by Joel Friedlander | Feb 20, 2012 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
The San Francisco Writers Conference is going on and I’ve been going into San Francisco for the last three days for presentations, panel discussions and general networking. (The photo above is from the lobby of the Mark Hopkins hotel between sessions.) Energy...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 20, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Heading into the holidays, you can feel the year gathering itself, ready for the leap into the new. But for now, we have a lot to be thankful for, not least of which the stimulating articles we find around the blogs. Here are five for your Sunday enjoyment. Eric Smith...
by Joel Friedlander | Jul 27, 2011 | Legal Issues, Self-Publishing
Okay, I’m going to come right out and say it: We need subsidy publishers. The problem is, we don’t need many of the big subsidy publishers we already have. And I include all those subsidy presses that have sprung up in the last year like the spawn in Alien...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 18, 2011 | Book Production, Self-Publishing
Who Owns Your Book Files? This week we’re talking about the ownership of your book files. I deal with this constantly with authors who have gone the subsidy publishing route. I don’t hide my feelings about this situation in the video. No matter who...
by Joel Friedlander | Jan 17, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Did you ever feel like you lived on both sides of a border, an issue, a trend? I love self-publishing because of the absolute finality of the process. At the end, you are left with a book in your hand, one that will probably outlast you and most of the people you...
