Medium's New Collaborative Publishing Feature Encourages Authors To Create Better Things, Together

Medium's hypothesis has always been that people create better things when they work together. The publishing platform's newest tool helps its authors do just that. Biz Stone and Ev Williams' founding mantra for Medium, the publishing platform they launched last August, was, "People create better things together." Medium's newest feature is a collaborative writing tool signals a sea change for writing on the Internet, together: It allows authors to privately solicit and incorporate feedback from others.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2013-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laurie Kellogg: Portrait of a Self-Published Romance Writer

Laurie Kellogg has self-published nine romance novels since February 2012 and says she's making more money and having more fun than ever before in her life. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Personal Touch It’s not only sales that publishers look for in a distributor

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comixology now offers DRM-free comic backups, but only from select publishers

When Amazon purchased Comixology, it was a herald of change: iOS users lost the ability to purchase comics in-app, Android users were gifted with a new purchasing system and, now,the digital book seller is going DRM-free. Sort of. Comixology CEO... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coronet signs medium memoir

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors on the Air July 25, 2014: Stanley B. Prusiner

Stanley B. Prusiner, MD, author of “Madness and Memory: The Discovery of Prions—A New Biological Principle of Disease” (Yale University Press, 9780300191141), will appear on “Tavis Smiley” on PBS on Friday, July 25. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2014 Man Booker Prize Longlist Features 4 Yanks

The first Man Booker Prize longlist after opening to world English writers includes books by four Americans, six Britons, two Irish writers and one Australian. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Make the logo bigger? Publishers downsize

Facebook and Twitter may be giving publishers bigger audiences, but they're having the opposite effect on publishers' branding. The post Make the logo bigger? Publishers downsize appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Chuck Palahniuk reveals more details about his 'Fight Club' sequel

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, July 23, 2014

New partnership for a new house; book award nominations open; indie honors for two publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top-Authors Lobby for Long-Term Strategy Against Amazon

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Re-Creating The Magic Of Harry Potter In The Real World

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[ Fast Company | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jack White's Third Man Records launches publishing wing

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[ The Guardian | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Start Publishing Buys Whiskey Creek Press

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors on the Air July 22, 2014: Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Makes Plea to Authors to Quiet Down

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jenny Colgan to publish children's book

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie Publisher Releases First Salinger E-book

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