Not many. Especially readers. Well, guess what it’s only been around for approx 120 – 150 years at most. Writers used to go out an find a printer who would print copies of their manuscripts, pay them and then the writer would sell their books to the public. Oh, wait! Isn’t this what we do […]
via Who Knows the History of Traditional Publishing?? — Plaisted Publishing House
I seriously did not know that Mark Twain was an Indie! Click the link to read the whole article. It’ll make Indie authors smile, and it might make readers give us a chance the next time they buy a book. 🙂
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May 9th, 2019 at 9:26 am
So was Walt Whitman.
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May 10th, 2019 at 7:55 am
lol – we’re in excellent company. 😀
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May 10th, 2019 at 12:38 pm
Yep. Along with Gertrude Stein.
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May 10th, 2019 at 4:10 pm
Seriously? -jaw drops-
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May 11th, 2019 at 10:30 am
Yep. Three Lives.
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May 11th, 2019 at 10:33 am
I’ve been a proud Indie from the start, but this is just validating every [modern] brilliant Indie writer I’ve ever read!
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May 11th, 2019 at 10:49 am
T.S. Elliot too. And Beatrix Potter. 🙂
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May 12th, 2019 at 8:13 am
-grin- it sounds like many of the greats were self-published, which means the traditional publishing industry is the aberration, not us!
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May 12th, 2019 at 2:59 pm
Almost everything we take for granted as natural these days are novelties produced by the human mind.
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May 12th, 2019 at 8:03 pm
I’m okay with most of those novelties, but I’d like to know more of the history. The stuff we learn in school is almost always about conflict of one sort or the other. Wouldn’t it be nice if we were taught more about the things we’ve invented?
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May 13th, 2019 at 5:43 am
I agree. We’re not taught enough about about the benefits of peace and the co-operation that allows us to make these things.
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May 13th, 2019 at 8:21 am
Exactly. As we keep repeating all the bad things in our history, perhaps it’s time we tried something new and focused on the positive instead.
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May 15th, 2019 at 6:24 am
It’s strange. We’re so used to criticizing our government that we forget the legal system that gives us this freedom.
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May 15th, 2019 at 2:53 pm
I’m no student of history, but I’m pretty sure that the concept of one law for all is one of the foundation stones of democracy. It’s actually pretty amazing.
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May 17th, 2019 at 5:13 am
In a world of Kings who controlled who lived and who died it was a radical idea. For those who want slaves and peasants its still a radical idea.
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May 17th, 2019 at 11:24 am
Yeah, one they mostly ignore. I wonder how many in the 1% secretly believe that they can get away with anything. I’m thinking of that comment by Trump…:(
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April 28th, 2019 at 4:46 am
Full circle, huh? Interesting how all writers were indies for centuries. Thanks for sharing!
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April 28th, 2019 at 5:24 pm
Very welcome. I hope it boosted your day as much as it did mine. 🙂
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April 26th, 2019 at 12:17 pm
I didn’t know!
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April 26th, 2019 at 7:58 pm
Kind of cool, isn’t it? WE are actually the traditional ones. 😀
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April 26th, 2019 at 8:51 pm
Exactly my thought! 😁
Thank you for posting this 💖😘💖
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April 26th, 2019 at 9:40 pm
-grin- my PLEASURE!
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