Interview with Publishing Titans Jane Friedman and Larry Kirshbaum
- Aug 13, 2009
- by Andrew Mackay
- Digital Shift, Distribution, eBooks, Interviews, Publishing
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A candid and varied look at publishing’s past and future from the former CEOs of two of the largest publishers (HarperCollins and TimeWarner respectively). Well worth a watch!
Some highlights:
Larry Kirshbaum:
More and more authors are finding that even if they are published by a brand name big publisher they still have to an awful lot of the work themselves.
You have to come with your own publicity ideas, and often your own publicist, you have to do your own marketing, you have to go out and meet bookstores.
We used to look down on [vanity publishing] … now the dividing line … is getting blurrier and blurrier…
Jane Friedman:
… I’m very bullish on self-publishing today …
I’m a publishing specialist with BelieversPress. As an all around book geek, I enthuse over good writing, good books, and learning how to make them happen. I put those passions to work everyday at BelieversPress, helping over 240 authors get their books from manuscript to finished book.
