Pathways to Publication 2021 — Links & Resources

From Librarian Taryn Edwards at the Mechanics’ Institute Library:

Hello, thanks so much for attending Carol Verburg’s presentation on Wednesday.

Here is the link to the video (it should be completely ready for viewing by 10am) https://youtu.be/Twbh2zLKX-s
Also I pulled out the useful links from the chat. (And I’ve added a few more — CV)

• More about Carol:  https://carolverburg.com   https://boom-books.com
• More about Mechanics’ Institute www.milibrary.org
• More about MI’s events www.milibrary.org/events
• More about sales figures, book marketing, etc.
  Kindle/Amazon/KDP data & analysis  https://k-lytics.com/
  Publishers’ Weekly (& check out their free newsletters!)  https://www.pw.org/
  Smashwords Book Marketing Guide  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/305
• Comparison of 3 top e-book aggregators Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/, Draft2Digital https://www.draft2digital.com/  and PublishDrive  https://publishdrive.com/
• Writing & publishing info & advice: Jane Friedman https://www.janefriedman.com/  and Joanna Penn https://www.thecreativepenn.com/
• Advice & resources for indie publishers https://authorspublish.com/
  Alliance of Independent Authors  https://allianceindependentauthors.org
  The Authors Guild  https://authorsguild.org
• Meet recently published authors at a genre-themed showcase & schmooze-fest  https://the-back-room.org
• For short-story writers  https://shortmystery.blogspot.com/