If you want to learn how to earn money selling subscriptions direct to reader, the folks at Ream are hosting a three-day summit May 5–7, free for all to attend. Sessions are recorded and available if you can’t make it live. Ream is a new subscription service built for authors that’s similar to Patreon; it remains in beta and isn’t yet open to the public. The Hot Sheet will have coverage of Ream later this spring.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
