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Richard Saunders liked the forum thread, Inkshares and Reddit

We’re up to 11 subscribers on the Inkshares subreddit. Due to aversion that many authors have towards Reddit, that is actually pretty good. Keep it up. I’m going to create a list of resources that can be used on Reddit for everybody as well, it should be included in this thread later today.

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Richard Saunders liked the forum thread, Inkshares and Reddit

@Richard Saunders Between the letter @Adam Gomolin sent to the community and the town hall video chat he and @Thad Woodman hosted with the authors, there’s quite a bit of information out there about what’s happening at the company. Let’s see if I can summarize:

1. The business model will be changing so that publishing at the company can become self-sustaining. There are a couple of options as to how this will take shape, but they will be giving more information on that in the future.

2. Adam and Thad feel that the authors in the community are the most valuable commodity they have, and want to treat them as a sort of House of Representatives. They plan to share their goals and initiatives with the author community and garner feedback.

3. Quill will be the heart of whatever path the business takes in the future. They see this as a minimum viable product for finding quality books they can bubble up to things like Properties and Inkshares full publishing.

4. Many new big names are coming to the platform, including Crypt entertainment partnering in a horror writing contest in October and Patrick Rothfuss coming on board to most likely host a syndicate.

5. Credits are going to be completely revamped, if they stay in at all. They have been used in ways they were not intended for, and in some cases outright abused.

6. In a survey sent out to funded authors, the vast majority of writers said they were more interested in trading royalties for additional services (marketing, distribution, etc). This is most likely the direction the company will take going forward as they move into a profit-sharing business model.

7. The executives want to bring even more brands into relationships with Inkshares. If you have one you are dreaming of working with, contact them about it.

8. Today the WriteBrain podcast will have Adam on as a guest, and they will be asking questions from the authors. I’ll probably put a link up on the subreddit to the episode as soon as it launches.

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Richard Saunders liked the forum thread, Inkshares Book Club, July - August 2016: The Battle for Oz

Thanks for choosing my book! I’m really excited to see where the discussion will go.

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Richard Saunders liked an update for Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside

News & Updates:

1) Travis Lee, who wrote a very insightful review of #upMdownC on his blog, is funding his Sci-Fi novella, Kale & Jason, on Inkshares. Head on over to his project page and check it out if you’re interested. Great to see the Inkshares community expanding!

2) The Anthill, a writers’ colony in Beijing, published an excerpt from my second novel. I’m only about a quarter of the way in, but I’ve been writing non-stop now that summer break is here, and I’m very excited about where it’s headed.

3) Alec Ash, who is the founder and non-fiction editor at The Anthill, had some nice things to say about #upMdownC. He is the guy who penned that hatchet job on Shanghai Cocktales that I referenced in a previous backer update. Alec recently published his own debut - albeit non-fiction - titled Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China. I can’t wait to read it.

4) Jeremiah Jenne, a writer, historian and podcast host in Beijing, wrote a review of UMDC on Here! Dongguan.

5) I submitted a post to The Asian Books Blog about UMDC and the crowdfunding process.

6) UMDC will be represented by Foreword Reviews at the Beijing Book Fair next month! The hope is that the novel will garner some interest from Chinese publishers. I made a sell sheet for the exhibition (see below) if you know of any places near you where you might be able to put one up. Just let me know, and I’ll send you a copy!

7) I received a couple of other reviews, too - one that was requested, one that wasn’t! Lately, it’s begun to feel like the book is "taking off" (i.e. getting noticed organically). Hopefully, the momentum keeps up. Comments, shares, retweets and likes all really help! Thanks :)

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