Comments on: Post Piece on Podiobooks.com Powerhouses http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/04/13/post-piece-on-podiobookscom-powerhouses/ News from the Staff of Podiobooks.com Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Joe Cottonwood http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/04/13/post-piece-on-podiobookscom-powerhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-160942 Joe Cottonwood Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:37:53 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/04/13/post-piece-on-podiobookscom-powerhouses/#comment-160942 I sent an email to Mike Musgrove, the journalist who wrote that article. He wrote back and said he got my point - and, in fact, he wants to listen to my podcast. So there may be a followup. I sent an email to Mike Musgrove, the journalist who wrote that article. He wrote back and said he got my point – and, in fact, he wants to listen to my podcast. So there may be a followup.

]]> By: Evo http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/04/13/post-piece-on-podiobookscom-powerhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-160930 Evo Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:58:26 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/04/13/post-piece-on-podiobookscom-powerhouses/#comment-160930 That's a great point, Joe. Anytime I get a chance to talk to the press prior to a story release (yep, I talked to this journalist), I always stress to them that we have a <em>varieth</em> of authors on the site with a <em>myriad</em> of reasons why they are releasing their books in this manner. I guess that the "struggling author makes good" story sells more paper. :) That’s a great point, Joe. Anytime I get a chance to talk to the press prior to a story release (yep, I talked to this journalist), I always stress to them that we have a varieth of authors on the site with a myriad of reasons why they are releasing their books in this manner.

I guess that the “struggling author makes good” story sells more paper. :)

]]> By: Joe Cottonwood http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/04/13/post-piece-on-podiobookscom-powerhouses/comment-page-1/#comment-160719 Joe Cottonwood Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:24:48 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2008/04/13/post-piece-on-podiobookscom-powerhouses/#comment-160719 Every time I see a news article about podiobooks, it characterizes every podio author as a newbie who is desperately trying to get published. Am I the only podio author with previously published books? My first came out 30 years ago. Now, after 8 books published the conventional way, I tried the podcast option - and I love it! And yes, it strengthens my negotiating position with publishers when I can show the popularity I'm achieving, but it wasn't - and still isn't - the main attraction of podcasting. Podcasting enables me to put my story in an entirely different dimension - that of sound - in addition to printed words. The root of novels is storytelling, which began long before there was a printing press. Podcasting takes us back to the primal - and very powerful - oral tradition. We authors should be proud of this instead of sounding like we're apologizing for our podcasts as merely a means to get published. Every time I see a news article about podiobooks, it characterizes every podio author as a newbie who is desperately trying to get published. Am I the only podio author with previously published books? My first came out 30 years ago. Now, after 8 books published the conventional way, I tried the podcast option – and I love it! And yes, it strengthens my negotiating position with publishers when I can show the popularity I’m achieving, but it wasn’t – and still isn’t – the main attraction of podcasting. Podcasting enables me to put my story in an entirely different dimension – that of sound – in addition to printed words. The root of novels is storytelling, which began long before there was a printing press. Podcasting takes us back to the primal – and very powerful – oral tradition. We authors should be proud of this instead of sounding like we’re apologizing for our podcasts as merely a means to get published.

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