Interview with Dan Poynter the father of Modern Self-Publishing
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We were on location at the SelfPub BookExpo this weekend in New York City. The first interview subject we had lined up was Dan Poynter, who is arguably the father of modern self-publishing. With his first self-published title in the early 80s, through his continuing works that detail the technology and the options that are available for authors, he may know more about indie publishing than anyone other professional. Mark Coker from Smashwords is one of his biggest fans and always speaks very highly of him. Dan spoke with Good e-Reader about the terminology involved and the stigma that both the industry and the authors themselves still place on the independently published author.
Mercy Pilkington is a young-adult author and a teacher in a correctional facility. She does not have a single textbook in her classroom. With the top-of-the-line technology at her disposal and the low reading ability of many of her students, there’s no need for standard paper texts. Instead she relies on e-readers, iPads, desktop PCs, Polycom video conferencing equipment for virtual field trips, live streaming for science demonstrations, and text-to-speech read-aloud software to teach English and science. Within the next ten years, public school classrooms across the country are going to look a lot more like Mercy’s classroom because the educational possibilities with these kinds of technologies are limitless. Have a question? Send an email to mercypilkington@yahoo.com
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