INDUSTRY ARTICLES

Mick Rooney, editor of The Independent Publishing Magazine has written extensively on the publishing industry, and in particular, paid publishing services and the future of books and impact of digital publishing. His articles are often informative, sharp and witty, and underscored by a balanced of honesty and stark realism for the modern publisher and author. 

The independent publishing magazine:  ARTICLES ON PUBLISHING

• Advance and Beat a Path To My Door or Be Damned
• Agency Model or Be Damned
• Analysis on New York Times Article
• Are Publishers Fit for Purpose in the Digital Age?
• Authonomy or Be Damned
• Author/Publisher Partnership - The Future
• Branding & Publishing Strategies
• Community or Be Damned
• Democratization or Be Damned
• Distribution or Be Damned
• eBook sales and Seeing The 'S' Curve For What It Is
• Gimme A Good Discount or Be Damned
• Hachette Internal Memo - What does Publishing Mean?
• Hachette Internal Memo December 2012 - What Does Publishing Mean?
• Indie Publishing - To Be Or Not To Be?
• Lake Wobegon Days or Be Damned
• Lulu, Dan on the Double, and The Future of Publishing
• Me and My Best Friend: When Publishing Goes Bad
• Musings On Publishing & The Music Business - Part 1
• Musings On Publishing & The Music Business - Part 2
• New Publishers in Hard Times
• No Advance or Be Damned! - Part 1
• No Advance or Be Damned! - Part 2
• Paid-Publishing or Be Damned
• Paper and Print or Be Damned
• Peeling Away The Layers of Confusion
• POD Publishing Standards
• Publishing & Self-Publishing: Where Things Stand in 2010
• Publishing Horizons: An Overview of Independent Publishing in the Netherlands
• Publishing Industry - Change Or Be Damned!
• Publishing: Advocate or Be Damned
• Reassemble or Be Damned (or how humpty-dumpty publishing should be put back together again)
• Salutory Scratches Or Open Wounds?
• Self-Publishing Reasons To Be Cheerful - Part 1
• Self-Publishing Reasons To Be Cheerful - Part 2
• Self-Publishing Reasons To Be Cheerful - Part 3
• Shifting Sands: From Konrath to...Who?
• Stop Book Returns or Be Damned!
• The Business of Self-Publishing
• The Curious Tale of The Explosive Lulu Books
• The Future of ebooks & The Time Machine
• The Indie Publishing Debate
• The Journey So Far - Diggory Press
• The Publishing Industry Game of Pass The Parcel
• The Publishing Road Less Traveled - How Real Publishing Works
• Time We All Took The 'Self' From Self-Publishing
• To Self-Publish or Not To Self-Publish - Part 1
• To Self-Publish or Not To Self-Publish - Part 2
• Vanity & The Typewriter
• Your Name's Not On The list!

INDUSTRY ARTICLES