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Think Global Writing

By Dan Balowon August 20, 2013
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As you read this, I am in the bustling city of Accra, Ghana in West Africa taking part in four days of training for Ghanaian publishers, August 20-23, conducted by Media Associates International (www.littworld.org).  International publishing guru Ramon Rocha and I are participating in seminars on a wide range of topics.  My little secret is that I learn and am blessed far beyond what I carry from home in the U.S.   We would appreciate your prayers that our presentations are well received and they we rely on God’s wisdom rather than our own.

Last fall, I had the privilege to present material at the tri-annual LittWorld conference in Nairobi, Kenya…hosting 200 people from 50 countries.  (Even Mongolia was represented.)

On the flight over, one of the in-flight movies was The Social Network, a drama that traced the beginnings of Facebook from 2003.  What started as a college website with less than honorable intentions now has 1.1 billion (that’s a “b”) registered users worldwide…about one in six humans on the earth.

During the Nairobi LittWorld, every publisher acknowledged the importance of Facebook to their marketing efforts.  A writer from a Muslim country spoke about how it is the pivotal communication mechanism for Christians in difficult areas.  There are significant social media ministries into areas that are otherwise closed to the Gospel.  Years ago we had short-wave radio for Christian messages to closed or difficult areas, now we have that and have added Facebook and Twitter.

We are currently in the middle of the most significant revolution in publishing since the invention of the printing press.  Digital distribution of written content has wiped away country borders and made materials available in areas where there is no bookstore or library.  Authors must communicate with their readers.

If global ministry is part of your DNA, bring that to your writing…you never know where your words will end up. There is little or nothing stopping a message from going viral globally, which is a bit of a problem for publishers who have limited territorial rights.  This is why there are so many legal issues in publishing these days.  Contracts (especially older ones) are struggling to catch up with technological advances.

Certainly, there are less-than-good uses of the web and social networking structures, but it is also wide open to be used for the Good News.  Let’s take advantage of it.

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Category: Book Business, Dan, Get Published, The Publishing LifeTag: Book Business, Global, publishing

Doomsday Words

By Dan Balowon August 13, 2013
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“Nobody is buying print books anymore”

“Nobody is buying printed magazines or newspapers anymore”

“No one shops at bookstores anymore”

“No one is reading anymore”

“No one goes to the trade shows anymore”

“No one needs a traditional publisher anymore”

“Everyone should just self-publish”

When the speed of change is faster than we can easily comprehend, our language has a …

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Category: Book Business, Dan, E-Books, TrendsTag: Book Business, Trends

One Day at a Time Technology

By Dan Balowon August 6, 2013
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Computers are the perfect example of something we learn about and then must constantly update that knowledge. It’s like we have all had to become scientists or doctors. Just a few years ago, computer storage was measured in megabytes. Then it reached a thousand megabytes and we moved on to gigabytes. When we reach a thousand gigabytes we need terabytes.

As a public service, here is something to …

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Category: Book Business, Career, Dan, Marketing, TechnologyTag: Book Business, Technology

Art Wins

By Dan Balowon July 30, 2013
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By Dan Balow

Over 25 years ago, one of my favorite magazines was a “geek” publication called "American Demographics." The magazine doesn't exist any longer, but the various contributors to the magazine continue to comment in other publications.

Almost every day, I think about one of the articles I read in AD from those many years ago. It was a tongue-in-cheek piece on the danger of …

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Category: Art, Book Business, Craft, Creativity, Dan, Get Published, The Publishing Life, Writing CraftTag: Art, publishing

What Am I Looking For?

By Dan Balowon July 23, 2013
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I started in Christian publishing in 1983 working in the telemarketing department for David C. Cook Publishers when they were located in Elgin, Illinois.   As a young guy working for a company that had been around for over 100 years, I was in awe.

Starting to work for Steve Laube and with professionals like Karen Ball and Tamela Hancock Murray, I am stunned once again.  We combine for over 100 …

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