{"id":193,"date":"2011-08-04T00:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T00:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/the-changing-world-of-publishing.html"},"modified":"2011-08-04T00:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T00:57:00","slug":"changing-world-of-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/changing-world-of-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Changing World Of Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-C75dkcy8Uds\/TjntwAewsnI\/AAAAAAAAEm8\/tzZGVg-Ch8s\/s1600\/e%2Breader.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" width=\"214\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-C75dkcy8Uds\/TjntwAewsnI\/AAAAAAAAEm8\/tzZGVg-Ch8s\/s400\/e%2Breader.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been feeling a bit melancholy of late. Reason why? I&#8217;m still kind of bummed that the Heartsong Presents line is being cancelled. I was working on a proposal to send to them, and then I heard about that.<\/p>\n<p>Top it off with Borders shutting down a few weeks ago. <\/p>\n<p>The publishing world is changing drastically. Since Borders is now closed, I&#8217;ve wondered about the fate of printed books? I just received my Kindle e-reader as a birthday gift and I love it. <b>Do you think we&#8217;re moving toward the time where printed books will be history and will no longer exist?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also heard in various writers&#8217; circles that other publishers will eventually get rid of their trade paperback books. Just makes me stop and wonder.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I&#8217;ve noticed that a slew of commercially-published authors have started releasing self-pubbed e-books. I&#8217;ve heard some make great money and others have not had that much success in sales and money. <b>Will the book world change so much that commercial publishers will cease to exist and everybody self-publishes e-books? Those who are deemed to be successful are the ones who make lots of $$$?<br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Or, I also wonder if commercial publishers will get even more picky about the authors that they want to publish. <b>Do you think that commercial publishers might reach the point where they choose new authors from the selection of successfully published e-authors?<br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the point of this blog post? I&#8217;m not sure! I&#8217;m just thinking about the vast changes being made in the world of publishing and trying to digest everything. I know it&#8217;s gonna be hard to figure this all out. I just think it&#8217;ll be weird and a bit sad if we ever reach the point where&#8230;<gulp> there are NO MORE BOOKSTORES!!<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been feeling a bit melancholy of late. Reason why? I&#8217;m still kind of bummed that the Heartsong Presents line is being cancelled. I was working on a proposal to send to them, and then I heard about that. Top it off with Borders shutting down a few weeks ago. 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