A SMARTER AUTHOR PLATFORM FOR THE DIGITAL ERA OF PUBLISHING
Courtesy
of Jane Friedman
Jane has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, with expertise in business strategy for authors and publishers. She’ s the co-founder( with WU’ s Porter Anderson) of The Hot Sheet, the essential industry newsletter for authors, and has previously worked for F + W Media( home to Writer’ s Digest) and the Virginia Quarterly Review.
Jane’ s newest book is The Business of Being a Writer( University of Chicago Press); Publishers Weekly wrote that it is“ destined to become a staple reference book for writers and those interested in publishing careers.”
In addition to being a professor with The Great Courses, Jane has delivered keynotes and workshops on the digital era of authorship at worldwide industry events, including the Writer’ s Digest annual conference, San Miguel Writers Conference, The Muse & The Marketplace, Frankfurt Book Fair, BookExpo America, LitFlow Berlin, and Digital Book World. Find out more at janefriedman. com.
A SMARTER AUTHOR PLATFORM FOR THE DIGITAL ERA OF PUBLISHING
Author platform, in its simplest form, is an author’ s ability to sell books. What that platform looks like, or how it works, varies from author to author: Some are big names who can attract attention with any book they release, others have figured out how to harness a local or regional fan base to spread word of mouth, and still others know how to use digital media for visibility.
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