{"id":1041,"date":"2009-02-13T14:33:56","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T19:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/mojo\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2025-08-01T22:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:21:34","slug":"guest-blogging-and-tools-of-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/blog\/guest-blogging-and-tools-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest blogging and Tools of Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m over at Publishing Renaissance today<\/strike>, blogging part 3<\/a> about how The Bewbies\u2122 came into existence; in case you missed them, see part 1<\/a> and part 2<\/a>, too!<\/p>\n

April Hamilton, independent publishing crusader extraordinary, built a new site called Publetariat<\/a>, which will serve as kind of a clearinghouse\/gathering space for independent-like authors. As soon as I figure out the Nixonian Drupal (you know, tricky dicky), I\u2019ll be adding my voice over there. At least, uh, that\u2019s what I\u2019ve been s\u2019posin\u2019 to do for a while now and haven\u2019t gotten to it. I\u2019m sure April will find a suitable punishment for me.<\/p>\n

The O\u2019Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing<\/a> conference went on earlier this week and I followed the comments on Twitter. Fascinating! although I\u2019m not sure any conclusions can be drawn in any direction. Frankly, it seems to me nobody<\/em> really knows what the hell\u2019s going on in publishing right now. I will just keep on keepin\u2019 on. By the way, a free e-book rundown of the conference<\/a> is available for anyone who wants one.<\/p>\n

A lot of what I saw related to the creative monetization of fiction, which ties in perfectly with The Urban Elitist<\/a>\u2019s and my cross-blog series on the same.<\/p>\n

The EPUB format drum continues to be beaten and pleasepleaseplease, PTB, do IT! All for one and one for all! The mp3 format of e-books. I cannot tell you how I salivate at the thought.<\/p>\n

DRM was preached against as the Great Satan (which it is).<\/p>\n

The guy behind the Espresso Book machine<\/a> spoke. I don\u2019t know what he said, but check out this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some of my independent publishing cohorts and pals had a session. I wish I\u2019d been there!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m coming to the conclusion that it will be another few years before e-books are widely read and that at that point, the value of the print book will be in POD pretty, well-made editions, hardback with gorgeous jackets and\/or the ability to offer leather-bound and tooled editions or other specialty editions, where the object of the book is the art as well as the content. Until then, the market\u2019s going to be in flux with regard to price, from free to outrageously overpriced. (I\u2019ll blog this later; I have lots to say about this.)<\/p>\n

In other news, the XY Tax Deduction went rooting in the cabinet and brought me a can of corn to make for him. So I did. He said, \u201cI not hun\u2019ry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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