Maybe big publishers are actually a real estate play?
While big publishers complain that ebook sales are declining, indie sales are on the rise (
maybe big publishers should reconsider their high $ 10 - $ 15 prices, for starters).
Maybe big publishers simply can't afford to be in the ebooks business, and smaller, nimbler companies need to step into that particular fray.
Not exact matches
It's also a bit amusing to see you, aka
publishers, bleeding from hundreds,
maybe thousands of little cuts that self - pub authors have inflicted, and one pretty
big one from Amazon (so Hachette claims), still wading right into the shark pool.
RH's Madeline McIntosh actually spoke out against the idea of
publishers» setting of retail eBook prices, so
maybe there's hope that the
biggest of the
Big Six
publishers will break ranks with the Apple Five.
Maybe you could blog about the changes to our eco-system since the high point in 2011 when self - published authors could suddenly find deals with
big publishers like Amanda Hocking... If only I'd read this article in the UK Guardian in 2012, I might never have self - published at all, here's the link: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/24/self-published-author-earnings
Over time, you will build a following and if that following gets
big enough, then
maybe a
big legitimate
publisher becomes interested.
All of their infrastructure is completely transportable, as their infrastructure is essentially people (managers,
publishers, editors), and it's not like they rely on business meetings that have to take place in a certain location in order to sell books (you can always fly in for those meetings, or if you're the
big dog then
maybe all the little dogs that you deal with will eventually relocate with you).
Maybe the great,
big, green bookstore chain that finally got Starbucks into the correct proximity to the printed word is perfectly willing to turn around and under - sell its own former employee, Kachka, because it's trying to wrest more co-op concessions from
publishers.
Now if we only had some sort of an organized association where libraries could unite,
maybe send an official delegation to speak to the
big publishers, tell them just how angry we are...
«It does mean that it won't be open this Christmas, which might marginally affect Bloomsbury and the other
publishers of Harry Potter worldwide, as
maybe people will be talking about the brand slightly less and therefore buying fewer physical editions — but honestly, Potter is such a
big brand, it is never far from readers» minds.
But many major traditional
publishers will remain, all owned by what will become the
big four in short order,
maybe down to the
big three.
Maybe someday I'll self - publish, but I want to first «prove» to myself that I CAN get published by a traditional
publisher, preferably one of the
Big 6.
Of course
maybe the audience that moves digital will be
big enough for this to not be an issue, but even so book
publishers and authors will need to compete with movies, games and music much more directly and immediately than they have in the past.
As someone mentioned, the
big publishers are still an important part of their sales, but
maybe if Amazon shifted their focus and current costs of discounting the
big publishers books over to self - published titles, it would eventually accomplish much more than even the best possible outcome with Hachette and the others.
(Considering how many
big publishers don't do anything to support backlist titles,
maybe they -LSB-...]
This same thinking is
maybe why other smaller devs will just let you destroy the reputation of the
bigger devs and
publishers.
The thing is, once your team size is too
big,
maybe publishers will kind of try to have a safer bet and not fund something that's too weird.
The
Big Indie Pitch — chance to pitch your game face - to - face with media,
publishers and experienced devs to get instant feedback, press attention and
maybe win prizes!
There has been no more popular game over the last year (except
maybe Pokémon GO) than Overwatch, so obviously if you're oh, I don't know - a
big videogame
publisher and hardware manufacturer that recently...