Re: Future of publishing

**S* H* <s*@saxonholt.com>**

Doug's comment bears repeating regarding making publishing money on  
the web:

>
>
> Bottom line:  If you think it can't be done or that you can't do it  
> - then
> you're right.  But if you want to make it happen, there is a way to  
> do this
> online and make money.  Now, I'm not saying I'm going to make 100K  
> from my
> next adventure (that would be nice though) :-)  What I am saying is  
> that
> there are other folks selling premium content across the Net in a wide
> variety of topics and subject areas.  The model exists.
>
>
> This is all part of the paradigm shift writers are going to have to  
> make in
> order to figure out an individual income model.  This thought of  
> "free is
> the only Internet model"  along with the old "I don't write for  
> free"  model
> are getting in your way of figuring out a pathway to the future.   
> Sometimes
> I do give it away for free - sometimes I don't.  Some things I  
> never do -
> some things I always do.  Some people I share with - some I never  
> share
> with.  You get to create your own working model, and you get to  
> change it as
> the Net changes (mine is changing again btw - sigh).  So if you  
> close off
> one pathway and model, you limit your own income.
>
>
> The  problem of course is that there isn't "just one" way to be a  
> writer
> anymore.  And even the best writers can't guarantee themselves an  
> income in
> our brave new world.  Quality writing has never been the only  
> criteria for
> success as a writer - and that remains the case now.  The good news  
> is there
> are now a great many options to make money.  The bad news is  
> there's no
> guaranteed road map to getting there.

>
I will expand this to insert "photographers" wherever Doug says  
"writers".  Photographers are being eaten up by all the free content  
but are realizing that if they have a unique vision or content people  
will actually pay for it directly from the photographer's site.   
Sometimes not a lot but it adds up.  Consider the vision of  
photographer Dan Heller http://www.danheller.com/bizfaq.html
I don't think we, as creative content people, can expect the markets  
to come to us by simply putting out quality work, you are going to  
have to work on bringing the buyers to you.  Different and changing  
ways to do that with no guarantees, but it' s already happening for  
some folks.

Saxon

Saxon Holt Photography
Gardens and Ornamental Horticulture
- www.saxonholt.com
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415-898-8880

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