Category: Publishing technologies

by Marthe Bijman October 13, 2021

Ah well, “to be” it is…

This post concludes with my findings on what to do about my WordPress blogs, considering all the changes in technology.Continue Reading

by Marthe Bijman May 5, 2021

Art Creative Process Current events Media and Technology Publishing technologies

(How) can a computer produce Bach chorales and Harry Potter books?

My discovery of the Google Doodle which celebrated the music of Johann Sebastian Bach started me on the road toContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman January 6, 2020

Discussion of media getting published Media and Technology Publishing technologies

Options for Authors – Back from the Future with Blog to Book

We’re going backwards. Back to print. First there was print. Then came the Internet, and there was JavaScript. And pdfs.Continue Reading

by Marthe Bijman September 29, 2019

Afrikaans Creative Process Publishing technologies

What is it about Rebusfontein and King Louis VIII?

On the subject of fictional worlds: I’d like to introduce you to “Rebusfontein”. Rebusfontein (pronounced rhéá-booz-fonteyn) is an Afrikaans name meaningContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman November 18, 2018

Backstories Current events List of similar books Modern fiction Published books Publishing technologies

Dismissive of mass market paperbacks? Think again.

This is the rack of “mass market” paperbacks that I see when I stand in the queue, every time IContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman October 4, 2018

Current events Publishing technologies

Indie author causes uproar in the French publishing industry – shrugs it off as a matter of survival

I rarely repost news articles in their entirety but this one is a real eyebrow-raiser: – an independent author’s novel,Continue Reading

by Marthe Bijman September 7, 2018

Author interview Backstories Current events Media and Technology Publishing technologies

The Creative Process & Publishing I – How to get published

There are thousands of aspiring authors, thousands of unpublished books, and millions of readers who have not connected with particularContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman February 25, 2018

Authors to watch Backstories Discussion of poetry Discussion of writing style Poetry Publishing technologies Review of poetry collection Web series and vlogs

Manipulating words like Legos – You Took the Last Bus Home, by Brian Bilston

Brian Bilston’s first anthology of poetry contains more than 200 poems, and despite some of them being only four linesContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman January 26, 2018

Current events Discussion of current events Humor Humour Publishing technologies Review of new book Review of new non-fiction Subjective non-fiction Trending Web series and vlogs

Will it…Print? – Rhett & Link’s Book of Mythicality

I have been watching Rhett and Link, a.k.a Rhett McLaughlin and Link (Charles) Neal, on their YouTube channel, Good MythicalContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman January 22, 2018

Art Current events Publishing technologies

What does it take to create something new every day?

One of my favourite marketing professionals, Seth Godin, wrote his 7,000th post on Nov. 14, 2017. That’s quite something. TheContinue Reading

by Marthe Bijman August 4, 2017

Backstories Current events Discussion of media Publishing technologies Video

Splashes in a suikinkutsu – Experiential content on the Internet

See me, hear me and walk with me – that’s what many websites try to achieve; in other words, connectContinue Reading

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