Crowd-sourcing critical previews ?

Thanks to the advent of the internet with its email systems and blog websites, along with the flexibility of ebook production, it can be a financial breeze to get continuous feedback on a book as it is being written, chapter by chapter.

Canadian book publishing as DEAD as Cdn newspapers and record labels : all hail Paula Todd !

Did SHE buy the e-book?

Told you so !  ("I have seen the Future and it is Paula Todd") . Now Paula  has just nailed the final silver stake into the heart of traditional Canadian book publishing.

Paula had a scoop that won't be a scoop much longer and couldn't wait until a traditional book publisher ambled their amiable way to a publication date.

So she self-published it herself, as an e-book, ( thus becoming persona non grata to Canadian publishers) and then her book ended up topping Amazon's Kindle non-fiction lists !

They thought the song would last forever ; they were wrong

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone , give the dog a juicy big bone : bring out the pine box, let's get the job done.....