Have you ever been in the following situations?
- At a writing conference, someone asks, “Should I be tweeting?”
- You attend a writing class where someone suggests Instagram is where all the young people are, thus authors should be using it.
- On a message board, a new writer asks, “Should I start a Facebook author page?”
In response to such questions, you’ll often find a lot of conflicting advice. Over at Writer Unboxed, here’s my post explaining why there’s so much disagreement on social media use.
Jane Friedman has spent nearly 25 years working in the book publishing industry, with a focus on author education and trend reporting. She is the editor of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World in 2023. Her latest book is The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press), which received a starred review from Library Journal. In addition to serving on grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Creative Work Fund, she works with organizations such as The Authors Guild to bring transparency to the business of publishing.
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