Trends in Publishing: 15 People You Should Follow (and Why)
My last post about trends in publishing got a bit of interest. Anyway, we do live in a well connected world and anyone can read trends, listening to the right signals. Here's a list to start with.
(There are more than 15 people that you should follow -I'm grateful to every single source in my feed reader. I compiled this list trying to cover different points of view. Feel free to add more sources: comments are open.
Anyway, this is a list of people. Next time, maybe, a list of websites and webzines...)
INDUSTRY SAGES
Understanding the present
Mike Shatzkin
Twitter: @MikeShatzkin
Blog: The Shatzkin Files
Envisioning the future
Richard Nash
Twitter: @R-Nash
Blog: Richard Eoin Nash
DISRUPTION
Publishing can't survive
J. A Konrath
Twitter: @JAKonrath
Blog: A Newbie's Guide to Publishing
Times, they're changing
Bob Mayer
Twitter: @Bob_Mayer
Blog: Write It Forward
IndieWay
David Gaughran
Twitter: @DavidGaughran
Blog: Let's Get Digital
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Writers, wake up!
Kristine Rusch
Twitter: @KristineRusch
Blog: Business Rusch
Leading the crowd
Jane Friedman
Twitter: @JaneFriedman
Blog: Being Human at Electric Speed
Sharing ideas
Nathan Bransford
Twitter: @NathaBransford
Blog: Nathan Bransford
Thinking outside the box
Dean Wesley Smith
Twitter: @DeanWesleySmith
Blog: Dean Wesley Smith
Experimenting
Joanna Penn
Twitter: @TheCreativepenn
Blog: The Creative Penn
Building platforms
Dan Blank
Twitter: @DanBlank
Blog: WeGrowMedia
Social networking
Justine Musk
Twitter: JustineMusk
Blog: Tribalwriter
RADARS
Monitoring and sharing great resources
Piotr Kowalczyk
Twitter: @namenick
Blog: Password Incorrect
The Passive Voice
Twitter: @passivevoiceblg
Blog: The Passive Voice
Joel Friedlander
Twitter: @JFBookman
Blog: The Book Designer
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CYBERPUNK
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ROMANCE
The story of a resigned librarian who can see shades of silence and talks to portraits. A romance with a strong sense of fantastic.
HORROR
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THE STRING CITY MYSTERIES
"Girl in Pieces" (Nebula nominated) begins when a golem bursts into the office of our hero and deposits a girl on the carpet. Unfortunately, she’s in pieces. 11,395 of them to be precise.
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September 8th, 2011 - 19:23
Thanks for putting me on the list!
September 8th, 2011 - 23:46
Without a business person on that list that understands how paradigms are migrating and is working one a book about how the the world of business is changing, how do you intend to have an industry transformation without the right new leadership ideas?