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| The publishing industry is in a state of flux, but new models are emerging – one of which allows me to write my first book about beer in six years. And you can get involved.
A great deal has changed since I had my first book published in 2003. The beer scene, obviously, has changed beyond recognition. And so has publishing. When Man Walks into a Pub came out, there were lots of bookshops but no smartphones, no kindles, and most people didn’t know what a blog was. Like everything else, publishing has now fragmented. And like many other careers, being a writer means you have to have several different projects on the go at any one time. The books I have published by mainstream publishers are moving further away from beer – and I hope to have confirmation of a new book in that direction in the next few weeks. But the only problem with this is that I do miss writing books about beer… Which is why I was delighted just before Christmas when a chap called Jason Cooper, who commissioned and edit … |
Source: Pete Brown
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