I'm listening to
the backlist as part of my ongoing professional development.
One of the «Big Five Publishers», Macmillian has announced they will be launching their entire
backlist as eBooks.
He decided to try self - publishing his considerable
backlist as an experiment.
It then takes hybrids, those who can attribute most of their success to the decision to self - publish (both originally as in Amanda Hocking, and with
backlist as in Joe Konrath), out of the self - pub side.
4) eBook holdout Thomas Pynchon signs a deal with Penguin to publish
his backlist as eBooks.
Last year, he reisued
his backlist as ebooks and reports on the results here: A glorious year of ebooking — Learn how he sold 6353 EBooks!.
I'm a hybrid author who isn't doing as well at Amazon with
my backlist as I wish — and am all for hybrid / indie authors.
Teachers of YA lit (myself among them) often recommend that students consider the Printz
backlist as a pre-assembled required reading list.
If you look at
your backlist as an investment portfolio of IP, it's a good model.
One of the newest trends in self - publishing is, in fact, authors like this — authors like me — who are re-releasing
their backlist as Kindle and ePub products, and at ridiculously low prices by comparison.
I have a LOT of content, over 1200 articles, videos and audios so I need a way to keep traffic going to
the backlist as well as the latest post.
I'd add that during this same period commercial publishing is continuing to relaunch
their backlists as ebooks — adding to the the «sudden wave.»
These 10 stellar mystery and thriller series have solid
backlists as well as excellent new 2015 installments — ensuring entertainment that goes on and on and on and...
Apparently, when it comes to KDP giveaways some authors are using
their backlists as well as novelettes in order to promote their current works.
Not exact matches
Their also - boughts thus function
as a substantial advertisement for their own
backlist.
Since Bradbury's death last June, though, a handful of his stories have appeared in e-book stores, and now 16
backlist titles will be released
as e-books this month.
Effective September 15, McDonough became the newest member of the W Publishing team, filling the role previously held by Stephanie Newton, who now serves
as HarperCollins Christian Publishing's Marketing Director of
Backlist.
As that item is partially about allowing time to build our
backlist, Liliana's instant
backlist shortened this time period (she had sales of 20K / month by month three) because she was patient at the front (pre-published) end rather than at the back (post-published) end.
Additionally, they're all competing with each other, and with hundreds of thousands of new trad pub offerings per year,
as well
as millions of
backlist titles.
While it looks
as though a few people MAY have listed the same books
as indie - only titles (which I described
as frontlist, never - traditionally - pubbed books) and
backlist titles (previously trad - pubbed, now indie), I can't be certain of that, so I've counted them separately.
The reason we're able to promote
backlist titles is because of a revolutionary change in our operational philosophy: We no longer see our own books
as competitors.
For thirteen years, savvy publishers have used the gold, silver, and bronze awards
as additional marketing material
as their titles drift toward the
backlist.
At this point, the average amount of time a title has been available
as a self - published e-book is 7.8 months for
backlist and 7 months for original, which is nearly unchanged from the December average.
This fallacy overlooks the fact that authors are reaching readers who would not have otherwise made a connection to an unknown author's works, which may prompt some authors to only list some of their
backlist in a promotion such
as this.
As far as my own reading resolutions, I can have several: I want to read more nonfiction; more backlist books from authors I've recently discovered (I'm looking at you, Geraldine Brooks
As far
as my own reading resolutions, I can have several: I want to read more nonfiction; more backlist books from authors I've recently discovered (I'm looking at you, Geraldine Brooks
as my own reading resolutions, I can have several: I want to read more nonfiction; more
backlist books from authors I've recently discovered (I'm looking at you, Geraldine Brooks!)
Fiscal 2017 full year revenues declined $ 10 million, or 1 %, compared to the prior year,
as strong sales of both frontlist and
backlist titles, such
as Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines and Jesus Calling and Jesus Always by Sarah Young,
as well
as the continued expansion of HarperCollins» global footprint, were offset by the absence of sales of Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman, the negative impact from foreign currency fluctuations and the $ 19 million impact from the absence of the additional week in the prior year.
You will be able to get access to a number of New York Times bestselling novels, including — Wrong Bed, Right Guy by Katee Robert, Seducing Cinderella by Gina L. Maxwell, and The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst,
as well all
backlist titles since the publisher's inception in July of 2011.
Shelfie, formally known
as BITLIT were not able to secure any meaningful titles from major publishers and were only able to get a few
backlist titles.
We've written about
backlist titles hitting the NYT E-Book and Combined Best Seller lists
as a result of sudden discounts by retailers.
As an extra step, you can link to a printable list of your
backlist in PDF form (with ISBNs) for those readers who like to order from bookstores.
Humanoids»
backlist includes hundreds of titles by creators from around the world, including top American comics artists and writers such
as John Cassaday and Kurt Busiek.
And it's going to be publishing what's known
as the
backlist,
backlist titles, titles like «The Invisible Man,» «Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,» books published before digital books existed.
Meanwhile, Joe, I've been trying to make a deal for international, multi-platform e-rights distribution of some of my
backlist, because I want to get into
as many markets / venues
as possible, but I really don't wan't to deal - myself - with multiple formats and multiple vendors.
They're talking now about the
backlist, but that could apply to new books
as well, couldn't it?
Tweak your pricing or offer discounted
backlist titles for limited periods of time or
as a bonus when readers buy your newest book.
Great theme and I look forward to doing even more with it
as my
backlist grows.
But we started last January putting up
backlist novels
as well and have about fifteen or sixteen.
Honestly, with
as much
as most publishers don't do to push their
backlist titles, I think almost every contract should have a time limit.
It was only last month that Penguin Books India, the largest trade publisher in the country, launched 240 titles
as ebook editions, including its frontlist and selected titles from its
backlist.
On the plus side, I'm writing a series and saving up the books to publish close together so I have a large
backlist,
as Jami recommended.
Dohle's letter made clear the company's position that «the vast majority of [its]
backlist contracts grant [Random House] the exclusive right to publish books in electronic formats,
as well
as more traditional physical formats.»
So we are still working on
backlist, but also starting into new books and stories
as well.
I'm well aware of the power of $ 0.99
as an attention - grabbing price, particularly on Amazon, but it seems to me that a lot of that attention is on established writers such
as Stephen Leather — writers making the most of an extensive
backlist and an established readership to storm the Amazon sales chart.
All O'Reilly ebooks released in 2013 are now available in EPUB 3 format, and in the coming weeks, we will be updating and rereleasing our
backlist ebooks in EPUB 3
as well.
Just over a year ago we helped start WMG Publishing and made the agreement that our
backlist would have the attention to start and then eventually we would turn to original stuff
as our traditional publishing contracts allowed.
For the past 10 years, I've worked
as a marketing consultant who has helped authors get books on the New York Times bestseller list 3 different ways, including fiction, non-fiction, and even a 20 - year - old
backlist book.
Approved by my agent at the time, I signed a traditional contract a few years ago with publisher Aflame Books, whose
backlist (of twenty literary fiction titles in their first English translations) was about to be supplemented by a new imprint for original - English - language fiction, starting with my novel The Imagination Thief
as this imprint's launch title.
Open Road,
as a digital publisher of ebooks with a focus on the vast number of
backlist titles, is perfectly poised to deliver value to its authors,
as its marketing approach uniquely focuses on authors
as brands and systematically creates authentic connections between the authors and the reader.
I love how it is now starting to add some deep
backlist titles
as a better representation of the breadth of Viz Media manga.
Many of you will be familiar with RosettaBooks
as an E-Book publisher (producing
backlist works of familiar authors ranging from Winston Churchill to Kurt Vonnegut), but now you can use their new e-reading app for mobile phones and tablets.