Publisher's obligations — what does
the publisher commit to doing?
Not exact matches
Beyond the free digital subscription trial, Facebook hasn't said it's
committed to letting
publishers test paid subscription signups, much less lay out a timeline for
doing so.
With Capcom
committed to porting over far less coveted older titles
to Switch — hi, Resident Evil Revelations — it's not only strange that the
publisher would pass on
doing the same for these nostalgic hits, but baffling.
What
does an ebooks marketplace look like if, in addition
to libraries, content providers are equally
committed to a sustainable ecosystem that enables viability for all players —
publishers, vendors, authors, libraries and, of course, readers?
I think it's important
to remember that
publishers, authors, and readers are all in this together... the book industry isn't and never has been truly profitable for anyone, and I for one (as a reader) hope that the future doesn't leave us without
committed publishing people willing
to work 60 hour weeks at $ 35K / year (or whatever crap salaries the publishing world pays these days!)
A little related publishing math: if the author
commits to paying the
publisher $ 8,000 for copies of the work at $ 16.00 apiece, how many additional books
does the
publisher have
to sell
to pay for its investment in the book?
They are
committed to writing stories they want
to write and, in
doing so, are meeting a demand the
publishers still deny is out there.
And Nelson went
to the mat on a Sunday morning panel
to point out
to anyone with a mind open enough
to hear her that what a traditional
publisher can
do when genuinely
committed to a book is «unbelievable.»
It's true that indie authors are their own
publisher, but if you try
to commit to doing every aspect of the writing, editing, production and promotion process yourself, you are highly unlikely
to succeed.
And if the retailer doesn't
commit to preordering a particular title from a
publisher, it often won't matter if customers would have purchased it.
«We
do hope that EA will be a door opener for us
to commit the few remaining
publishers.
«But we'll see less of
publishers like EA and Activision
committing to giant one and
done projects,» he wrote.
Interestingly enough, the real challenge
does not come from each other, but from free services and technological advances, and increasingly from small but nimble legal
publishers committed to the delivery of high quality competitively priced products.