{"id":25314,"date":"2012-01-12T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/self-publishing-and-readers.html"},"modified":"2012-01-12T18:11:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T01:11:45","slug":"self-publishing-and-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/self-publishing-and-readers.html","title":{"rendered":"Self-publishing and readers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some good-sounding advice on how to make self-publishing benefit readers … which, not-coincidentally, will then benefit the authors serving them. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Chuck Wendig<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

So, we know that self-publishing benefits authors in certain ways, right?<\/p>\n

Question then becomes: does self-publishing benefit readers?<\/p>\n

My answer: Not yet it doesn't.<\/p>\n

But it can. And here's how it starts.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2012\/01\/12\/how-t-self-publish-so-it-benefits-readers\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Some good-sounding advice on how to make self-publishing benefit readers … which, not-coincidentally, will then benefit the authors serving them. #ddtb Reshared post from +Chuck Wendig So, we know that self-publishing benefits authors in certain ways, right? Question then becomes: does self-publishing benefit readers? My answer: Not yet it doesn't. But it can. 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