The publishing model and the library model are evolving together. As offset printed books (and newspapers) recede into the past, POD books, eBooks and Internet connectivity will provide the model going forward. http://www.fonerbooks.com/corn ered.htm

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I launched a new website last September as an example of a new author platform for a blog post at http://www.fonerbooks.com/corn ered.htm

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Some folks think I'm mean spirited about coaching new authors. The truth is, I love your book idea if you do: http://www.fonerbooks.com/corn ered.htm

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Most publishers have websites that don't work to sell their books. If you don't have a way to measure the success of your website in adding to your book sales, you're just guessing. See http://www.fonerbooks.com/plat form.htm

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Striking a balance between giving your books away and finding new readers: http://www.fonerbooks.com/corn ered.htm

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Building website traffic from search takes time and effort. Don't underestimate the value of patience.

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Morris Rosenthal answers a question about print on demand virtual publishing from http://www.fonerbooks.com/corn ered.htm

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Large and small publishers alike frequently stumble over technology, sinking vast amounts of time and money into mastering techncial challenges that are at best temporary balms. The real job of a publisher is coming up with books, or content, that people want to read. Lose sight of that and you'll lose sight of your original goal in publishing.

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The last thing a small press needs is to squander their resources on playing business. Morris Rosenthal looks at branding on the scale of a self publisher: http://www.fonerbooks.com/corn ered.htm

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Most authors dream of a bestseller, but it's not how to make a living self publishing. Bestselling books are the playground of the major trades, and trying to compete on NYC terms is a waste of time and money.

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Self publishing evergreen titles makes the most sense for authors with limited title production. From the Self Publishing blog http://www.fonerbooks.com/corn ered.htm

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Taking and honest look at your ability to publish a book and whether or not people will buy it from http://www.fonerbooks.com/corn ered.htm !express# !metadata#!version#v1.0.r291!/ version#!format#1.001!/format# !totalTime#138001!/totalTime#! width#400!/width#!height#300!/ height#!maxSceneSize#104002!/m axSceneSize#!clientPublishTime #Sun Oct 21 22:22:01 GMT-0400 2007!/clientPublishTime# !/metadata# !scenes#!scene/#!scene# !asset path="http://www.youtube.com/r emixer/assets/captions/PlainCa ptions.swf" type="CaptionContent"#!stamp time="98168"# !text#http://www.fonerbooks.co m/cornered.htm!/text# !color#16777215!/color# !display#true!/display# !z#2!/z# !render#!b#0!/b#!ty#240!/ty#!t x#10.55!/tx#!c#0!/c#!a#0.70018 85175704956!/a#!d#1.1426987648 010254!/d# !/render# !face#Chaparral!/face#!/stamp# !stamp time="138001"# !display#false!/display#!/stam p# !/asset#!/scene# !/scenes# !asset path="finished/DBCB3DEE345DD65 7-8193B3BB68CD40AB.flv" type="VideoContent" desc=""#!stamp time="0"# !mute#false!/mute# !height#300!/height# !display#true!/display# !position#0!/position# !width#400!/width# !volume#0.75!/volume#!/stamp#! stamp time="138001"# !display#false!/display#!/stam p# !/asset#!/express#

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