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Traditional publishers
do this all over the place with
ebooks (and they don't always indicate that what you're getting is a sample in their description).
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I self - published Restoration Day (POD paperbacks via IngramSpark aka LightningSource, available everywhere; and
ebooks created by my husband, available via Givealittle;) and I don't regret the decision to bypass
traditional publishing.
Seeing what
ebooks has
done (so far) to the
traditional publishing world, it seems ignoring this newest digital rendition, and it's possible effects on both digital and
traditional selling models, is, well, obviously not something I'm willing to
do.
However,
ebook sales overall are still robust when you take into account the 30 % of
ebooks that
do not have an ISBN number, and therefore
do not show up in any of the
traditional measures of
ebook sales, as clearly documented on authorearnings.com.
Since the
eBooks are self - published, they
do not have to abide by the
traditional one book, one lend philosophy.
I'd heard stories about
ebooks from reputable indie authors or
traditional publishers suffering from formatting problems, and I didn't want to run into the same issues.
Yes,
traditional publishers are all competing for the important in - store shelf space, but there are enough self published authors who are selling gangbusters in
ebooks, who would
do well on shelves.
My tentative conclusions are these: 1)
ebooks are «leveling» the playing field for female authors since, for the first time in publishing history, authors
do not have to wait for the largesse or permission from publishers to get our books into the hands of readers, and
traditional publishing has always favored males (to date).
Like «indie publishers,» «
traditional publishers,» «
ebooks,» «
ebook indie publications,» «small presses» «small publishers,» «independent publishers,» «print on demand,» «hybrid authors» and whatever it is that Amazon
does.
This is the reason why self - publishers need to separate
eBooks from self - publishing in discussions, and refrain from stating that
traditional publishers don't get it — which is complete hogwash.
While the
traditional publishing world was
doing its thing (the same old, same old thing, for the most part), self - published books (and that includes self - published
ebooks, by the way) have established their own strong track records and earned their own top - notch book promotion opportunities.
These might
do well as
eBooks, but not so well with the
traditional media who is publishing your other books.
We told guest and I quote my EXACT words, repeated every 10 guests «
traditional authors to your left, indie /
ebook authors to your right ladies and gentleman» if someone asked and hundreds
did, what indie meant, it was explained you write and sell your own work.
Traditional publishers helped indie publishers a lot in this very early period by deciding that they didn't like electronic books and priced them up near hardcover levels, as if an
ebook was a specialty item.
In the old days of
traditional publishing this really didn't matter too much but since the arrival of
ebooks and self - publishing that has all changed; even a writer with a
traditional publishing deal is expected to carry his / her weight of the marketing effort.
[pullquote cite =» Jon Watt» type =» right»]» With
ebooks in particular, self - publishing authors don't just have parity with
traditional published authors, they have the advantage.
Most of that fluff and blather is coming from new intermediaries who take a smaller cut than
traditional publishers, while putting your
eBook on a virtual shelf where no one who doesn't already know it exists will ever find it.
So what's a book publicist, or an
eBook author, to
do when they want to find
eBook promotion opportunities and they can't find them in the usual places that were so friendly to
traditional authors who needed media visibility for their
traditional books?
And that's a good thing, but that
does NOT mean that because a few dozen or a few hundred or a few thousand writers
do this that
traditional publishing won't still dominate that $ 39.9 million sales of
ebooks in September.
The difference in what Amazon is
doing is they've effectively built the platform first and are now using it to publish books (print,
ebooks and audio) targeted to specific audiences in ways
traditional publishers can't because intermediaries are still their primary customers.
«I agreed to the
traditional ebook royalty, which I think is criminally low, because I didn't really have any legs to stand on.
One of the book publicity tricks I've developed is to pitch the
eBook (if it's available along with a
traditional book) to the venues for
eBook promotion that
do not consider
traditional books.
Another major concern in the
ebook - only representation model is that the agent would now retain all rights to the books, just as publishers in a
traditional model
do.
Whatever transpires during the next while with Google Editions,
do not discount the
traditional ebook stores.
Many don't consider her to be self - published due to the
traditional publishing success of the Harry Potter books and franchise, but the author
did retain her digital rights and release those
ebooks herself through her Pottermore website.
If getting published traditionally doesn't especially help you to get your books on the shelves of stores (unless you are talented, awesome, hard - working, and lucky enough to be a Jim Butcher), then you've got a legitimate reason to question whether you want to roll the dice with
traditional publishers (who absolutely offer many great advantages), or get 70 % royalties on your indie
ebooks and get paid 80 % of your print book's list price (minus the cost of POD printing) with your print - on - demand book via Lightning Source and their 20 % short discount option — which gets you right into Amazon.com and other online bookstores, just like the big boys
do.
A person at Amazon told me that publishers keep
ebook prices high in part because they don't want to jeopardize their relationships with
traditional booksellers.
If a
traditional publisher wanted to buy the printed rights and leave me with the
ebook rights, I would
do it.
If you
do decide to first try for a
traditional publisher without self - publishing the
ebook, that option is always available to you at a later date.
The only foreseeable advantage I see, other than making us nuts (which while fun, probably doesn't help amazon's bottom dollar), is to grow more home - grown kindle authors and to have more people buy into Author Central, thereby, in the end, making for lower
ebook prices (which equals more units sold) and no
traditional publisher middle man.
While in
traditional publishing average book cover price ranges from $ 750 to $ 2000 for print and
ebook cover, you don't have to pay that much when starting with self - publishing.
However, if libraries don't find a way to distribute
eBooks in a reasonable manner (which the Overdrive model fails to
do) and provide a comprehensive collection of books from
traditional publishers (which, of course, neither Amazon nor libraries offers at present), then libraries will become marginalized and, ultimately, fade from the scene (IMHO).
Consider the
eBook: In general, I find that most
traditional publishers don't know how to price an
eBook.
But like the much heralded success of authors Amanda Hocking and John Locke, both of whom have each sold more than one million copies of their self - published
ebooks before going on to sign contracts with major publishing houses, Wilkinson is open to the idea of
traditional publishing and has already heard from some print publishers, although he admits he didn't set out to be an author.
Even if the book had been sitting in storage on the off chance that the Republicans
did not take the White House at this year's elections — and some commenters
did seem suspicious of the speed to publication, wondering if there was a similar
ebook at the ready entitled Why Obama Lost — the time to market for this title is incredible when compared with
traditional print publishing.
Of these
ebooks, most independently published ones have a larger market share than traditionally published ones when broken down into genres: Self - published romance, mystery, horror, science fiction and fantasy all sell better from indie authors or Kindle imprints than they
do from
traditional publishers.»
Because, although AUTHORS would happily correct errata in
ebook format if they were allowed to —
traditional publishing doesn't
do that (generally speaking, at this time.
Apropos of the question of how much Amazon is getting from sales of
ebooks based on publisher (something Steve Zacharius suggested self - publishers should worry about, because as long as
traditional publishers are Amazon's cash cow, they might
do something mean to us and cut our percentages), I
did my own mini-analysis of the top 50 bestselling
ebooks on Amazon.
Jackie said: «Apropos of the question of how much Amazon is getting from sales of
ebooks based on publisher (something Steve Zacharius suggested self - publishers should worry about, because as long as
traditional publishers are Amazon's cash cow, they might
do something mean to us and cut our percentages), I
did my own mini-analysis of the top 50 bestselling
ebooks on Amazon.
How much
do the sales increase for
traditional published authors when their
ebook is available globally, but at a higher cost?
Many
traditional publishing houses offer their
ebooks at such high prices, and the author still
does not receive a large cut of it.
Indie bookstores have great resources to find e-readers,
ebooks, and the
traditional book, but where
do they look to find toys?
Seth Godin made a post on his blog recently pointing out that
eBooks don't really compete with
traditional books but with mobile games, music and downloadable movies.
For a while now, you've been able to upload your
ebook early on Amazon, Kobo, Apple, and some of the other sites, listing it for pre-order 90 days (Amazon) to a year (iBooks) ahead of time, as many of the
traditional publishers
do with their titles.
The publishers don't see the
traditional treat - an -
ebook - just - like - a-book model as viable for their business outlook.