You might enjoy “The Kindle Effect,” by Jennifer Alsever in Fortune, January 1, 2017.
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Consider the metamorphosis of self-publishing. For decades it was dismissed as the desperate refuge of authors rejected by publishing houses, wannabes who paid a fee …
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This is an excellent article I read in Fortune magazine recently about indie publishing highlighting the numerous successful authors publishing their work on their own terms. If you attended our Smashwords presentation with Jim Azevedo on January 14, 2017, you heard a similar story with facts and figures mentioned about the burgeoning power of self-publishing. In fact, Smashwords is also mentioned in this article.
This article expands on the growing service network surrounding indie publishing and the need for those services. I found this article interesting and I was pleasantly surprised to find it in this major business publication, Fortune magazine, thus adding additional credibility to our indie publishing industry. I hope you find interesting and informative.