After noteworthy success with several romance
imprints of major publishing houses, Andre became one of the first writers to publisher her own ebook titles immediately following the launch of Barnes & Noble's digital imprint, PubIt!
Not exact matches
In New York, all the
major publishing houses with commercial fiction
imprints have joined the fray and launched their own online empires to compete with the myriad
of digital publishers seeking authors.
Before Amazon emerged, there were six
major publishing houses, each with several
imprints; Amazon indirectly had a significant impact on their finances through the ebook price fixing investigation that resulted in settlements in the hundreds
of millions
of dollars from the publishers alone.
These are books that are represented by agents (most likely) and subsequently
published by a
major house - known as the Big Six - and any
of their
imprints.
According to a New York Times article by David Streitfeld, publishers at a number
of houses are concerned that Amazon's ability to pull in
major bestselling authors, as well as take away the need for agents through its ebook
publishing model, Kindle Direct Publishing, and through author submissions to it
publishing model, Kindle Direct
Publishing, and through author submissions to it
Publishing, and through author submissions to its
imprint.
She has worn many hats — she's
published with
major New York
houses, then broke away and created her own
imprint; has successfully
published over 20 books and sold in excess
of 1,000,000 copies; understands niche
publishing and marketing; has created publicity campaigns for her own work that landed her on Oprah, Donahue, CNN and even grabbed a cover story in People magazine; she's penetrated the foreign rights market with her work in 16 countries to date; she has guided and coached many others from creation to completion
of their work; she has created and chair several
publishing conferences; and she has successfully turned several
publishing disasters into successful outcomes for their authors.
She has worn many hats — she's
published with
major New York
houses, then broke away and created her own
imprint; has successfully
published over 20 books and sold in excess
of 1,000,000 copies; understands niche
publishing and marketing; has created publicity campaigns for her own work Publishing consultants should know publishing insid
publishing and marketing; has created publicity campaigns for her own work
Publishing consultants should know publishing insid
Publishing consultants should know
publishing insid
publishing inside and out.
But I can guarantee this: unless you're an author who has already hit a
major bestseller list and / or your book is the most important book being
published by that traditional
publishing house's
imprint and / or you got paid an advance
of $ 50,000 or more (in small genres like sf or westerns) or $ 100,000 or more (in larger genres like romance and mystery), your book will not get a single title ad.
Several months ago, Sarah Weinman
of Confessions
of an Idiosyncratic Mind broke down the
imprints at all the
major publishing houses: Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, HarperCollins, The Penguin Group and Random
House.
This has its advantages: Amazon's
imprints rarely if ever have to worry about the kinds
of things that occupy the time
of a traditional
publishing houses: everything from standard publicity efforts to author events and
major reviews are off the table.
On the eve
of New York Comic - Con / New York Anime Fest, Kodansha and Random
House (the parent company
of Del Rey) have announced a
major change: The Del Rey
imprint will disappear as a separate entity, and Kodansha will
publish its own books in the U.S., rather than licensing them.
In a few years, what used to be a dozen or so
major publishing houses and hundreds
of smaller ones including university presses, has become hundreds
of thousands
of imprints, all
of which look «real» on the amazon listing.