tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965234148574336314.post2601843427391605887..comments2023-10-18T05:40:59.834-07:00Comments on The NightLife: Digital Book World Freaks Out at Hugh Howey's Accusations! #Pubtalk #DigitalPublishing #ASMSGAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593351315325303120noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965234148574336314.post-78844233985544154542014-02-21T02:27:28.109-08:002014-02-21T02:27:28.109-08:00I very much agree. Once (long long ago before eboo...I very much agree. Once (long long ago before ebooks existed) I tried to get a deal with a publisher, with no success. Now, I can't even imagine what kind of deal they would have to offer to entice me. <br />I may have to work hard to promote my books, which are only just seeing some success, but I have control, perhaps the most important thing an author can have. I can change the cover/blurb/price, whenever I want.<br />I love being an indie author. It may not pay the best at the moment but I see a bright future ahead, without someone in a suit in an office who is completely out of touch with the reading public deciding how my book should be sold.<br />Yay for indies, and thanks for the great post highlighting how well we're doing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02185939575688127734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965234148574336314.post-6218620560587832042014-02-19T08:28:44.049-08:002014-02-19T08:28:44.049-08:00Bravo, Travis - great rant - do it often, please! ...Bravo, Travis - great rant - do it often, please! LT :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03824822998040115958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965234148574336314.post-3830171114250742442014-02-19T04:34:19.798-08:002014-02-19T04:34:19.798-08:00Actually, its the small, nimble, author-centric pu...Actually, its the small, nimble, author-centric publishers like you that will thrive in this new era of publishing. So, I don't think the need for your help, at your reasonable royalty rates, will ever go away.<br /><br />:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12593351315325303120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965234148574336314.post-34027415208316601752014-02-19T00:05:14.047-08:002014-02-19T00:05:14.047-08:00Bookstore print placement is somewhat over-rated. ...Bookstore print placement is somewhat over-rated. It usually means the death spiral. And foreign rights--I'm thinking about translations to other countries but you can sell those rights to publishing companies overseas if the price and effort of getting the work translated is too much or too much effort.<br /><br />Great post on this!! I'm a small publisher...but I hope to be a dying breed to be be reformed into an authors advocate!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684372922323145300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965234148574336314.post-5896389067614029392014-02-18T12:52:04.671-08:002014-02-18T12:52:04.671-08:00I never want to give up my rights to anything. Mo...I never want to give up my rights to anything. Movie deal? Lawyers are more needed than agents IMHO. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458509389762857939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965234148574336314.post-76443436338228480252014-02-18T10:41:02.044-08:002014-02-18T10:41:02.044-08:00I hear that.
But, to be totally honest, if a publ...I hear that.<br /><br />But, to be totally honest, if a publisher started talking about six figure print-only deals, I would definitely be listening.<br /><br />The funny thing: By the time a publisher would want to approach me with a deal like that, I would be selling so well that I would be very hard-pressed to consider giving up all that control in exchange for a bigger paycheck.<br /><br />So, its one of those funny scenarios, publishers want to scoop up successful Indies, but, as a successful Indie, why would you want to do business with a publisher?<br /><br />A conundrum.<br /><br />:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12593351315325303120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965234148574336314.post-71566357957643197242014-02-18T10:25:53.068-08:002014-02-18T10:25:53.068-08:00I have to agree with you. I don't want a print...I have to agree with you. I don't want a print publisher dictating cover, blurb, advertising, editing, format of my books and demanding I sit all day in a bookstore to sell a dozen or so books. I don't need a publisher to take most of my earnings. Agents? Maybe useful when negotiating film rights.John Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06575901336277340191noreply@blogger.com