Trad Pub is Dead. Long Live NEW Publishing | Self-Pub Author Explains Brandon Sanderson Kickstarter
Here's my reaction to Brandon Sanderson's record-breaking secret Kickstarter. Let's celebrate the future of publishing!
Sanderson's announcement → • It's Time to Come Clean — Brandon Sanderson
Q&A livestream → • Live with Brandon Sanderson (#1)
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0:00 Sanderson comes clean
1:22 Brandon Sanderson self-publishing
2:01 How Sanderson wrote secret novels
3:04 Why can't other fantasy authors write that fast?
7:07 Can other authors replicate his success?
9:34 What about normal authors?
11:05 What this means for traditional publishing
13:42 Publishing TODAY
15:52 Traditional publishing's value add
16:35 The NEW publishing paradigm
18:38 Everything wrong with traditional publishing
19:03 The future of publishing
#authortube #selfpublishing #brandonsanderson
// WHAT TO WATCH NEXT
More Brandon Sanderson analysis:
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// REFERENCES
My prediction: → / 1498883475025195008
Paper Tiger videos referenced:
Sanderson's secret → • Why you SHOULD compare yourself to Brandon...
How Sanderson writes so fast → • How Brandon Sanderson writes THIS fast | 3...
Publishing is gambling → • What you're REALLY signing up for when you...
Breaking even → • 7 book budgeting tips from an accountant f...
Indie publishing → • Indie/Self-publishing does NOT require fin...
Self-pub value chain → • 5 ways to maximize your profit margins as ...
Writing Livestreams
Nov 2021 → • NaNoWriMo 2021 Writing Sprints
Dec 2021→ • December 2021 Daily Writing Sprints
Sanderson's Kickstarters:
The Way of Kings Leatherbound (2020) → https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
Surprise! Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson (2022) → https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
Reactions:
John Scalzi → https://whatever.scalzi.com/2022/03/0...
@Daniel Greene → • Sanderson Changed Publishing Today
@TreeBeard Book Reviews → • BRANDON SANDERSON BREAKS THE INTERNET- GOA...
@Library of a Viking → • WHY SANDERSON'S KICKSTARTER IS BAD NEWS FO...
Brandon Sanderson as an author
Harriet McDougal on choosing him → https://www.theoryland.com/intvsresul...
Self-publishing in 2012 → https://web.archive.org/web/201205251...
Compared to other authors → / brando_sando_vs_some_other_authors
Rsyn interlude → • Writing the Stormlight Archive volume 2 Ry...
Cosmere → https://www.behance.net/gallery/63201...
Brandon Sanderson's publishing company
Dragonsteel Entertainment → https://opencorporates.com/companies/...
Team Silverlight → • Your Order Has Shipped
@Will Wight:
Reaction video → • It's Time for Will to Come Clean
1 book takes 6 months → https://www.reddit.com/r/Iteration110...
NYT Audio Fiction Bestseller
Bloodline → https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-se...
Reaper → https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-se...
Paolini/Sanderson panel → / the-day-author-will-wight-became-my-hero
Stay self-published → / why_not_go_with_a_big_publisher
Other
"Self Published Book Launch A-Z", Travis Baldree (March 2022) → https://medium.com/@travisbaldree/sel...
Tolkien timeline → https://www.tolkiensociety.org/author...
Traditional publishing
Leaked HarperCollins presentation → https://amazingstories.com/2013/06/a-...
"Digital truths traditional publishers don't want to hear" (April 2013) → https://www.theguardian.com/books/boo...
"Eisler on Digital Denial" (April 2013) → http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2013/04...
"The Brutal Truth About Earning Out" → https://www.blakeatwood.com/the-bruta...
"How do publishers choose which books to bet on?" (July 2020) → https://www.janefriedman.com/how-do-p...
"The Book P&L: How Publishers Make Decisions About What to Publish" (July 2015) → https://www.janefriedman.com/book-pl/
// CHECK OUT
My Cantonese/English bilingual rhyming picture story books for kids aged 2-6:
Today is my Birthday! → https://books2read.com/todayismybirthday
Cycling in Spring → https://books2read.com/cyclinginspring
My debut epic fantasy novel:
Petition (Resonance Crystal Legacy, Book 1) → https://books2read.com/petition