Brandon Sanderson - 318R - #6 (The Business of Writing)
Brand new for 2016 are Brandon Sanderson's writing lectures at BYU. This lecture was delivered on February 11, 2016. Filmed by Jon Deering, Devin Baldwin and Earl Cahill (@spackest - where I will announce when new videos go public), edited by Earl Cahill. Table of contents: 0:08 the business of writing 02:56 focus on writing then exploitation (separately) 03:35 self-publishing 07:11 hybrid and small press 10:35 traditional publishing 26:58 best seller lists 38:20 book tours 43:36 marketing 49:35 publicity 52:15 Brandon's early book tours 56:50 bidding war Authors Mentioned: Brandon Mull - http://amzn.to/2a80CCU Joe Vasacheck Dave Wolverton - http://amzn.to/2aagZc7 John Grisham - http://amzn.to/2a1nPki Hugh Howie - http://amzn.to/2adLbqe Dan Wells - http://amzn.to/2adMhlP Amanda Hocking - http://amzn.to/2a5xM53 Works Mentioned: Elantris - http://amzn.to/2areCqW Mistborn - http://amzn.to/2a7ZEq7 Wheel of Time - http://amzn.to/29Wt89q Warbreaker - http://amzn.to/2adMAgq A Memory of Light - http://amzn.to/2a80cMY Wool - http://amzn.to/2aq7GZu Steelheart / Reckoners - http://amzn.to/2aagMpa Fwiw, those and a couple links below are affiliate links. Logo by Isaac Stewart, intro music by David Doxey. Cameras / lenses Panasonic G7 (42.5mm, F1.7) Sony A6000 (Rokinon Cine 85mm T1.5) Panasonic G7 (14-42mm, F3.5-5.6) Sony A6000 (Rokinon Cine DS 135mm T2.2) Audio Sanken COS-11D Sennheiser ME66/K6 Tascam DR-40 recorder If you love, love, love the videos you are more than welcome to say thanks in one or more of the following ways try one of Brandon's works - http://amzn.to/2a28JLt go buy a camera or lens at http://CameraPanda.com, maybe a Canon lens - http://camerapanda.com/p/lens/s_Lens_... buy anything at Amazon through one of our affiliate links, like http://amzn.to/29C4CFG. If you visit that link and then buy anything else (like even a snowblower), CameraPanda still gets credit link your awesome site to http://camerapanda.com say thanks in the comments just enjoy Presented by http://camerapanda.com Produced by http://skepteonmedia.com CameraPanda.com, LLC and Skepteon Media, LLC are owned and operated by Earl Cahill © 2016 Skepteon Media

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