BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.18//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMCommunityCalendar NAME:RMCommunityCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:How Publishing Has Changed Since 2015 - Jane Friedman DTSTAMP:20250905T044612Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:494-7-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":noreply@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n How Publishing Has Changed Since 2015\n\n URL\n\n https:/ /janefriedman.com/how-publishing-has-changed-since-2015/\n\n\n\n MY THOUGH TS \n\n All should check out the insight sections to audiobooks/paperbook s/ . They are good.\n\n HEre are some examples\n\n\n\n \n Audiobook\n \n \n https://janefriedman.com/audio-revenue-predicted-to-overtake-eboo k-sales-by-2023/\n \n \n https://janefriedman.com/this-studio-turns -successful-self-published-novels-into-hit-audiobooks/\n \n \n \n \n P aper book\n \n \n https://janefriedman.com/major-media-coverage-does nt-sell-books-like-it-used-to/\n \n \n https://janefriedman.com/bin dery-books-a-case-study-in-combining-traditional-industry-marketing-online -influencer-strength-to-launch-debut-novels/\n \n \n \n \n Direct Sale s\n \n \n Quote [ For authors who are able to look beyond book sales and even write beyond the book ]\n \n \n https://janefriedman.com/ the-many-moving-parts-behind-brandon-sandersons-record-breaking-kickstarte r-campaign/\n \n \n https://janefriedman.com/how-authors-can-sell-b ooks-direct-to-reader/\n \n \n https://janefriedman.com/a-small-pub lisher-doubles-revenue-during-the-pandemic/\n \n \n \n \n Hybrid or Co llaborative\n \n \n https://janefriedman.com/key-book-publishing-pat h/\n \n \n https://janefriedman.com/imho-a-nuanced-look-at-hybrid-p ublishers/\n \n \n https://janefriedman.com/imho-authors-equity-is- for-the-elite-not-for-you/\n \n \n https://janefriedman.com/imho-th e-self-publishing-scene-includes-agents-all-around/\n \n \n \n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n MY COMMENT\n\n I can't wait for the \"What Hasn't Changed?\" if y ou have a way to at commentors to your blog\,through their email specifica lly\, that will be cool. Sometimes people follow you or your newsletter\,b ut have specific desires. \n\n\n\n Someone offline said they wanted to re ad an audiobook of mine\, so I know audiobooks are doing it\, because no o ne ever asked to read an ebook before offline to me\, and no one has still . But it is clear audiobooks are the way\, and that makes sense. The way h uman beings like to act offline\, an audiobook allows someone to walk the street and look up but still not have to read. It is that middle ground? b etween text and video in some ways. For text or video both need your eyes.  \n\n\n\n I know quite a few fellow artists who have crowdfunded but do y ou have to be a certain level of popularity first? I think so. The people i know who crowdfunded successfully in video/music/comic books have all do ne many conventions\, have many email lists and a larger network than me.  \n\n What markers of popularity should one look for before they try a ki ckstarter\, if any?\n\n \"For authors who are able to look beyond book sal es and even write beyond the book\" I have to admit\, I learned this as we ll\, I am just not as fast in the self selling as other artists\, but I am getting there. \n\n\n\n In retrospect this was inevitable. The creative aspect of being an artist in any medium will never change\, that is about displaying what comes from one's soul through some method to be experience d by all. But\, the commercial aspect to modern\, of the now not better or worse\, art stems from the change from an industry based on patronage\, h aving a father\, a financial benefactor. To one in which the artist is als o the fiscal operator. Not merely because they want to but because they mu st. And this is going to make the world of art change\, commercially. I be t one day\, writers of a certain level of popularity will accept payment b y other writers to put small stories into their books\, as a kind of paid assistance. If that isn't already happening.\n\n\n\n Lastly\, though not l eastly\, thank you for your efforts Jane Friedman. You have helped me see the industry better. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Referral\n\n https://www.linkedi n.com/posts/janefriedman_how-publishing-has-changed-since-2015-jane-activi ty-7369442214227259392-xnR5?utm_source=share&\;utm_medium=member_deskto p&\;rcm=ACoAAC9jwHcBhMdyfurNH2JmdlAPjJgXHivmWR8\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n MY C OMMENT TO THE REFERRAL\n\n Thank you Jane Friedman you have been helpful f rom the first post I read of yours. It heard of you through Kobo first and have been reading your insights ever since. \n\n Hope you have greater p rescience in the ten years to come and more positive changes in the litera ry industry in said time. \n\n I ask all who have learned from her or hav e good wills to spare to leave an inspiring comment to her postaluminumal journey.\n\n the following is mine\n\n https://janefriedman.com/how-publis hing-has-changed-since-2015/#comment-69309\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250905 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR