Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing

Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing

Publishing Wide But Shallow

The Mistake That's Costing You Readers and Revenue

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Mark Leslie Lefebvre
Mar 02, 2026
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I’ve been talking to authors about publishing wide for well over a decade now. I’ve written books about it, spoken about it at conferences around the world, and spent years inside the Kobo and Draft2Digital operations watching how it all works from the inside.

For anyone who is not familiar with the term, publishing “wide” is seen as the alternative to p…

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