Jane Friedman

Biography

Jane Friedman is the web editor of VQR; in a prior life, she was the publisher of Writer’s Digest. She speaks frequently at publishing industry conferences on how the digital age is affecting writers and authorship. She’s active on Twitter (@JaneFriedman) and Google Plus.

http://janefriedman.com

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ESSAYS

Seventy-Two Hours on the Future of Publishing (Day 3)

By Jane Friedman

VQR’s web editor, Jane Friedman, participates in a seventy-two-hour project to write a book on the future of publishing, at the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair.

ESSAYS

Seventy-Two Hours on the Future of Publishing (Day 2)

By Jane Friedman
EDITOR'S DESK

An Appreciation of Alice Munro

By Jane Friedman
ARTICLES

Seventy-Two Hours on the Future of Publishing (Day 1)

By Jane Friedman

I’m at Frankfurt Book Fair this year because I was invited to participate in a digital-publishing experiment called Sprint Beyond the Book. The goal is to write and publish a book in seventy-two hours on the floor of the show, with the help...

ARTICLES

Is Self-Publishing the Most Important Transformation in the Publishing Industry?

By Jane Friedman

All the changes happening in publishing were encapsulated in a single 2-hour panel conversation on self-publishing, with nine people from a wide cross-section of the publishing community.

EDITOR'S DESK

Please Take Our 2013 Reader Survey

By Jane Friedman
INTERVIEWS

The Global Production of Our Food

By Jane Friedman

An interview with Kelsey Timmerman, author of Where Am I Eating? (Wiley, 2013), which investigates what the reliance on imported food means for Americans, as well as for the people around the world who produce our food. 
EDITOR'S DESK

VQR Instapoetry Kicks Off Today

By Jane Friedman
EDITOR'S DESK

VQR Work Nominated for 6 Pushcart Prizes

By Jane Friedman
INTERVIEWS

Being a Creative Person in an Ever-Changing Digital Age

By Jane Friedman