Summary: Very pleased to welcome Hugh McGuire, CEO and founder of Pressbooks.com, to Intrepid Radio! Why should you listen to this show? Well, if you want to finally publish your book, you no longer have ANY excuses. So, there's that. But here are some other reasons to listen in on my conversation with Hugh McGuire: Discussions on the future of publishing; the digital revolution means anyone can publish now; the mechanics of Pressbooks.com; the beauty of the simple outputs and multiple formats for publishing; and why it was built on the wordpress platform. "I wanted it to be easy to put out a beautiful book..." We discussed other uses for pressbooks.com, in addition to non-fiction books and novels...there are case studies, organizational sales manuals, annual reports, how-to manuals, and white papers, to name just a few. You can also make the books public and viewable online so people can read, review, comment, and share as you are writing and producing the content. This makes for a very interesting direction for book publishing. Finally, we discuss whether it is, in fact, a good thing that EVERYONE can publish nowadays. "In the end, we just benefit from having more people writing..." ### To hear from other intrepid souls like Hugh McGuire, please subscribe to my podcast on iTunes. And, leaving a review and customer rating would be appreciated as well! This is episode 86. Get Hugh's collection of essays around the future of publishing (affiliate link): You can also view this book, for free, directly on pressbooks.com here.
