their officers on another forum.

Kerry

MacAllister · Dec 3, 2009

There - howzit look?

Sheryl Nantus · Dec 3, 2009

Looking good to me!

KMTolan · Dec 3, 2009

MacAllister said:
There - howzit look?

Beauty!

I have found a home.

Kerry

CaoPaux · Dec 3, 2009

Gimme a bit, and I'll start shuffling threads around. (Assuming no one beats me to it.)

MacAllister · Dec 3, 2009

I had a solid five minutes of style-guide panic, btw, trying to figure out how we wanted to write "E-Publishing" Hyphen, or no hyphen, capital letters....

sheadakota · Dec 3, 2009

aww feels comfy- do I have to wear shoes?

Wish we had a separate Forum

KMTolan

No drama

CaoPaux

Mostly Harmless

veinglory

volitare nequeo

Deleted member 42

MacAllister

Tired and worried.

ResearchGuy

Resident Curmudgeon

KMTolan

No drama

MacAllister

Tired and worried.

KMTolan

No drama

MacAllister

Tired and worried.

Sheryl Nantus

Holding out for a Superhero...

KMTolan

No drama

CaoPaux

Mostly Harmless

MacAllister

Tired and worried.

sheadakota

part of the human equation