Category: Columns

  1. Understanding what is happening in the world of publishing right now – 1

    If, before the Covid pandemic, the sales of new titles to old titles were sort of equally 50% each, during the pandemic the sales of new…

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  2. Announcing A New Columnist

    I am delighted to announce that two websites, www.homeanddiaspora.com and christnotchristianity.com, are merging with our site. Shri Frank Raj (the owner of both sites) therefore becomes the latest new Columnist…

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  3. Should you Pay money to get your book Published?

    I have just received an email from someone which causes me to write on this subject. Here is what he writes: “The disease of levying charges…

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  4. Invitation to Potential Columnists and Contributors

    Now that our community has its first female Columnist (Rashmi Narzary), I should make it clear that I have been trying for some time to have…

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  5. When Stakeholders Act Like Dictators: New Era, New Rules

    The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. Anne Lamott Disney versus the state of…

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  6. A Day in the Life of a Publisher

    A publisher’s day moves from issuing credit notes and invoices, to briefing or being debriefed by one’s IT manager or marketing consultant or distribution partner, to…

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  7. The Life of a Publisher

    My latest title, “Regenerative Learning”, will become available to the general public on a date TBC, but probably sometime in the Autumn. However, one of the…

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  8. From Differences to Demonization: How to Lead in a Fracturing Culture

    “I am constantly being pressed to take a stand on one issue after another. It is one of the biggest challenges I face on a daily…

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  9. In an Age of Self-Publishing, why do you need a Publisher?

    Yes, anyone can upload anything to Amazon, and indeed anyone can even get anything printed. But is either of these things the whole of publishing?! People…

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  10. Sliding from Differences to Demonization: 4 Levels, 4 Choices

    Nationalism tells me my group is unique. Fascism tells me my group is supreme. Yuval Harari “I am constantly being pressed to take a stand on one issue…

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