The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
March 24th, 2026
Here’s an account of the background to the New York Times report on Mia Ballard’s “Shy Girl,” and of my involvement in the saga. I brought the “scoop” to the Times, and worked with them to develop it, although the published article obscures my involvement. The Times landed a big story, republished and remarked on…
September 9th, 2025
I’m posting this to help ALLi — The Alliance of Independent Authors — get the word out about the update to their groundbreaking Indie Author Income Survey 2023. As ALLi puts it: IT’S TIME to update the story only you can tell! ALLi’s 2025 Author Income Survey is now open and we need your data—anonymously—to…
May 15th, 2019
Everybody knows Kickstarter. Not everyone knows that Kickstarter is a major player in publishing, both for book-like objects and for journalism.