I try on this site to stay pretty far on the “offer good content” vs. “use this site just to pimp my writing” side of the line, but occasionally something happens that’s exciting enough to post about it.
I wrote a book of tech poetry, about technology, artificial intelligence, and the digital lifestyle. I released it on the net for free about two weeks ago, putting out a version of the e-book that was as polished as I could make it.
After putting the book online, I started trying to …

Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4.
Welcome to the final part of our weeklong discussion about self-published e-books and legitimacy. We’ve looked at different possibilities for attaining self-published e-book legitimacy and examined their pros and cons. We’ve heard several different perspectives from members in and outside of traditional publishing. It’s time to wrap things up and draw some needed conclusions.
The original concept that spurred this series was the idea of creating a “substantial publishing record” through self-published e-books, so that’s where I’d like to end. Sure, we’ve covered that …

Part 1. Part 2. Part 3.
Today we’ll hear from someone inside the traditional publishing world. This was emailed to me from a member of an established New York publishing house. Aside from working in publishing, he’s also been conventionally published himself. I know it’s unfortunate, but I’ve been asked to conceal his name. He doesn’t want to anger the publishing company that employs him. That’s fine, I understand. I’m just glad to have a viewpoint from inside the machine.
Anyhow, here is his insight, after being presented with my questions:
I …