My name is Ray Robinson, and I’ve been in the publishing industry for a long time – on all proverbial sides of the desk, from retailer to traditional publisher to self publishing. One of the greats in the publishing world, Tim O’Reilly once stated (way back in the ancient days of 2005) that self publishing and self publishers will revolutionize the publishing industry. They will, but I’d like to help lots of authors not get screwed along the way. I own a self publishing company called Dog Ear Publishing.
Self publishing is changing the way people produce, distribute, and consume the printed word – let’s see if we can make some sense of it all…
I would like to subscribe to your blog.
Thanks.
Dear Ray,
As passionate book people, we love your commitment to providing up-to-date and relevant information on publishing, sales, marketing and distribution to self-published authors and small to mid-sized presses. We’d love to be a part of the process.
Amy MacGregor and Bethany Brown founded The Cadence Group in 2006 to share their experience with others. I joined them as their on-line marketing manager in 2008. We believe that knowledge should not be a commodity to be sold or kept hidden. We know that the more we educate others, the better off the publishing industry will be.
As part of our mission, The Cadence Group hosts a Free Advice Friday call every week providing clients, friends, colleagues and even strangers who love books the opportunity to call in and ask Amy and Bethany any question on just about any topic. This program has been a resounding success and we’d love to continue this type of outreach with our many bloggers, reviewers and online friends.
If you have readers asking you questions in the area of book sales, marketing, distribution, packaging or even just about the publishing industry in general, Amy or Bethany would love to write a guest post, participate in an online interview or interact with your readers in whatever way you think would be most useful.
Thank you for considering the idea. I look forward to hearing back from you soon.
Best,
Rebecca Brown
http://www.thecadencegrp.com
About the Owners of The Cadence Group
Amy Collins MacGregor and Bethany Brown own and operate The Cadence Group and New Shelves Distribution. With their combined 35+ years of publishing experience they can provide advice and information designed to help self-published authors and small to mid-sized presses make smart—and cost-effective—choices to maximize their potential sales and minimize their costs.