Not exact matches
For creating and
distributing ebooks a
publisher's
biggest costs can be in the time and effort its staff take to become familiar with the options available and their technicalities.
One no longer needed a
big publisher like Electronic Arts or Square - Enix to
distribute games.
Other major players in graphic novel distribution to the book trade are other
Big Five book
publisher distribution divisions Simon & Schuster Distribution Services (which currently
distributes # 1 manga
publisher VIZ Media, BOOM!
The bottom line is that Amazon's eBook market is not yet
big enough to cover the losses the top selling indie / self - pubbed authors lose out on by not being widely
distributed in physical book stores in the U.S. Of course, this disadvantage is mitigated over time because once the trade
publishers stop pushing their new releases, these books» sales typically decline, but indie / self - pubbed authors can keep their market pushes going indefinitely, and they can publish new books more frequently than once a year.
The
big publishers had lost control of their main advantage, the ability to
distribute books, both print and electronically to readers.
Now that authors can
distribute their own work through Amazon, they no longer need
big publishers to open those doors.
If you are published by an independent
publisher that has an agreement with one of the
big houses to
distribute the books or a deal with a company like IPG or NBN, there will be salespeople representing your book in the field.
Distributors are where the
big money is; deals with small
publishers for distributors who are
distributing to lots of large bookshops might well ask to keep two thirds of the cover price!
I do believe that if the
Big Five
publishers are to maintain their relevance they must not only
distribute print editions but grow the art of editing.