One of the publishing industry blogs I follow is Steven Lewis’s Taleist. Lewis is a ghostwriter, journalist, podcaster, and expert speaker with two Amazon Top 10 best-selling guides to Sydney, among other books. He gives talks and runs seminars and workshops on social media, online marketing, and self-publishing * for groups and companies around Australia and in Asia. He shares what he knows about self-publishing on his blog.
Lewis and a business partner, you may recall, conducting a much-reported survey last year about the state of indie publishing. But today it’s his most recent blog post to which I want to call your attention: “Netflix says it’s a great time to be a writer.”
Netflix? Be patient. This is advice you can use. Lewis builds his case carefully.
Netflix released all 13 episodes of the thriller House of Cards (a remake of the British mini-series of the same name, with Ian Richardson). And it’s all part of a couple of trends with a clear benefit to writers. … Netflix built its business posting, then streaming, other people’s video content to subscribers. Now it’s making its own shows, including a new season of Arrested Development.
For you writers, though, the more interesting angle is this: everybody wants to be in the content business. No, you don’t have to start brushing up on your screenwriting chops. Read the post to see why this is a great time to be a writer, whether your specialty is fiction, nonfiction, or something else. You can thank me later. 🙂
* One of Lewis’s popular online courses is “How to publish your ebook on Amazon’s Kindle”—and he’s offering a generous 60 percent discount to Read>Play>Edit readers. If you want to cut through the self-publishing confusion without making costly mistakes, now’s a great chance to get this $110 course for just $44. Use this link or enter the code TALJCH.
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