Not exact matches
And for those lucky ones that get it right, the rewards can be substantial - e-
book sales in the US grew by almost 50 % last year and more than doubled in the UK, while
traditional print
book sales continued to stagnate or dwindle.
While the publishing climate is certainly changing, I think as long as
sales are tracked through
traditional outlets and publishers
continue to put the most emphasis using Bookscan as a primary
sales reference point — versus an author's statement that the
book has sold 3,000 copies in back - of - the - room
sales or as ebooks — big publishers are going to be wary of publishing authors that are showing, say, 100 copies sold.
Cynthia, The self - published
books purchased by acquisition editors for
traditional book publishers are usually represented by a literary agent who's taken on the project because of a high level of success (i.e. 10,000
sales) and the expectation of
continuing self - marketing by an author with a growing platform.
Why
traditional media and publishers are ignoring the shadow industry of self - published
books — and
continuing to report dipping ebook
sales and rise in print.