"Backlist books" refers to books that have been published in the past and are still in circulation, but may not be receiving as much attention or promotion as newer releases. They are like the older, often overlooked group of books in a publisher’s catalog.
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Your argument
for backlist books holds more sway, but it still doesn't take into consideration the investment publishers need to make to create ebooks.
Note their concentration on already - published authors and the mention, in their press release, of «large catalogs
of backlist books.»
But many traditional publishers generate the bulk of their revenues from their backlists and some employ marketers who focus entirely on
promoting backlist books.
We plan to try subscription
with backlist books, and mostly with titles that are not well represented at bricks and mortar retail stores.
In order to get more exposure he decided to upload his own self
published backlist books on popular Torrent sites to gain new fans and introduce his older books to more readers.
Otherwise, the libraries will miss some of the best books,
especially backlist books originally published in print that are being reissued as ebooks by their authors when the rights revert to them.
This new third - party seller policy is potentially terrorizing, in that it can and will literally result in publishers selling fewer copies and ultimately being forced to declare
backlist books out of print.
You can help prove the most critical assumption — that FaceBook marketing can drive sales for full price
backlist books if it is done consistently and well (more about that if your books qualify).
Their new third - party seller policy is potentially terrorizing, in that it is likely to result in publishers selling fewer copies and ultimately being forced to
declare backlist books out of print.
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.
If my indie published
backlist book does well and I make this money back, it would be worth going the indie route again for original works.
If this new policy takes hold for
most backlist books, authors» and publishers» revenue will dry up, and more and more books are at risk of going out of print more quickly.
But I am constantly
seeing backlist books (10, 20, some even 30 or more years old) priced in the $ 12 - $ 14 range.
Rob Eagar has helped numerous publishers create more bestsellers,
revive backlist books, and boost direct - to - consumer sales.
Like John F. Blair, it will offer new and
backlist books about culture, history, travel, and food in the Southeastern US and beyond.
First, an aside: publishing industry definitions for frontlist
vs. backlist books: Though timelines differ for different publishers, a book is considered «frontlist» from when it is newly released into the marketplace until it on the bricks and mortar or virtual bookstore shelves six months or so.
The digital marketplace puts all books — new releases and
backlist books alike — on the same limitless space provided by the virtual bookshelf.
Then, once her book wasn't free anymore, it would be tied to things like «Customers who bought X also bought Y,» plus readers might post glowing reviews and
buy backlist books.
Literary agencies have refused to sign e-rights deals for
countless backlist books with traditional publishers, even though they and their clients, no doubt, see real benefits in having a single publisher handle the print and electronic rights to a book.
If we take that into consideration and remove the
republished backlist books, would hybrid authors (even if the sample size were larger) truly be publishing and selling a greater number of NEW books than are self - publishers?
If some of those
NG backlist books are from 2016 or earlier, they would totally qualify for The Backlist Reader Challenge.
I; m still shocked that it's so hard to
find backlist books, or that they are hugely overpriced when they can be found.
Book discovery is vital for all authors, from book launch through to promoting
backlist book titles.
Barnes & Noble and Kobo could also turn their attention to the titles that Amazon is paying less attention to — say a
HarperCollins backlist book.
Following HarperCollins» recent Web renovations, Random House today unveiled their publisher - driven alternative to Google: a new, full - text search engine of over 5,000 new and
backlist books including browsable samples of select titles.
These promote current and forthcoming titles in a particular academic field and related areas as well as a selection of
active backlist books.
Complementing current exhibitions as well as new developments in art practices and writing, these rotating thematic displays include new releases in addition to
important backlist books, indie press titles, imported catalogues and out - of - print selections.
Reach out to PW Booklife, Kirkus Indie, Foreword Clarion and independent book reviewers to help
promote backlist books.
The primary cost factors associated
with backlist books are printing, shipping, production costs and author royalties — all of which can be minimal when compared to the cost of initial publishing of the book as a front list title.
NO BACKLIST: A publisher can
backlist your book if your sales are inadequate, which means your book is no longer available for purchase.
As someone who buys a lot of e-books, I still think that most of the Big Publishing House e-books are priced too high, especially
many backlist books.
In print publishing,
most backlist books would eventually go out of print once they were no longer selling a sufficient number of copies to justify the cost of printing and stocking them.
I'm still amazed to
see backlist books that were new 30, 40 or more years ago priced as eBooks in the $ 10 - $ 12 range.