Sentences with phrase «on backlist sales»

Small publishers are dependent on backlist sales for their livelihood.

Not exact matches

Early on, we proposed our POD solution to a major publisher, with a clear value proposition: give us your out - of - print backlist, and for no effort earn incremental sales.

With respect to the latter, do you still have to pay an agent commission on any sales of a self - published backlist title which was the subject of an agent contract?

A year ago I started an experiment to see just what kinds of sales numbers the average multi-published writer (i.e. me) with a fairly strong backlist, a semi-active front list, and absolutely no energy for self promotion (me, again) could reasonably expect to obtain by self - publishing e-books on Kindle.

Barry's digital backlist earns him very little per sale, is priced high, and if I'm reading the lengthy discussion on Konrath's blog right, doesn't matter because he hasn't earned out any of his advances yet.

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.

3) Opening up backlist and some new products published by writers for readers to find can only HELP traditional publishing and their sales on the same author's books, since more readers can find the author.

Malcolm Edwards, chairman of Hachette Australia and New Zealand, said in a statement: «Hachette New Zealand will become solely focused on the marketing, promotion and sales of our international titles and the New Zealand backlist.

Maybe you will think I am naive, or just hopefully optimistic, but when I took on the challenge of heading up the digital development of DBP I thought that we could have our entire monochrome backlist converted into ebooks and on sale within 6 months, and then we could start on our illustrated list.

For established clients, agents may assist in getting their backlists on sale again, and helping release digital shorts in between larger book releases (a strategy more and more authors are using to keep readers engaged and earn extra money in the process).

Ken: On the one hand, having a good backlist help your sales so if you're committed to one particular genre like in science fiction, when I released a new series in the fall, it did really well and those readers read my other science fiction series so it had that kind of cascade effect.

, one chart jumped out at us and begged for deeper analysis: It was a look at daily author earnings according to publication date, and it revealed the heavy reliance Big 5 publishers have on the sale of their backlist titles.

Most have no idea that they could earn more being independent on even relatively modest sales... Being a hybrid continues to give any author the greatest chance of building that all - important fan base without which none of us would make a living, and that's what any author should consider when thinking about adding independent titles to their backlist: can you afford not to reach more readers?»

The information is mixed; various Trade publishing houses have mentioned that one of the main facets on eBook sales volume is because of the interest in buying more «backlist» titles.

I say that because our backlist sales are relatively strong on the digital platform.»

When print - on - demand is combined with online sales, backlist books can remain available for a longer time because of lower printing and stocking costs.

Being critical of many aspects of traditional publishing (the agent requirement, horrible contracts with more poison pills in them than you'd find in a bottle of arsenic, lack of appreciation for long - tail backlist sales) doesn't mean that the critic is beating up on authors who prefer that system, or who are contract bound into that system.

If memory serves, at the turn of the century Barnes & Noble stores saw only about 5 % of their sales coming from «bestsellers» and, I believe relying on memory of detail, which I admit is not my most powerful mental muscle backlist outsold new titles.

But the bright side, they are on sale forever — so market the backlist to get them selling.

Specifically, J. K. Rowling decided to publish the e-book versions of the Harry Potter series herself, and I have personally heard a number of older authors talk about putting up some of the backlist for sale themselves and «making more on it now than I ever did before.»

In 2015, traditional publishers started using indie author tactics, such as running sales on first ebooks in series and discounting backlist titles.

We work extra hard to frontload sales by focusing marketing efforts on front list titles (Front list means this years new titles, as opposed to backlist which means everything publisher prior to this year).

This brings real value to a publishing community that are focusing on frontlist, where sales are shrinking, by adding a backlist centered economy.

This brings real value to a publishing community that is trying to reorient itself from focusing on frontlist, where sales are shrinking, to a backlist centred economy.