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Why denying refugees the right to work is a catastrophic error | Paul Collier and Alexander Betts
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On Becoming an EntrepreneurThe Book of Life is my new favourite website. So many gems, must read.
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Self-Publishing Debate: A Social Scientist Separates Fact from Fiction | Digital Book WorldA social scientist compares the priorities of self-published and traditionally published authors using the 2013 Digital Book World and Writer’s Digest Author Survey.
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"From what I’ve gleaned from attending conferences, it feels like a large percentage of the people writing children’s books are white women in their forties, fifties, and sixties with at least some college education. This probably has been the case for decades. The children’s book authors I’ve met often share a few characteristics: They grew up with books, they’ve read a lot, they have some sort of connection to children, either through teaching, parenting, or a job that puts them in contact with kids, and they’ve had the time and money to develop their writing skills and attend conferences. So I think there is definitely a socio-economic factor in becoming a children’s book author."
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Publishing a book: Lessons learned!Do you dream of publishing a book? Here are some first-hand lessons from the author of Return On Influence.
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"Four of the authors on Amazon’s 2012 adult top-ten list — which counts Kindle and print copies together — either originally self-published their books or published through very small publishers."–
Amazon’s 2012 bestseller list shows publishers and indie authors need each other — paidContent
I agree that publishers need authors. Authors don’t “need” publishers.
(via angelabooth1)
