Book Country

Hey, me again. Today I'm going to talk a little about self-publishing. More specifically, I'm going to talk about a website called "Book Country."

Penguin Group USA recently launched this site, and its goal is to allow writers of of genre fiction to post their work and receive critiques from fellow writers, as well as self-publish their work by ordering printed copies for a fee. In addition to that, it will also explain how to go about finding an agent, marketing and promoting a book, etc. in order to help new writers to get started.

But no matter how useful that sounds, it also makes for a pretty boring blog post, right? So now that I've got the introduction out of the way, allow me to explain what really caught my interest.

Now, it's not like I know tons about what the publishing industry was like back in the old days or anything, but I was always under the impression that it took a lot of time and effort to get your book published, and you had to battle it out with some crusty old editor who wants you to change everything until it doesn't even look like your book anymore…or something. But this seems like--dare I say it--fun. Well, if you like to write anyway.

I'm honestly glad that more young writers are being given an opportunity to get their work out there, and I hope to be one of them someday. Constructive criticism is the best thing a writer can receive. So when you send me feedback on this blog, be sure to give me some, okay?

The Late Arrival

Hey everyone, and welcome to my blog on how publishing has been changing recently. I know that may not sound very exciting to most of you, but for anyone looking to publish their writing (like I am) hopefully this blog can be a source of helpful info.

Check back regularly for posts on how the world of writing and reading has been altering itself to fit the current mass-media trends, and how one person's writing becomes another person's reading.

[Also, for anyone who's curious, the reason my blog got off the ground so late was because I had a weird tech issue concerning Comcast and Google. I have no idea what that was all about, but apparently it's fixed now.]

Thanks for reading!