Publishing 3.0: Want To Understand The Business Of Books?

Then tune in to the AuthorMBA Podcast, hosted by Matt Garland, available starting December 20th on iTunes.

I will be part of a panel on Publishing 3.0 with the illustrious Jane Friedman of VQR and Scratch Magazine and Wayne Ude, director of the Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA.

About the episode:

This is a special edition of the AuthorMBA podcast made possible by Yi Shun Lai of the Whidbey Master of Fine Arts program at the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. We will discuss questions on subjects like:

Which skills are more foundational and predictive of a successful writing career: creative/literary skills or business skills?

Which apprenticeship opportunities and/or side projects are advisable to would-be writers who desire to make a go at a full-on writing career?

What are the pros/cons of the three primary publishing options: traditional, assisted, and self?

Answers to these questions and more! Hope you can listen. I’ll share the direct link to the podcast once it is available, so stay tuned!

About the show:

AuthorMBA features conversations with today’s brightest authors and publishing thought leaders who excel at the business of books.

Conversations feature insights into successful business models, revenue streams, publishing strategies, marketing know-how, author platform must-haves, content essentials, career decisions, and more.

To thrive in the new book economy, today’s most successful authors think like an entrepreneur and treat their books like a business. AuthorMBA is precisely that: business school for authors.

About the panelists:

Jane Friedman has spent more than 15 years in the media industry as an editor, publisher, and professor. Currently she serves as the web editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review (VQR), based at the University of Virginia, where she also teaches digital publishing and online writing. Her newest digital media initiative is Scratch magazine, a quarterly publication for writers, all about the intersection of writing and money.

Christina Katz teaches writing career success strategies that work even in a rapidly evolving publishing marketplace to writers who want ownership of their careers. Thousands of writers have learned how to build solid, saleable, life-long career skills via her classes, training groups, talks, books, and coaching. Learn more at ChristinaKatz.com.

Wayne Ude holds an MFA from UMass-Amherst and a Masters of Non-Profit Leadership from Seattle U. After 17 years of teaching and directing writing programs at universities, he moved in 1993 onto six acres of woods on Whidbey Island, Washington. He’s the founding director for the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts low-residency MFA Program.

Matt Garland is an editor, writer, and strategist. He’s the founder of WinningEdits.com. Matt specializes in digital content development at the nexus of web technologies, business thinking, editorial strategy, storytelling, and modern publishing. When he’s not gazing into a computer, Matt chases his imagination into a good book or travel adventure.

Hope you can join us!