Next week in Fab Freelance Writing Ezine our theme is Writing Job Opportunities in 2010 (and beyond). Our writing world is changing; the ezine gets you up to speed.
Here's an excerpt from the Editorial:
This year is shaping up to be a watershed in the media world. The move to digital is speeding up – and writing opportunities are changing too. The iPad is a bellwether of these changes.
The iPad is changing publishing
I'm sad, and a little angry, at the current state of publishing. Sad because newspapers and magazines are dying, and I know that few will survive in their current state. Angry because the changes that the Internet would bring to publishing were evident 15 years ago, but publishers thought that the world would stay the same for them.
But will the iPad really change publishing, and with it, the world of writing?
Yes, because although iPads were selling at the rate of 25,000 per hour when Apple opened pre-orders, the iPad isn't alone in the world of e-readers. Many other slates/ e-readers are coming to market this year.
The reason is simple: paper publishing is just too expensive. Books and other publications are going digital because the global financial crisis has hastened the end of paper and ink publications.
What does this mean for writers?
Read the rest next week; the issue is out on Tuesday.
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