I love the Olympics. It’s a near-perfect gathering of humanity: strong and beautiful athletes compete in a spirit of goodwill and honor. If I could choose to be great at anything, it would be Olympic-level athletics.
Every time the Olympics happen, we enter a portal of “pure spirit.” A realm of believing in the goodness of the human spirit and the power of determination.
Man that was cheesy. All I mean to say is that I love the Olympics.
Now, more publishing:
Today it occurred to me that Wordful could act as in an agent role between writers (blogger) and publishing companies. I’d help “train” or groom bloggers to be more aware of their voice, style, content strategy — all in the effort to get published.
This offers a viable alternative to the usual track of blogging to make money or even trying to monetize period. Monetizing is a pain. I’m speaking from my own experiences.
But after thinking about this, I don’t want to be a middleman. I’m an editor and publisher and I’m passionate about publishing — not deal making. The essence of my livelihood is editing and procure the finest content for appreciative audiences.
So with that said, I’m sticking with publishing. I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to do this because I have no experience in book publishing. I don’t know the details between taking a raw work and transforming it into a bound physical publication (or in many cases, an ebook).
The ebook might just be a suitable format, with print-on-demand options readily available.
What will I pioneer? How will I be unique?
One scenario: a company that educates/influences bloggers towards a publishing mentality (vs. marketing mentality), then publishes them. Is that ethical?
And what about readers? That’s the other 50%!!!
How about this: connecting what readers want with what writers can provide. If they want a book, they get a book. A blog, they get a blog. Editorial magic.