This week, a look at spreading your wings to discover other
potential author revenue streams.
Not exact matches
In my previous blog post I talked about how self - published
authors need to rise to the challenge of exerting greater control over their works to ensure they maximise all
potential sales and
revenue streams.
KDP Select, a lending program that encourages self - published
authors and publishers to make their work available exclusively in the Kindle Store for 90 - day periods in exchange for a
potential revenue share, is part of that effort.
And then there's the ebook - as - an - app
potential for the iPad and tablet market, which is indisputably cool and the wave of the future, but also requires
authors to become software developers, with far greater up - front costs and not as big a
revenue stream yet.
Each day the dispute continues, Hachette loses out on
potential revenue, and in light of an Amazon deal with one of Hachette's rivals, the publisher could start to have new problems recruiting and retaining
authors as well.
Ebooks aren't going away, and they represent such a
potential gain for
authors — in speed to market and share of
revenue — that ebooks will, I predict, surge again inevitably.
To my mind the only useful way an independent
author can assess such costs is to compare each outlay to
potential revenue.
Since the retailer doesn't release sales numbers, his mission is to try to use its book sales pages and
authors» actual
revenue figures to develop a picture of what «s profitable in the Amazon ebook ecosystem and what
authors might expect as
potential results of their decisions to self - publish or try to traditionally publish.
But out of fear of losing
revenue to people who aren't going to ever buy anything, publishers have put themselves in the interesting and losing position of making
authors» works almost completely inaccessible — like closing the ice cream store and shutting out thousands of
potential paying customers, just because one kid stole a sugar cone.
For
authors, while you are researching materials for your main genres, you can simultaneously use the same ingredients to branch out your
revenue stream in other
potential genres through your existing brand or pseudonyms since there are new opportunities in the less crowded market.
Libby Johnson McKee, CreateSpace m.d. said: «Using CreateSpace enables UK
authors to make their books available to millions of customers in Europe and the US, unlocking the
potential to increase their
revenue by selling globally.
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