For example, you may get a book advance for
a small niche publisher that covers your $ 3000 for the month, or you may have a $ 1000 month.
My friend Jeff Gerke ran
a small niche publisher like this until recently, and I worked with him to produce the paper editions of the revised second editions of my novels OXYGEN and THE FIFTH MAN.
Not exact matches
By now the console will be well established, with a user base large enough to attract studios large and
small, not to mention having a sizeable enough market share for
publishers to take a gamble by releasing
niche titles.
The importance of increasing independent bookstore sales, coupled with expanding customer purchases of
niche books from
small presses and evolving
publishers, demonstrates the ability of indies and
small regional chains to thrive and profit under the giants» shadow.
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Your work may appeal to a
niche that's too
small for big
publishers to profit from.
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Amit Rathore founder and CEO of Quintype thinks that more
smaller publishers will spring up catering to
niche audiences.
Publishers typically ask authors if there are
smaller outlets, particularly local or regional outlets, or
niche websites or blogs, that would be likely to offer a review or coverage if contacted.
Right now, most people don't realize just how
niche small publishers really are — and where they market their books.
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According to Stark, the convenience and speed - to - market enabled by the tools Lulu provides for self - publishing make it possible for a
small, savvy
publisher like Shelf to «plant its flag in an industry
niche that the
small publisher has the flexibility and agility to exploit in a way that «legacy»
publishers can't.»
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Realize, too, that many
publishers may not be able to properly assess the market for your book, especially in some
smaller niche markets.
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A
small publisher who is big in the book's
niche is «bigger» in that context than one of the big multinationals.
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As a new
small press
publisher eager to carve a
niche in a busy publishing market, hiring Smith Publicity has been an integral part of our success and instrumental in how we have brought our titles into the market.
Ruth Bonetti has been published by a large publishing house (Oxford University Press published Enjoy Playing the Clarinet with its accompanying piano book) and a
smaller Australian
niche publisher (Albatross Books) and a music
publisher.
Why leave your
niche book languishing in the dark recesses of the hard drive (assuming it's actually worth reading) because its market will be
smaller than a
publisher can take a risk on?
It is not always easy to find our
niche, or readers who will become rabid fans, but since making the transition from writing for
small publishers to going indie, I've put together a list of the ten important things I've learned on my journey.
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[email protected] Since 1973 our company's
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publishers,
small presses, authors, university presses, and others.
The literary world panicked, concerned that the loss would hurt their sales and make it even more difficult for
smaller publishers,
niche genres, and new authors.
We work with
small and large traditional
publishers, university presses,
niche / special interest
publishers, and e-book only
publishers, and have worked with many on a continual basis for years.
You might get anything from low four figures for a
niche publication with a
small publisher, or up to six figures from a big
publisher who thinks your book has major commercial potential.
Thus Matter is a great example of how
small - scale
publishers can provide a
niche audience with the best possible content in the formats they want.
Any
publisher with scale and breadth of output will find itself having to manage multiple new processes alongside their existing business — and those who avoid that challenge by electing to specialise in particular
niches may find their market
smaller and returns diminishing.
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For the
niche publisher, the
small potatoes novelist, and the new author there is a strong new reality.
As I see how
smaller traditional but specialised
publishers can increasingly connect this triangle of
publisher / author / reader predominantly because they have selected a
niche and excell in that
niche, it strikes me that this specialisation is at least an equal element there.
A number of
small publishers have recently sprung up to fill the empty
niche.
Authors who wish to produce literary art that's unfettered by the demands of popular genres, and authors who have ready access to
niche audiences may find opportunities in
smaller - scale publishing that large
publishers won't.
There are many
small niches that traditional
publishers would never touch — they're just not worth it.
Any ideas for where to start looking for
niches too
small for traditional
publishers?
For a simple way to get started selling other
publishers» ebooks, affiliate programmes such as those offered by Amazon, Kobo and Google, are worth a look, especially for covering
small niches.
That's completely discouraging to
small publishers like Books We Love (we are a
niche market
publisher primarily publishing former NYT mid-list authors) so our authors are all pros, but the books need to have some exposure.
· You can write for a
small niche market that a large
publisher would not consider, but you can still make sales.
Small publishers are mighty when it comes to meeting specific
niche content needs.
And the
niche it's targeting, home schooling, also makes it a
small, narrowly - focused
publisher.
Razor sharp is just my way of emphasizing how true
small publishers need to stay to their
niche if they're going to succeed.
Even worse than that: «In Japan, Sony actually seems to be embracing Long Tail to a greater extent than Nintendo, loading the service up with
niche games from
small publishers... But in the US, they have added one (1) third - party game despite the fact that third - party games were inarguably the primary reason to own a PSone in the first place.»
Wooga, Pretty Simple, and MyTona hold on to the Hidden Object genre, which is too
small of a
niche for the bigger
publishers to move into.
In those conversations I gleaned important and useful information about the publishing business, and I learned that most
publishers in the LIS field are using POD, for the same reason I decided to — being in a
small,
niche market.
I think, however, that this will be a
niche activity carried out by
smaller law
publishers for so long as they remain thus.