Posted in Books, Dial Publishing, Naked Tales, Nonfiction, Publishing, Syntagma Media, The Nirvaneans, eBooks
Some internal projects at Syntagma Media are going out to trade publishers. Two have recently done so: Naked Tales and The Nirvaneans.
Naked Tales: Stories By Writers Who Blog, is to be published by Humdrumming in early 2007. It has its own website within the Syntagma network: NakedTales.org.
The Nirvaneans: The Natural history of Nirvana and Those Who Attained It, by John M Evans (otherwise known as “me”), is also being published by Humdrumming in 2007.
Dial Publishing will initially concentrate on spin-offs from the network, which might not otherwise attract a mainstream publisher.
Other publishing models are also being tried out. For example, we are republishing my earlier book on technical and business writing on a blog: Tech Biz Writing, supported only by advertising. This will eventually form a comprehensive free course on these crucial subjects.
Dial will also produce eBooks which will be sold off the websites, and will utilize new technology in the production of its print books. No specific projects have been decided on as I write, but some will be announced soon.
Posted in Books, Dial Publishing, Publishing, Syntagma Media, eBooks
Dial Publishing is a relaunch of a publishing house I set up a few years ago to publish educational courses. It’s now being “reawakened” to serve a more general purpose as the publishing arm of Syntagma Media.
The aim is to develop our book publishing facilities for launch in the second half of the year. This will make use of new technologies in printing and distribution. Quality on-demand printing is beginning to emerge now and will become mainstream for anything but blockbuster novels by the end of this decade. We intend to make full use of the technology, where appropriate.
Electronic publishing is also struggling out of its shell at last, especially for tech and topical subjects. 37signals has just self-published its own PDF ebook and collected a whopping $33,000 of sales on the first day.
Dial Publishing is a separate business entity from Syntagma Media which operates the blog network and what’s often described as New Media.
This blog will fill in the details of our development and occasionally address the issues of book publishing in an electronic age. We will also comment on new technologies, personal publishing, and all the topics of the moment.
Information on forthcoming titles will be posted as they become available.
Posted in Books, Dial Publishing, Fiction, Naked Tales, Nonfiction, Publishing, eBooks
This website is under construction. It will be the site and blog of Dial Publishing, a new publisher of books and ebooks, associated with Syntagma Media.
The blog should be available soon. In the meantime, you may like to look at out hub website, Syntagma, or our book site, Naked Tales, or even the blog of our writing community, Writers Blog Alliance.
Stay tuned.
