Welcome to the 21st Century Author Blog! For this very first post, I wanted to introduce my vision for what this site means to me, and what I hope to achieve here. Please bear with me 🙂
The publishing industry has changed tremendously during the 20th Century. Especially the invention of computers and the internet made books a lot more accessible. Global publishing suddenly became an option. But the book industry was still mainly run by a handful of large publishers, who controlled everything.
The advent of digital publishing changed all of that. Now, we as authors can take control of the publishing process and get our books out there. No longer do we rely on large publishers to reach our readers.
The 21st Century Author embraces these new avenues and technologies in order to get his or her book to market. The days of just being able to write, while someone else handles all the logistics and marketing for us, are over.
- Self-publishing has become a viable and acceptable way of getting our books into the hands of readers
- Even traditional media and literary associations are starting to take notice
- There is tons of information and support available to help you self-publish
- Unfortunately there are also plenty of people aiming to cash in on this new industry!
As such, it can become a challenge to separate fact from fiction, and good advice from bad. That’s where this blog, and all the instructional materials I plan to publish come in. Down-to-earth advice from someone who has been a part of the self-publishing movement since 2012.
I want to help guide you on your way towards becoming a confident and successful self-published author. A proper 21st Century Author, as it were. To do that, we have to start somewhere.
So, let’s start with your first book and everything you need to know to get it published. I hope you’ll stick around to see what we can achieve together!