Not only are newspapers slashing jobs and going under, but magazines and book publishers are heading in the same direction. Why? The Internet and Print On Demand.
Why buy a paper when you can now read it online? Many no longer buy newspapers. I do because I like the feel of the paper, but I also read newspapers online. I hope most newspapers will survive. We need newspapers to keep government and politicians in check.
In the book publishing industry, Print On Demand is turning things upside down. Now there are printers that can spit out over 800 books in less than minute. Of these 800 books, some will be for orders of a hundred while another order may be for just one book. These books are printed on demand. For example, a customer may order a book on Amazon. That book will then be printed and sent to the customer.
No longer does a publisher have to keep thousands of books on hand. This is a godsent to the smaller publisher. He can use a printer such as Lighting Source to keep electronic files of his books on hand, then print a book or books on order.
Also, no longer does an author have to depend on a large publishing company to publish his book. He can now use Print On Demand publishers such as Xulonpress, Lulu, Booksurge, and others.
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Hi Jerry, hope you can make the Bayou Writers' Group meeting this Saturday. Or you may be heading to Houma to check out their conference. Either way...have a good weekend. :)
Personally, I don't like the direction of publishing. I don't like reading news online. I do go to the NYT and The Independent (UK) but those are the only two unless someone directs me to an excellent online article. A lot of time can be wasted via online reading. Give me a bundle of newsprint and hard copies any day... but then, I'm from the old school. :(
Hope your writing is going well. I should have taken that 20 from you...right? LOL Hope you still plan to join BWG because you add something to the mix. We enjoyed meeting you. ~jess
Hi Jess, I wanted to be there at the Bayou Writer's meeting. However, the World Missions Alliance held it's conference in Branson at that time. It is an organization that I've gone with to Russia, Siberia and the Republic of Georgia. So I felt that I needed to be there at the conference. I hope to be at the next writers meeting.
...Jerry
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