So while self publishing and e-only publishing numbers are by all accounts going up and up, there are still some places
where traditional book sales are stronger.
Not exact matches
Where a
traditional publisher may offer a royalty rate of 25 % of net
sales, authors who handle every aspect of publishing their
book keep all the profits if they can cover their costs.
The time from submission to acceptance / rejection is about 45 days under Scout, lightning speed compared to
traditional publishing, but slower than KDP
where your
book can be available for
sale as fast as you can upload.
I think that the days of
traditional publishers with print
books,
where sales had to be made right at / immediately after release in order to make best - seller lists, aren't the case with small press and indie publishing.
In a world
where traditional publishers are still basically brokering to sell and warehouse paper rather than
books (i.e. sticking to an antiquated business model in a market
where ebooks are rapidly growing to be the majority of
sales and shouldn't be ignored), this is a landmark deal.
Amazon is a
traditional book account and not a «special
sales»
where a deep discount would be applicable.
As someone who had already published a dozen
books with
traditional publishers by that time, I knew that royalty statements could be challenging to figure out — previous experiences with publishers had occurred
where not all
sales were reported and I had to work hard to get what was due me.
Now I know, and you know, that Amazon only approaches a near monopoly on
sales where traditional publishing, distributors and their friends Barnes and Noble and
Books - a-million and many other fine bookstores have either refused to carry the
book, refused to reprint, refused to restock when copies are sold.
But it's that thing
where traditional publishers sign the author on, then two years of edits and preparation and then if the
book doesn't meet
sales expectations within the first three months of publication it's pulled from the shelves.
In the 2000s, there was a trend of print and e-book
sales moving to the Internet [citation needed],
where readers buy
traditional paper
books and e-
books on websites using e-commerce systems.
In fact,
where self - publishers have gained an advantage over
traditional publishers is with attention to detail — especially by optimizing their
books on amazon and promoting regularly to maximize
sales.
whether
book readers are transitioning from ebook purchases to audiobook purchases; that's
where most of the
sales gains are happening for
traditional publishers.