«Most of those who thought ALLi was splitting the membership,» Ross tells Publishing Perspectives, «were unaware that ALLi has had a vetted Professional Membership category, from the start, with the criteria for admission based — since 2014 — on the sorts of numbers at which
publishing rights buyers sit up and take notice, generally considered to be 50,000 recent sales or Kindle Unlimited subscription downloads, or other sales equivalent.
Not exact matches
I do not think those measures are necessary, as bad as piracy is
right now, the movie companies are still making plenty of money from
publishing DVDs and etc, so why do these things that will affect no one but your legitimate
buyers?
Self -
published e-book authors are being approached by foreign
rights buyers and film companies (and making lucrative, 100 % agent - free deals.)
Who Should Attend PLC BEA is particularly beneficial for US
publishing executives who are thinking and / or dealing globally; international visitors to BEA;
rights buyers and sellers; and others in trade
publishing focused on strategy and where the digital transition is headed next in remaking book
publishing.
Learn the ins and outs of
publishing for kids on Kindle, including what
buyers are most looking for, examples of authors who've done it
right, and even marketing tips.
And so the assertion sounds
right that readers, book
buyers, may not be skittish around self -
published books that appear to be made with quality and to offer good storytelling.
Now I read that even if a piece is sold, the artist: 1) Isn't informed about shipping addresses; 2) Isn't assured that they have or will be paid; 3) Is responsible for paying the
buyer's sales tax bill; 4) Presumably is required to forward sales tax funds to the
buyer's state department of revenue; 5) Has money / time invested in shipping a parcel to a potential
buyer who may or may not return the art a week later (like a toaster oven); 6) Has language like the following within their user agreement: royalty - free, sub-licensable through multiple tiers, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide
right and license to use, reproduce, distribute, modify, translate, create derivative works from,
publish, publicly perform and publicly display such User Content and any names, likenesses or trademarks depicted in such User Content, in any media now known or later developed, only for the purposes of developing, promoting and providing the Site.»
In any event, a wonderful article was
published today in USA Today that says our own Virginia Beach is the # 2
buyer's market in America
right now!!!