Book Review: Lodging by M.T. Bass – 4.5 Stars
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Opinion: *Sigh*…such a bittersweet story to make me weak in the knees and sorrowful all at once. I am truly starting to adore reading short stories more and more.
…but MY OH MY is it a wonderful story…
The Future of Publishing: Lessons from the Music Industry
Image: the Economist
I often argue that we can learn a lot from the music industry. Namely, I see it as an indicator as to what to expect in a few years’ time.
That’s why I was intrigued by a recent article in the Economist, detailing the state of today’s music.
CDs vs Digital
Once upon a time, record-industry executives could all but weigh their profits on scales. Literally: each pallet of compact discs (CDs) they sold translated into predictable quantities of cash for them and, second, for singers and songwriters.
In 1999, the year the music-sharing service Napster was founded, wholesale revenues in the industry peaked at $23.7 billion. Then they began a slide that has since continued almost without interruption.
Until now.Growth in the digital streaming of music helped industry revenues to expand by 3.2%, to $15 billion, last year. That was
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BookExpo America 2016
I remembered to start the Map My Walk app on my iPhone and by the end of the day, I had hoofed over 15 miles at McCormick cruising the aisles of booths:
It brought back memories of the many trade shows past I have worked & walked and made clear that publishing is, indeed, an industry like all others. The publisher booths were impressive and put into stark relief their David & Goliath relationship with self-publishing authors.
I met Mark Coker at Smashwords, connected with a live person at IngramSpark and got a chance to get face-to-face with groups and companies that service “Independent Publishers.”
The frosting on the cake was meeting Berkeley Breathed:
Pew — That Was Exhausting
First new furniture for the shop: 13 1/2 foot church pew. Wouldn’t fit in the pick up truck (safely) so Furbaby & me moved it the four and a half blocks from Christian Temple to The Herald Building the old fashioned Amish way:
