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The Author Entrepreneur Ethos With Jarie Bolander
In a fast-moving world, indie authors often have more in common with the tech community than we do with traditional publishing. In today's interview, Jarie Bolander explains some of the realities of being an author-entrepreneur and we discuss the ethical side of creative entrepreneurship.
In publishing news, Streetlib now reaches half the world with their publishing portal encompassing the Middle East, South Asia and Africa [The New Publishing Standard]; PublishDrive expands their Team Royalties feature which makes it easier for authors to co-write and easily split royalties; and The Verge reports on the first AI-generated textbook summarizing peer-reviewed journals.
In my personal update, I share my thoughts from a book research trip to Amsterdam – photos on Instagram @jfpennauthor; plus why indies are a global ‘scenius' [Kevin Kelly]; plus check out the great interview with Neil Gaiman and Tim Ferriss.
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Jarie Bolander is a Design Engineer, entrepreneur, author, and podcaster. Today, we're talking about his book The Entrepreneur Ethos: How to Build a More Ethical, Inclusive, and Resilient Entrepreneur Community.
You can listen above or on iTunes or your favorite podcast app or watch the video here, read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and full transcript below.
Show Notes
* Why entrepreneurs need to be uncomfortable
* The Trough of Sorrow and how it applies to writers
* On questions received from entrepreneurs about getting through tough times
* Raising the level of integrity in the indie author community. Check out the Ethical Author guidelines at the Alliance of Independent Authors.
* The value of disruption and if Amazon has disruption in its future. You can read an