How Vibrant Is The Book Ecosystem?

 

 

The book ecosystem consists of anyone or any entity that contributes to getting a writer’s creation into the hands of readers. That system could involve many, many people and groups, including but not limited to:

* Libraries
* Bookstores
* Authors
* Illustrators
* Photographers
* Publishers
* Acquisition Editors
* Literary Agents
* Rights Sales
* Literary Thinktanks
* Researchers
* Printers
* Marketers
* Readers
* Advertisers
* Book Awards
* Distributors
* Wholesalers
* Writer Conferences
* Book Reviewers
* Literacy Tutors
* Free Speech Advocates
* Publishing Trade Associations
* Writer Conferences
* Funding Access
* Book Bloggers
* Publishing Podcasters
* Book Fairs
* Book Clubs
* Alternate Retailers
* MFAs
* Book Donors
* News Media
* Intellectual Property Lawyers
* Government Agencies
* Social Media
* Spin-Off Product Providers

The basic questions here are:

* Are each of the components of the ecosystem accessible to all?

* Are these elements affordable?

* Do we have book format choice readily available?

* Are we increasing the rate of literacy?

* Is free speech flourishing?

* Do we have fact-checked, edited books that clearly state and identify as an opinion or fact-based text?

* Do our books provide a wide variety of subject matter/genre choices for readers?

* Have we clamped down on copyright piracy and trademark infringement?

* Is their author diversity in terms of their backgrounds, beliefs, and geographic perspectives?

* Do members of this ecosystem compete, conflict, complement, and/or cooperate within their area of expertise?

* Are all key areas interacting synergistically!

* What common goals can we establish and pursue that will best serve the literary community?

Ok, I just wanted to get this conversation going. Start talking.

 

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About Brian Feinblum

This award-winning blog has generated over 4.5 million pageviews. With 5,300+ posts over the past 14 years, it was named one of the best book marketing blogs  by BookBaby  http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/09/the-best-book-marketing-blogs  and recognized by Feedspot in 2021 and 2018 as one of the top book marketing blogs. It was also named by www.WinningWriters.com as a "best resource.”  Copyright 2025.

 

For the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time, self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy, Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.

 

His writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully).

 

He hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and has spoken at ASJA, BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association, Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the 2024 IBPA Book Awards.

 

His letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester) and The Washington Post. His first published book was The Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook.  It was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

 

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids, and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.

 

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