Inspired by a particularly rosy article about self-publishing, I decided to find out some actual data about book sales. I’ll give away the biggest statistic of all if you go read the article on my Facebook business page at:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nellie-Sabin-Editing-and-Writing-to-Meet-Your-Needs/254504770800?ref=stream

The most remarkable statistic is that we are on track for issuing ISBN numbers in 2012 for 15,000,000 books. FIFTEEN MILLION! Traditional book publishing is flat, so you know what this means. A tsunami of very bad self-published books is washing over the publishing industry. Few will be read or sold.

However, there will be a few gems amidst the dirt and rock - just sufficient to keep us hopeful enough to try our luck against the other 14,999,999 titles.

Is it ethical to encourage people to self-publish? Read the rest of the data and you decide.

Beirut, Lebanon street art By DIHZAHYNERS

Photo by Nadim Kamel

Magnificent.

Do you have access to a gigantic spool?  If so, you’re in luck!

Please see my post on my Facebook business page about the shocking turn of events in which Penguin Publishers decide they should not have to hand out half a million dollars to authors without getting anything in return.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nellie-Sabin-Editing-and-Writing-to-Meet-Your-Needs/254504770800?fref=ts

Found on Facebook

How to be a visionary by ethicsinadvertising

Fall means school buses…

Apple picking….

Pumpkins….

Beautiful leaves…

Woodsmoke…

And big sweaters!

This is DEFINITELY worth a look at http://cultso.com/artist-takes-every-drug-known-to-man-draws-self-portraits-after-each-use/

Here is a self-portrait after 90 mg of Abilify:

This is after one small glass of Absinthe:

Bath Salts:

DMT (Dimethyltryptamine) DMT was the subject of a 2010 American documentary titled DMT: The Spirit Molecule. Who are they kidding?

Watch What You Take, My Children.

“Nomade” by Jaume Plensa

Photograph by HORST KIECHLE