Writer Mark Hurst, author of Bit Literacy which as he puts it, he ended up self-publishing, has a post over at Good Experience called Secrets of book publishing I wish I had known.
I found the post through Joe Wikert’s Publishing 2020 blog in an article called: An Author Shares His Secrets. It’s worth reading both. Mark is horribly unhappy with traditional publishing, and he spells out his reasons clearly. He’s also got some book marketing tips.
While Joe doesn’t exactly say that Mark is wrong, in fact he points to places Mark is right, Joe is far more comfortable with …read more

Yesterday I published a post about how difficult it is to determine how many books actually sell. Self-publishing guru and grandfather Dan Poynter pointed to a page on one of his sites called: Book Industry Statistics
Take a close look; it’s a much more optimistic view of book publishing and the potential for profiting from writing a book than most. He says, among other things, that book sales may be greater than previously thought. Wouldn’t that be good news, and Dan makes a good case for it, quoting others.
Another part of the article I find fascinating is his breakdown on the …read more