Publishing technologies – SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES

by MMB May 5, 2021

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There are thousands of aspiring authors, thousands of unpublished books, and millions of readers who have not connected with particularContinue Reading