Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
Disney is a company that is learning how to Go Farther with what they do.
This may sound strange, as people often associate Disney with rather conservative endeavors – a bunch of throwaway films, the alternating animated hits, etc. However, Disney has, if you step back, gone farther and has looked for many ways to make more of what it has.
Previously, I talked about how the Book Wars, leading to many new
technologies and methods, meant anyone could be an author. I now want
to look at one way this can affect upcoming media.
I think we may see the return of Pulps (fun-but-trashy/slick fiction) and of serial fiction.
BOOK WARS: RISE OF EVERYONE
You've seen a lot on the changes in publishing occurring in this blog, every few days, if not more often, there's talk about e-readers, e-books, Print on Demand, etc. I could sum this up in many ways (including "oh, gods make it stop, it's confusing), but to put it simply:
Now, this basically means people can read more and authors can get their stuff out easier. I have several books in the works and am pretty sure most if not all will start as Print On Demand with e-book options. I see no reason not to embrace the new technology.
There's another side to this that often gets missed. Yes, more ways to get more books in more formats. We can guess that, we've heard about it, we know it's a given.