Yeah it’s been a while since I did any really solid, income-generating work for myself. Since “the divorce” I’ve been busy working on a business restructure and thinking of new things… and I’m almost ready to launch it. With a…
A brief note about misused and misspelled words
Right, the time has come for a very small blog post about misused words. It’s fine to misuse words, except that by misusing them, you’re not using them correctly (!). I’m an editor, yes, but I’m not a Words Nazi,…
The problem with monetising internet publications
News and publishing commentators are always apt to tell us – frequently – that the death of magazines and newspapers, in print, is imminent. Similarly, they like to bang on about how these same web-based publications are struggling with revenue.…
Online publications: the issue of ‘respect’
There has always been quite a lot of palaver about the differences between online publications and printed publications. For the most part, these debates have tended to focus on specific areas: cost, environmental impact, delivery, readerships, marketing, and so on.…
Did you know? Publishing runs on a broken business model
Over at the Brascoe Publishing Blog there is a great article at the moment about the broken business model that the publishing industry insists on working with. I highly recommend that everybody go read it and drop a comment. Here’s…