Title: The God Patent and the Future of Publishing: secrets from the first debut novel to emerge from the new paradigm of publishing

Speaker: Ransom Stephens, Ph.D.

            “Very interesting and straightforward…enthusiasm and down to earth attitude, sprinkled with humor.” – H. Rampley

Short Description

Particle physicist and technologist turned novelist and public speaker, Ransom Stephens, presents his new book The God Patent. The discussion opens with the story and the characters, but then turns to the unique way this book came to print. Ransom will share strategy and tactics plus a few important secrets for how to succeed with your own story.

“Candid, helpful, knowledgeable…” – Robb Lightfoot

Description

The God Patent is the story of a laid off engineer trying to rebuild a ruined life. Along the way he finds hope and despair, faith and science. The God Patent has been called “a psycho-spiritual thriller,” “a touching story,” the “thinking person’s DaVinci Code,” and “a riveting combination of cutting edge science and religious scripture. The San Francisco Chronicle calls it “…the first debut novel to emerge from the new paradigm or online publishing.” Initially released as an e-novel at Scribd.com, print rights were obtained by Numina Press after it spent 13 weeks in the Scribd top ten. How much of this success was due to luck and how much resulted from carefully executed strategy? Ransom Stephens has been a firsthand witness to the development of the worldwide web, its technology and e-commerce. His predictions for the future of publishing have been published in four different languages and cited in thousands of blogs and online magazines. By citing how other industries have changed under the challenge of disruptive technology he describes what the future holds for books and publishing.

“Professional and entertaining” – Michael Shreeve

Topics covered include:

  • The God Patent
    • Scientific themes integrated in literary and commercial plot structures
    • Intense, fun and tragic characters
  • The story of The God Patent
    • What the agent said to do
    • Conquering the signal-to-noise problems
  • How publishing works
    • The role of a publisher
    • Who needs a publisher?
    • How publishing will work soon
    • Why the winner will come from left field
    • Introduction of sophisticated marketing
    • Copyrights and pirates
    • Dead tree books and e-books
    • The history and future of storytelling
    • Hardbacks, tradepaperbacks and pulp
  • The future of the bookstore
    • espresso and inventory explosion
  • The role of the agent
  • Where we are now and what’s next.

“Informative and enjoyable.” - Larry Solberg

Details

A 50-90 minute speech customized to address the specific needs of the audience.

“Great!” – Phil Fountain

About the speaker

Ransom Stephens, Ph.D., writer, physicist, and public speaker, has been involved in three industry upheavals: as a particle physicist he saw the established computer industry crumble under Apple and Microsoft; he was one of the first 10 people in the USA to use the World Wide Web; and, as a technologist, led an engineering commando team in solving the key problems that enabled the development of 3G and 4G technology. He is now a novelist and sees the publishing industry responding to change in much the same way that killed the established players in other industries that have faced disruptive technology. Ransom’s first novel is the future of publishing incarnate; The God Patent was a huge e-novel success at scribd.com and is now in print from a new order publishing company, Numina Press (www.TheGodPatent.com).