Boutique is BIG. Writers can curate content for a highly specific audience. Take any slice of society and an author can build a niche around that.
Tag: small is the new big
Sep 07 2016
Author Brands & Book Sales—Why Boutique is BIG
Normally my blogs are all about telling y’all you are not a special unique snowflake. But yeah y’all are but don’t get a big head about it đ . We just need to discern the places we are not special (I.e. we all have to do the work) and figure out the places we are …
May 07 2012
The WANA Plan to Save Bookstores & Revive Publishing
- By Kristen Lamb in Publishing, Uncategorized
Last week, we talked about how The Big Six is Dead. So what now? The future seems uncertain for many in the industry. Those who insist on clinging to outdated ways are bound to fall into anachronism. As I like to say, either we are architects of change or artifacts of change. The only real …
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About Kristen Lamb
Kristen Lamb is a #1 best-selling author, international speaker, blogger, and branding Jedi who briefly dated Cthuhlu freshman year. (They broke upâCthulhu was a bit âclingy,â and Kristen didnât realize that a âlong distanceâ relationship really meant inter-dimensional travel.)
Her highly acclaimed mystery thriller, The Devilâs Dance, is in no way related to the amount of true crime podcasts or tv shows she consumes. Also, no animals (other than maybe some chocolate bunnies) were harmed in the creation of her new horror anthology---written in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock and Black Mirror---WTH Did I Just Read?
Sheâs the creator of the perennial branding and social media guide book, Rise of the MachinesâHuman Authors in a Digital World. Additionally, she is the author of the #1 best-selling books We Are Not AloneâThe Writerâs Guide to Social Media and Are You There, Blog? Itâs Me, Writer.
When sheâs not on the road speaking at conferences or teaching online writing seminars, she is rescuing kittens and bringing coffee to the guys in the NSA van parked in front of her house.
Writer, kitten-rescuer, and NSA subject since 2005.