Book publishing has not changed since 1947. The business model is long overdue for alteration. The state of the Economy is not the problem; it is just the catalyst or final straw. Change would have come eventually.
The large publishers will consolidate, downsize and disappear. Agents will have few publishers to sell to. Brick-and-mortar bookstores will … Continue Reading
The large (NY) publishers have been around much longer than the smaller publishers. When we started in the business, the rules were already made. We saw the huge advances, were saddled with slow-paying stores and we suffered from returns.
The worst quirk in the industry was the concept of selling seasons; three per year. They were … Continue Reading
Brick-and-mortar bookstores are on the ropes. The independents are doing 8% of the business and sales are decreasing. Remember when they had 100% of the market? Borders is thought by many to be terminal. Traffic at walk-in stores is down and impulse buying decreases proportionately with the lessening traffic flow.
If the bookstores go out of … Continue Reading
PubIt! Digital Publishing Platform was finally released and is now open to publishers and self-published authors.
Industry News 0 CommentsThis recent announced from Amazon can only make self-publishing authors and publishers happy because they have a new distribution channel for promoting their books. Taking in consideration that Kindle are sales accelerating rapidly and Amazon customers are now buying more e-books than hardcover books. There is no excuse for not having your printed version of the book in Kindle format.
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In 24h you will receive a email from iStockphoto click on the link provided fill out the new account info. And you are ready … Continue Reading
