Godin on Publishing

Wednesday, August 02, 2006 | comments (3)
Seth Godin throws out 19 pearls of wisdom for authors. Number two is interesting, and if you did it, you'd probably give yourself a great incentive to finish (as well as a deadline.) I should do it. I also like number 18.

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Thanks for blogging that. I don't know. Some of them were useful, I guess. To my way of thinking, number two's just plain silly. Impressive but silly. I'm not sure what I'm up to next week. Three years down the track? Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe I need to get my act together...

Posted by Mick on Aug 02, 2006 at 7:18:48 PM
Ha ha ha. Yeah. I agree - it would be pretty tough to start thinking about marketing a book three years out, particularly with fiction. Actually, it seems like it might even be detrimental to the creative process. I think some of these 'tips' work a little better for non-fiction, I guess.

Posted by Rothko on Aug 02, 2006 at 7:36:23 PM
I write non-fiction, but I'm not a self-publisher. Although I promote my work in tandem with my publisher, writing always comes first.

Seth Godin is a marketer first, a writer second.

Good luck to him, but it appears the only ones making money out of blogging are the ones who keep telling us you can make money out of blogging.

Here's 32 ways to increase traffic to your blog, 17 ways to make your blog pay, 24 ways to make your blog stand out, etc, etc, etc.

It's morning here in Australia, but I think I already need a good lie down...

Posted by Mick on Aug 02, 2006 at 8:02:18 PM
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