Paul St John Mackintosh

Ernie J. Zelinski, self-identified as “The Prosperity Guy,” has just responded to Paul St John Mackintosh’s thoughtful post headlined Canadian writers are also facing author income crisis. I’m glad to see TPG speaking his mind. That’s what the TeleRead comments section is for. Now here’s my own take: Congratulations on all your successes, Ernie. But, […]

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All Things D has a great article today on the Google Chromecast and the probable reaction from content providers. Our own Paul St John Mackintosh has already written about Chromecast, so if you need to catch up, check out his excellent article. But if you’re just joining us, know that for just $35, the Chromecast [...]

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Paul St. John Mackintosh’s recent post on the Guardian’s eco-unfriendly book review process brought to mind a recent article on Wired’s Underwire blog, by Rachel Edidin, venting her frustration at wandering Book Expo America accumulating increasing stacks of paper book swag that they would have to carry home with them, and nary an e-book in [...]

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Note: I just looked over and noticed UK native Paul St. John Mackintosh had posted his article on this same topic less than five minutes before I finished writing this one. I don’t want to waste the time and effort I put in, so I’m posting it anyway. Some UK bookshop owners are decidedly grumpy [...]

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Yesterday, we reported that self-published books now make up 20% of the genre ebook market in the UK. That figure was first announced on Tuesday by Steve Bohme, the research director of Bowker Market Research, at the literary consultancy conference, Writing in the Digital Age.

But, as the Guardian’s Alison Flood noted on Tuesday, self-published books also “came in for a slating” at the conference from Andrew Franklin, the founder and managing director of Profile Books. An excerpt of Franklin’s remarks, per Flood’s report, is below:

My life on the borderland between text and tech started in adolescence as a sci-fi nerd, dreaming of a future that started to come true around the release of the first Star Wars film, and has since been outstripping most fancies from that era year on year, hand over fist. As a writer and editor, [...]

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