I'm happy to say I've gotten both Fan To Pro and Progeek Rising up at Amazon for Kindle. So of course in the interest of progeekery and self-publishing, it's time for me to tell you about my experiences of converting and publishing my book to Kindle format and Kindle itself.
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The Production Revolution Isn’t For All: Marketing
You're hoping to leverage the Production Revolution to get out your novel, your music, your comic, what have you. I've been covering the reasons that the new tools for media creation and distribution aren't going to turn everyone into a potential media success (such as time and technical skill) and I'm going to continue to rain on the parade by noting another factor: marketing ability.
The Production Revolution Isn’t For All: Technology
As I noted in my last column on the subject, the Production Revolution (the ability technology gives us to make many media and technical products) isn't going to make everyone an instant author/artist/whatever. There were multiple limits, and the first limit I noted was some people don't have time time.
So let me continue, depressingly, on another factor that's going to keep the talented from realizing their goals. Technical Skill.