(Btw, I'm talking about new books here, not
backlist novels.
I've since brought out another new novel and 2
backlist novels on Kindle.
Since it's new to me, and I'd been looking for a means to reach out to libraries for my indie pubbed and
backlist novels, I thought I'd share what I found.
It was just me doing all the work, and I was putting up my own stories and Kris's short stories and then eventually we started putting up
some backlist novels.
But we started last January putting up
backlist novels as well and have about fifteen or sixteen.
-- Because after a short time, I can make more money with
a backlist novel indie publishing it than any traditional publisher ever could.
Because I have three other
backlisted novels next in line, and they won't torment me like the first one did.
And now that you've jumped into the indie publishing world with
your backlist novel, do you think you'll indie publish follow - on works, making Tomorrow Land into a series?
Not exact matches
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.
Then I saw that Chris Fox had a new book coming out, today, in fact, titled Relaunch Your
Novel: Breathe Life Into Your
Backlist.
My
backlist is composed of
novels that were edited by the publisher, and just reading them taught me a lot.
This true for established authors with an out of print
backlist, but it's very bad advice for a fledgling writer who's just finished a first
novel.
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.
So far, all I know is that I want to balance the contemporary
novels that usually occupy most of my time (first up: The Lonely Polygamist) with classics I can't believe I haven't read (ex: One Hundred Years of Solitude) and
backlist titles from authors I've recently discovered (ex: Steve Yarbrough).
Random House reached a similar deal back in March for the English - language Bond
backlist outside of Canada and the U.S. Barnes & Noble, which has vowed never to stock titles published by Amazon, is going to have an interesting decision to make once the physical Bond books are published by Amazon, since Barnes & Noble stores currently stock Fleming's
novels.
(This didn't apply to absolutely all Hachette books: Donna Tartt's best - selling
novel The Goldfinch continues to be labeled «In Stock,» as does Hachette
backlist title The Catcher in the Rye.
Since 2011, she has indie published her
backlist Once Upon a Wedding series, several of her short stories, a new Secret Shopper Mom mystery cozy series, the chicklit
novel The Ex Files, and a YA dark fantasy, Blood Angel.
I checked the Random House
backlist yesterday, and they have priced a 1196 historical
novel, Two Crowns for America, by Katherine Kurtz at $ 102.00 (Can).
This agreement comes on the heels of the announcement last month by The Random House Group that the Bond
backlist was returning to its publishing roots in the UK, with Vintage Books (sister imprint of Jonathan Cape, the original publisher of Casino Royale) acquiring a ten - year license for exclusive rights to the Bond
novels in the English language with the exception of North America.
After the announcement last week that the upcoming Kindle Fire tablet will come with one hundred DC Comics»
backlist titles of comic books and graphic
novels pre-installed, Barnes & Noble pulled all of the print editions of every title off its store shelves.
This year I've released three
novels, two novellas, two novelettes, and a few short stories, all from my
backlist.
I have a HUGE
backlist of stories and
novels and so does my wife.
The five -
novel rule provides a rule of thumb for how long that
backlist might need to be to effectively amortize your promotional investment in time, money, and focus across your catalog.
There's a tension in the indie world about needing to publish quickly, needing to get works out there, because that's what (some) successful self - publishers happen to have done — often because they had trunked
novels stored up, essentially starting out with an entire
backlist intact.
Trust me, 160 stories, collections, and
novels sounds like a lot, but you can get to it as well given time and a lot of writing, even if you don't have a
backlist like I do.
I benefited from a
backlist, a coauthor, and publishing many workbooks that don't compare to writing a
novel.
A Distant Soil, for example, moved tens of thousands of graphic
novels as a
backlist item, but you'd never know to look at Bookscan.
Often we have clients who have been in the writing game for quite some time and are interested in taking a
novel from their
backlist and turning it into an eBook for sale at Amazon, Nook, Kobo, and other eBook platforms.
Most are from my
backlist; two, (Kith and Kill # 15 Rafferty and The Egg Factory, a standalone medical suspense), are original to Kindle, as are A Mix of Six (a collection of six short - short stories), and one short non-fiction guide to kindle formatting (How to eFormat Your
Novel For Amazon's Kindle: A Short But Comprehensive A-Z Guide), palmistry guides: Palmistry Pointers For Writers and Palmistry Pointers For Lovers (both written under the pen name of Gennifer Dooley - Hart), So You Want to Get a Partner?
Also of note is Christina McKenna's «wittily and winningly - detailed» debut
novel THE MISREMEMBERED MAN, which we acquired from Toby Press and re-published under AmazonEncore in 2010, re-entered the Kindle Top 10 in February on the strength of our
backlist promotion, and is now on the verge of the 100,000 copy mark as a result.
There is no
backlist of twenty - three
novels, all ready to be devoured by your newest fan.
She is a highly respected teacher who also publishes material for writers at Patreon.com/barbaraoneal.She is at work on her next
novel to be published by Lake Union in July.A complete
backlist is available here.
-LSB-...] Being Forced to Sit in the
Backlist from Hugh Howey: Imagine selling two million books, having half a dozen of your
novels hit the New York Times bestseller list, being inundated with thousands of fan emails every month, and then having someone call you an «aspiring writer.»
A few other thoughts: Burtenshaw is keen on more themed displays of
backlist, saying: «I remember Foyles on the South Bank once having a table full of
novels featuring dogs.