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FridayFix™: Future of Content Delivery
Posted July 31st, 2009 by scottsigler (FD∅™)
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This week's FridayFix has no new story content. Instead, I present a keynote speech I did at the Balticon 2009 convention in May. This is my take on where story-based content delivery is going. That's a fancy way of saying "how will people read books in the near future?" If you are a writer or an aspiring writer, you need to listen to this. I talk about Big Publishing, Small Publishing, the rise of smart phones and why the Kindle is a statistically insignificant player in the future book marketplace. Yes, I just said that (but don't ignore the damn thing, for crying out loud!). |
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Grabbing stuff
I guess joining late has it's advantagiez - listening to this one tomoorow at work
Take no prisoners. Take no .... poonsicles!
This may be a stupid question,
but do you need to be seeing the slides to follow this?
BigJohn
I don't think so.
"I'm gonna show him what a little girl's made of, gunpowder and lead"- Miranda Lambert
Great information and entertainment rolled into one...
*I am Rear Admiral, but Sigler is the Boss*
Enjoyed this...
I was in the room at Balticon for this presentation (sitting in good company next to JP, shadygirl and CB). First off, the FDO was in perfect TechTard form. It took about 7 people to donate parts in order for the FDO's MacBook to successfully project a powerpoint slide show.
But everyone took it in stride and was more than willing to help. The room was packed from front to back, with people who came to hear the FDO speak. The presentation the FDO used rivals some of the big corporate slideshows I've seen, but it was concise and relevant and the FDO knew his shit and spoke to the slides like a pro (like a pro...he is a pro!). I found this speech really interesting because a few people in the crowd had a really hard time grasping that the business model Scott uses -- give it for free then put it out for sale -- actually works. It was as if you could see something breaking in their brains and their expression was a blank "does not compute".
I found the FDO's predictions about the future of eBook and online reading really intriguing, particularly since I was recently introduced to the Kindle application on an iPod touch and instantly fell in love with it. Oh and when the FDO asks if anyone has a Kindle...yeah, that was me...the ONLY person in the room that actually had a Kindle on me.
Oh and another interesting tidbit. If you listen really closely you can hear a child's voice in the first 15 minutes. That was CB who at one point started calling out "Scott, Scott, Scott". It was the cutest thing ever!
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--Gmork (MP, CA, WC, TG, MoGC, AAGC, PWTG, TBG)
All true!
Very good presentation Scott.
You are just going through another big shift. Horses to cars, monks in libraries to mimmiographs, xerox and typesetting.
I find it fascinating hou you figured all this out and still give us junkies some of your precious time. That personal attention is why I am willing to drop real money for your stuff. I do plan on buying the Rookie, but I have to recover from late insurance bills and a 20% income drop.
After I buy the required software to work for my church, the Rookie is the next project. Then my debit card and your bank can play real nice together.
It sounds hokey, but I'm so tired of marketing crap. People who fake being one thing just to get a sale. You are just real. "Buy the book you cheap bastard!" I love that in-your-face style. And thanks for not OVER marketing.
I'm proud to be an OJ!
"Defeat HELL! I'm advancing to the rear." --Gen. George Patton
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