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Re: Prosperous Writer Profiles: Judy M. Miller

bendawe — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:14:57 -0000

I found this quite inspiring. Well done to you both for persisting with a difficult but rewarding task.

Re: Harlequin's Lost Horizons: Self-Publishing Imprint Renamed - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat

bendawe — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:27:19 -0000

Pretty spooky turn of events. I can't see why a publishing company can't run other business models alongside its traditional model. To be forced into this kind of tail-betwixt-legs-back-down shows established authors, and their associations hold the balance of power in this category. By contrast, Thomas Nelson and self-publishing really go hand-in-hand given that so many ministries self-publish quite profitably.

Re: The New PR

bendawe — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:13:00 -0000

Firstly, you dealt with my curve ball graciously, thank you.
To me the new masters of online are pretty well just the latest commercial style that started shortly after Adam. The relationship between old and new is more like painting or literature to me. You get the cubists coming in and saying they are new and the modernists and the romantics and the futurists...they all espouse the same revolutionary talk. Actually, they're doing the same thing - making art - or in our context, making money. We get these startling revelations from smart thinkers like Godin (who I like a lot) telling us that if you're nice to people they will buy stuff. Gimme a break, we know that from our Grandma's church cake stall. Overall, its just guys and gals trying to make a dollar by telling the world how to make a dollar. Nothing wrong here, not much new either. The very best, most articulate, hard working sales-people are still the winners for the same reasons they used to be.

Re: The New PR

bendawe — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:51:46 -0000

Good summary of the consensus. However, to me the new PR is the just the old PR in very inexpensive clothes. At some point, anyone who makes it online wants a NY Times (print) review of their book (print) and a slot on Oprah (broadcast) and maybe a spot in the bookclub (print). All the heavy hitters in this space (Godin, Kawasaki etc) take old cash with one hand and bludgeon its paradigm with the other. New, old? Two halves of the same pineapple.

Re: Give Yourself To The Season

bendawe — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:29:59 -0000

Thanks Scott. I like your momentum and engagement here. I found the context of your Pastor's quote interesting - "...planning for the future". From your post my main take away is this: perseverance is the servant of vision. Vision engages the grunt muscles to fire up into stubborn effort. As the good book says "For the joy set before him..."
cheers
Ben

Re: 5 Ways to Con the Boss Into Keeping You Forever

bendawe — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:25:34 -0000

Mmm...as a boss I prefer content over con-tent.