Booktv.org
12th annual Black Writers Conference
Publishing Industry Panel.

Editor’s note: Originally published April 18, 2014…updated 10/23/2025
Link replaced.
Despite the original date, issues are evergreen, a revealing compare and contrast assignment.
Note a screenshot of the actual count for this post appears at the end of the post…the undercount shown is an error message.
During the conference, business insiders talk about challenges and the impact of the Web on aspiring writers, small independent bookstores, and other members of the industry.
Audience Q & A provides further glimpses into interesting examples of people who venture into different forms of writing and how they market their work.
Source
C-span.org
12th Annual Black Writers Conference
Panel Discussion on Publishing…
“Topics included self-publishing, online publishing, blogging, distribution, marketing, and e-books.”
https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/panel-discussion-on-publishing/343489
During a literature panel…
Poet, activist, teacher Askia Toure revealed a little-known fact: Black militant writers of his era took an interest in other cultures and writers… not just their own… For instance, Japanese, Cuban, Mexican, Irish, and Chilean.

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