http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/2008/04/the-paradox-of-choice/ Writing | Photography | Web Design Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/2008/04/the-paradox-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-103 The Coming Online SF/F Renaissance | JeremiahTolbert.com Wed, 07 May 2008 17:20:16 +0000 http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/2008/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-103 [...] Who will make the next innovations in publishing? I think it will still be the small, fleet-footed publications like Futurismic, Clarkesworld, Fantasy, and so on. Podcasting, once the sole domain of EscapePod, now has several other major players on the field, even excluding the various EscapePod spinoffs. And remember, their number of listeners outweighs the readership of any print magazine out there. I also think that their listeners are not the same people as the subscribers of magazines. It’s a completely different audience, and ignoring the podcast audience would be like throwing money away at this point. I predict more will offer podcasting supplements to their web presences. Small publishers will begin to investigate developing for the mobile web, and this may call for a different type of fiction, something shorter and leaner. The use of multimedia and artwork is going to grow. A simple site like the Fortean Bureau looks like an Amish buggy compared to the hot rods we’ll be seeing in the next couple of years. I don’t know about you, but I’m very optimistic and excited about the things that are to come. We may not get paid much in the short fiction world, but there are more and more opportunities to connect with audiences.  And for readers, there’s never been so many options for your reading experience (which presents its own set of problems). [...] […] Who will make the next innovations in publishing? I think it will still be the small, fleet-footed publications like Futurismic, Clarkesworld, Fantasy, and so on. Podcasting, once the sole domain of EscapePod, now has several other major players on the field, even excluding the various EscapePod spinoffs. And remember, their number of listeners outweighs the readership of any print magazine out there. I also think that their listeners are not the same people as the subscribers of magazines. It’s a completely different audience, and ignoring the podcast audience would be like throwing money away at this point. I predict more will offer podcasting supplements to their web presences. Small publishers will begin to investigate developing for the mobile web, and this may call for a different type of fiction, something shorter and leaner. The use of multimedia and artwork is going to grow. A simple site like the Fortean Bureau looks like an Amish buggy compared to the hot rods we’ll be seeing in the next couple of years. I don’t know about you, but I’m very optimistic and excited about the things that are to come. We may not get paid much in the short fiction world, but there are more and more opportunities to connect with audiences.  And for readers, there’s never been so many options for your reading experience (which presents its own set of problems). […]

]]> http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/2008/04/the-paradox-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Clay Shirky and The Cognitive Surplus | JeremiahTolbert.com Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:02:49 +0000 http://www.jeremiahtolbert.com/2008/the-paradox-of-choice/#comment-24 [...] on the thoughts of yesterday’s post, I’ve recently read Clay Shirky’s speech, “Gin, Television, and Social [...] […] on the thoughts of yesterday’s post, I’ve recently read Clay Shirky’s speech, “Gin, Television, and Social […]

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