Loved this article written by a publisher about the pitfalls and problems he sees with e-publishing (here). One quote by Mr. Paul Biba's article in Teleread caught my eye;
"If you remember only one thing from reading this article, let it be this: metadata really matters for ebooks. On the web, reading with your e-reader, on your phone or however/wherever you access ebooks, discovery is everything. Unlike in a physical bookstore where you can browse shelves and find that next perfect book that you want to read, how you find a book online (whether a physical book or a digital book) is all about metadata. So making sure all those descriptive pieces are correct and where they’re supposed to be really matters."
This is something that I'm dealing with in my real world job and it's interesting to see that if I do get published, I shant get away from it.
Finally, thanks to some advice from a leading muckety-muck in the publishing industry I'm going to be reading, researching and posting some articles on how to properly quote articles and other materials in a blog. To begin, I found this generic article (here) on eHow by C.L. Williams. Good all around starting place, look forward to refining my base of knowledge base.
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Authors these days are expected to be travelling salesmen and when my first book was published, I had no idea how much time I would be spending on promotion. Luckily I enjoy the time I spend at literary festivals, in bookshops and libraries, giving talks and chatting about books and writing. It helps that my debut was shortlisted for a major award and my books have been very well reviewed and - so far - popular. My advice to aspiring authors? - Work hard, be brave and be lucky! Good luck to you.
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