Book Model Variant 2

Collaboration has been around since the first stories were told out over the campfire. Each story teller said over the basic story, history, morality play, and then added his own interpretations to the mix. It amuses me when people talk about book collaboration today as if it is a new idea, new invention. What’s different [...]

Book Model Variant 1

Sometimes an author has a great idea for a book, but can’t get a nibble from a publisher. What’s he supposed to do? The first step involves risk. Either the author invests a great deal of time looking for an agent to sell the idea to a publisher, which cuts into any future royalties the [...]

Life Cycle of a Book: Understanding the Basic Book

Books on a Shelf

So many book models exist today. From the traditional write-and-publish to the eBook, with everything in between, the variations are staggering. This post is about the basic book model. Once the book life cycle is described I can then talk about the variations on the model. By enumerating the book models I [...]