Review of “Print-on-Demand Book Publishing” by Morris Rosenthal

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Print-on-Demand Book Publishing: A New Approach To Printing And Marketing Books For Publishers And Self-Publishing Authors
by Morris Rosenthal

# ISBN-10: 0972380132
# ISBN-13: 978-0972380133

PROS:
* Goes into depth on the publishing industry and its changes, helping you understand publishing as a whole.
* Well written; sober and intelligent without being boring.
* Uses real-life examples to help make points.

CONS:
* The book's broad approach may not cover all the ground you're looking for or go into the depth you need.
* The specific examples used may not always be relevant to you.

SUMMARY: A must-read book about print-on-demand and self-publishing that helps you understand the "why" of publishing issues and industries.

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Weekly Challenge: That Book

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Your challenge this week involves books.

I'm sure there's many books you wish were written to help you in your career.  So ask yourself if there was one book on one subject, what would it be?

* What would it cover?
* What kind of audience would it be pitched to?
* What extra information would it include – a good bibliography, web links, or something else?
* How up-to-date would it be or have to be?  Yearly, every two years?

Sit down and ask what this special book would be.  Take ten minutes or so.

Your next step:
1) Break the book down into search terms – and go to Amazon.com, google.com, etc. and do an actual search.  See if you can find what you want or find something close.
2) What would you have to do or learn to write this ideal book yourself?  Perhaps that's something you can do in the future . . .

– Steven Savage

The Disorientation Of The Ideal Job

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Steve_Color_smYou have that dream job that will merge your fandom into your career by being a translator for a major anime company.  You have a career dream that takes your geekery to new heights – that job you hope to get as a game programer.  You have dreams.

Yet, something is wrong.  You see that ultimate job coming, hope for that job, or got that job.  Yet you wonder . . . is this right?

Trust me, it happens.

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