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Authors drive publishing down new roads

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Authors have a new range of mountains before them. I love these mountains. They’re accessible and they lead somewhere, which hasn’t necessarily been true about the hilly path to publishing for many decades past. I want authors to know that the territory is now being thoroughly mapped and in a way that makes access better by the week. I know this because my own publishing efforts are bearing sweeter fruit every quarter and my associates in this adventure are staking out real estate with increasingly quantifiable success.

If you’re a published author or a writer still working toward that goal, I’ve got nuggets to share with you. I want to hear your stories, and I want to see you enter the big distribution worlds of digital publishing. Join our lively discussions at a local B.A.B.S. meeting, stick with me on Twitter, and get into my email list to stay informed. There’s a cloverleaf up ahead and I don’t want you to miss your exit!

Suzanna Stinnett
Bay Area Bloggers Society
@Brainmaker

Authors Go Public – goes live!

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Suzanna Stinnett is the founder of BABS, a group of writers, bloggers, and tech folk who meet in person to work out the wrinkles of modern communication. With Anne Hill as co-organizer, the two authors are forging new, well-lit paths for publishing.

blue and red fleur de lis logo for BABS

Have you seen any articles recently about publishing that did not mention ebooks? I have, but I don’t recommend them, because ebook production has moved front and center. Even if the written work is headed for print, any publisher worth the contract has the ebook aspect of the deal right out on the table.

One of the quieter evolutions spinning behind tales of million-dollar ebook contracts is the title of author. Today, many writers are realizing they are authors without waiting for an external authority to say so. When writers take on the responsibility of working with (and paying for) their own editors, book cover designers and publicity platforms, I think they’ve earned their authorship.

Authors Go Public is a year-long string of events initiated by Bay Area Bloggers Society. Bloggers are authors too, and if they know what’s goin’ on in the marketing world, authors are becoming bloggers. Hop on over to our Meetup site to see when the next meetings are scheduled. We’re in Marin County, San Francisco, and Sebastopol, teaching and sharing tricks and techniques for being a published author in the 21st century.

Bay Area Bloggers Society

Also known as @Brainmaker on Twitter