Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Happy Holidays from the Editors PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster , Judy Clain will be joining on January 16 as SVP and publisher of the relaunched Summit Books Imprint , reporting to CEO Jonathan Karp. At Hachette Book Group , Amar Deol will join as executive editor for Grand Central Publishing and begin his new role on January 3rd.

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Melanie Saxton

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Originally published in The Woodlands City Lifestyle. For some families, the heartwarming homecomings on social media may be far different from reality. David Maulsby, an ordained minister and executive director of the PTSD Foundation, began reaching out to homeless veterans on the streets of Houston in 2009.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 23, 2021

Some people think it’s just social media monitoring, while others believe it has something to do with public relations, and still others have no idea the impact it can have on sales. What if your employees are not social media savvy? There are a lot of misconceptions about online reputation management.

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Income Diary

MARCH 31, 2024

The Most Profitable Websites In The World Our first Top Earning Websites List was published in March 2009. In 2009 the top earning website was making $691 per second, today it is making $12,232 per second! Now, though, there are more social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Linkedin. Billion $678.93

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

Traditional versus indie publishing Short term versus long term Income versus brand building Paid versus free The book versus you as the author Stand-alone versus series Exclusive versus wide publishing Publish fast versus publish slowly Write to market versus write first, market later Online versus offline.

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Guide publishes a 32-page, full-color magazine each week. Listverse is the place to go for credible and entertaining top 10 lists since it was founded in 2009. Salon is a news and opinion website publishing articles on national news and politics, culture and entertainment, current events, food, and science. Interested?

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 20, 2023

If you sell direct, you can produce higher quality books and products, make more money per sale, get paid faster, and reach readers directly, but there are challenges to publish and market this way. Thomas Umstaddt Jr interviews Joanna Penn on the Novel Marketing Podcast covering tips for publishing, selling, and marketing direct to readers.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In the intro, We used to do that [Seth Godin ]; Penguin Random House has acquired Hay House [ Publishing Perspectives ]; Business for Authors ; Your Author Business Plan ; OpenAI has announced a partnership with Axel Springer , the first publishing house globally to partner with them to integrate journalism with AI technologies.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 20, 2024

First up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. So let's just talk about publishing before we get into all the marketing side. So with an audience like you have, and you're marketing savvy and everything— What did you think about when you were publishing the first book?

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The Creative Penn

MAY 6, 2024

Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Chelle Honiker is the co-founder and publisher of Indie Author Magazine , Indie Author Training, Indie Author Tools, and Direct2Readers.com. Another one that's interesting right now is social media. Chelle Honiker gives some mindset and practical tips. Chelle: It will change.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In the intro, Self-publishing's ongoing evolution [ Publishers Weekly ]; Audiobooks on Spotify and how my listening behavior is changing [ FindawayVoices ]; Author ecosystems , and an overview on the Kickstart your book sales podcast. First of all, on that whole lifetime deal companies, all of that, this is the same with publishers.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 19, 2023

I think people were sounding the same kinds of alarms about ebooks and the Kindle in 2009–2010. They said ebooks (especially self-published ebooks) were going to kill the printed word and put traditional authors, agents, editors, and bookstores out of business. But here’s the thing: it did. But here’s the thing: it did.

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The Write Life

OCTOBER 3, 2022

With thousands of dollars in cash prizes and numerous opportunities to secure a publishing contract, you’re sure to find the right free writing contest for your work. (If This boutique publishing firm offers cash prizes and promotional packages to winning authors. Deadlines: Quarterly on March 31, June 30 and September 30.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 22, 2023

I want to come back on the waiting to win the lottery thing because I feel that that actually has a parallel in publishing, in that people are like, oh, well, this one book, if I just get the agent, if I just get the book deal, if I just get the film deal, or the TV deal, I will make a million , and I can retire. But it's okay with me.

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Quick Sprout

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Encourage sharing on social media. Outbound links to resources from 2009 are irrelevant and won’t be as effective for your SEO ranking. Step 6 – Encourage Sharing on Social Media. Every business and website needs to be active on social media. Do not publish aggregated content.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In this wide-ranging interview on the Prickly Pens Podcast, Joanna Penn talks about changing careers from IT to becoming an independent author, the early days of self-publishing and how things have changed, inspiration for fiction, generosity as the basis for a business, and how the future might look for writers. Show Notes. Welcome, Joanna.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In this wide-ranging interview on the Prickly Pens Podcast, Joanna Penn talks about changing careers from IT to becoming an independent author, the early days of self-publishing and how things have changed, inspiration for fiction, generosity as the basis for a business, and how the future might look for writers. Show Notes. Welcome, Joanna.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I launched the book direct on my Shopify store, CreativePennBooks.com and sold it exclusively direct for a month before publishing it wide. I also wrote and published two short stories. I published 67 episodes of The Creative Penn podcast in 2022, and I'm so pleased that the show still resonates after more than 13 years.

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

billion Zhang Yiming (41) founded ByteDance, the parent company of the popular social media platform TikTok. He co-founded StumbleUpon a web-discovery platform, while in graduate school at the University of Calgary in 2002 and co-founded Uber, an on-demand car service available via a mobile application in 2009.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

In the intro, publishing trends for 2023 [ Written Word Media ]; Apple AI narration ; ChatGPT into Bing [ The Verge ]; Comments on Audible [ Brandon Sanderson , Audiblegate ]; TikTok ban and problems [ Reuters , Rolling Stone ]; my Pilgrimage Kickstarter. I published 2012 was my first book. So it's weird. Mark: Definitely.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 15, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. And I love that you say that because so much of the indie space, particularly, and the traditional publishing space, is about making the sales. And I guess we have to trust that too, right?

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ProBlogger

APRIL 27, 2022

One common reason for lulls in traffic is that a blog has had a lull in new content being published. I know of one blogger who was posting 10-20 times a day and when he dropped things back to 2-3 posts a day he noticed not only increases in comment numbers per post but that his posts were being shared more on social media sites.

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BKA Content

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Blogs published in your name should reflect your personality and overall company philosophy and mission. A well-written company blog post helps you establish an individual online personality that people will come to know through regularly published posts. 10 Reasons Why BKA Content Is the Right Blog Writing Service for You.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Before we get into it— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. In 2009, I started my self-employment right after the university. Joanna: Well, can I also ask you about the self-publishing side? Because it's a strong feeling in Germany, I think, not to be self-published.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. I’ve seen this numerous times on my blogs (but also social media accounts). The project was so successful that I ran the project again in 2007 and then again in 2009. This post was first published on 26 March 2013 and republished 10 March 2022.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Melissa gives plenty of examples of problematic brands, including the 2009 story of the self-proclaimed “friendly skies” airline, United, refusing to replace a passenger’s guitar damaged by its employees. (As A zombie-like (haphazard, self-absorbed) company that pretends to be otherwise has a problematic brand. Is your org a zombie?

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Income Diary

DECEMBER 31, 2023

To assess a website’s worth effectively, you must consider various elements including traffic sources, content distribution channels, site design and functionality, and the types of content published. Each of these aspects contributes uniquely to a potential buyer’s perception of value.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

In fact, a blog is just a tool for publishing and conversing online. Every opportunity to enhance communication and reach out through various media should not be taken lightly. A blog is no longer used to merely publish blog type content. Quick advice: combine web publishing and other media to reach your audience.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

From the headlines this week, “Sci-fi publisher Clarkesworld halts pitches amid deluge of AI-generated stories.” [ The Guardian ] and “Hundreds of AI-written books flood Amazon.” [ The Independent ]. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. But as ever, the headlines are clickbait and we need to have a more nuanced approach.

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ProBlogger

MAY 27, 2020

And because they now knew his name they could recommend him to others, and perhaps even check out his web page and connect with him on social media. Within 24 hours of releasing my first ebook I was approach by a publisher who wanted to publish it. And since 2009 we’ve probably sold half a million products.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 13, 2018

When Andrea started getting into social media, she realized nobody was teaching it in an entertaining way. So she invented a character: ‘Grandma Mary: Social Media Edutainer’ She’d even show up at events as Grandma Mary – a great way to stand out! We received submissions from numerous bloggers.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 11, 2018

Update the post to fit with what’s happening today (particularly if you write about software, social media, or any other area that changes rapidly). Ultimately, what matters is that you (re)publish the best post you can. In 2012, I published an updated edition of that ebook. Are there any factual errors?

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ProBlogger

JULY 16, 2020

Even something as simple as setting up a cookie so you can show than the posts that have been published since their last visit can make a lasting impression. But I wrote and published the first post (the longest post I’d ever written), and people started joining up for the challenge. Use challenges to teach and engage your readers.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 27, 2022

One common reason for lulls in traffic is that a blog has had a lull in new content being published. I know of one blogger who was posting 10-20 times a day and when he dropped things back to 2-3 posts a day he noticed not only increases in comment numbers per post but that his posts were being shared more on social media sites.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

In fact, a blog is just a tool for publishing and conversing online. Every opportunity to enhance communication and reach out through various media should not be taken lightly. A blog is no longer used to merely publish blog type content. Quick advice: combine web publishing and other media to reach your audience.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 9, 2018

Try to publish 3-4 new products on your blog each year, whether they’re courses, software, ebooks, templates or updates. This is a system that we’ve been using since about 2009, previously in ebook format. I published approximately one per year. How often did you publish books and did you keep a schedule for these?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. I’ve seen this numerous times on my blogs (but also social media accounts). The project was so successful that I ran the project again in 2007 and then again in 2009. This post was first published on 26 March 2013 and republished 10 March 2022.

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