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?