From the Typewriter to the Bookstore: A Publishing Story

Ever wonder how a book travels from the author to the reader? Or how much work is involved in the publishing process? And is this whole internet thing just a fad, like pagers and Tamagotchis?

The Digital Marketing Team at Macmillan is here to explain and enlighten. In the words of James Joyce, "Books are hard to make. People should buy more of them."

http://us.macmillan.com/

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Comedy

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• publishing
• macmillanusa
• digital
• marketing
• novel
• book
• roberto
• bolano
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• kafka
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• amazon
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• warcraft
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[estherschindler]

I'm really scared that some people will think that's how it really works. . . .

[wglover2]

Great overview of the industry! Could you tell Pam to make sure they don't put so much starch in my collars next time?

[GypsyAugury]

@writersbane Of course it's a joke, lol.

[KRSchannel]

this is the worst video on the reality of the industry, today.

[oED209o]

@writersbane You're true :) but for ex. Wow i Could never look at it like "not a joke"..its simply "another" MMO with the same features as about 100-200 other game, no more :D Aaaand as we learned in school, long ago were "literature" and "pulpfiction"... today i almost only find the pulp ones :\

[writersbane]

........ 10 to 30 years? This is clearly showing it's age ad sillyness, considering books written in month with no editing are getting published in the same year now a days (nothing against the month writing, it's the no editing on the author's part that irks me. REVISION.)

And PFFFFFFT WoW and Second Life avatars? I love both of them but... WOW... Is this supposed to be serious or is this a giant joke? If it's the later, it's actually pretty funny. 83

[jizzypuff]

i never knew world of warcraft helps get a book published :O damn,,, i shouldnt have deleted mine :P hahaha

[unholychunk]

@KRSchannel it takes 3 to 7 months if you're good. really. do you really wanna stick with that?

[AvatarEnturtainment]

marketing done through world of warcraft and second life? I seriously doubt that is how it works

[MrJsiwicki]

ExPRESSION  by John Siwicki

[KRSchannel]

garbage information - from a professional published writer. It doesn't take 10 years to write a book, it takes from 3-7 months to write a book if you're good. Never go through traditional publishing, its done!