She has worked extensively in the various reflowable and fixed - layout formats, and in supporting trade publishers
with backlist conversions.
I think it's great that traditionally published authors
with their backlist rights can get their books out there again and possibly even attract new readers.
They publish work by authors
with a backlist and those that have never been published before.
Recently, I've got to feel that publishing is experiencing its own version of this cartoon and it is seeing it happen
with backlist titles.
When I joined the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) board, I thought my company, Cooperative Press (which primarily publishes knitting books,
with a backlist of about 40 titles), would be the most specialized publisher represented.
Hopefully ebook rights will be sold on a world wide English language basis in future, but I suspect the problems
with backlist rights will take a while to sort out.
The house marshals its resources by putting out a fraction of the titles produced by a major publisher,
with a backlist of more than 35 titles.
-LSB-...] Jane Friedman takes an in - depth look at a topic that worries many writers, especially
those with a backlist: Do You Hold E-Rights to Your Traditionally Published Book?
The plethora of impressive non-traditional publishing and marketing tools now available lead authors
with backlist titles and fresh content to grow as dissatisfied with traditional agency methods as they are with traditional publisher methods.
Recently, I've got to feel that publishing is experiencing its own version of this cartoon and it is happening
with backlist titles.
Brief background: I'd done one of my weekly #PorterMeets interviews
with backlist - self - publishing author Barry Eisler for The Bookseller in London.
Some come to self - pubbing
with a backlist, some start with self - pubbing and move existing series to trad pub, some have entirely new books they sell to trad pub (that's my case, just one title).
Those of
us with backlist view this very differently than those who are just starting out.
When that went well, some of my author friends asked if we would do the same
with their backlist books, and our catalog really started to grow.
It then takes hybrids, those who can attribute most of their success to the decision to self - publish (both originally as in Amanda Hocking, and
with backlist as in Joe Konrath), out of the self - pub side.
The primary cost factors associated
with backlist books are printing, shipping, production costs and author royalties — all of which can be minimal when compared to the cost of initial publishing of the book as a front list title.
And now that you've jumped into the indie publishing world
with your backlist novel, do you think you'll indie publish follow - on works, making Tomorrow Land into a series?
Yes, this is a gold mine for fast writers
with a backlist.
I want to help authors and publishers
with a backlist get more titles into audio!
This comes to light at a time when a number of publishers are experimenting with digital publishing by starting
with their backlist titles, alongside the publishers who are actually turning a profit in ebooks by releasing the long - awaited digital editions of some classics.
The site launched
with backlist titles priced at 99 cents to $ 1.99, and when Dark Horse started doing same - day digital releases, those comics were priced at cover price or slightly below.
I'm a hybrid author who isn't doing as well at Amazon
with my backlist as I wish — and am all for hybrid / indie authors.
Amazon is mainly launching with smaller presses, but most of the big five all support the smaller companies
with their backlist and midlist titles.
One of the key problems that has arisen under US lending and subscription models is that publishers who are willing to take the risk on an experimental lending model have rightly been cautious about participating, often resorting to testing the waters
with their backlist or a few midlist titles.
As for Chris Nuttall, I only found him last September and haven't caught up
with the backlist, the man is a writing machine.
I've gone indie
with my backlist, and am seriously considering putting up a few original works as well, for many of the reasons mentioned by others — timing, doesn't fit a print publisher's mold.
What I appreciate about Joe Konrath's posts on ebook pricing is that he is experimenting
with backlist pricing, looking at the results with an objective eye, and being transparent about the decisions he makes based on results.
Businesses who advance their sales and marketing goals see the benefits of going digital
with their backlist
It was only late in 2013 that a series of pilot projects were initiated to get Penguin back in the game
with backlist and frontlist titles.
Because authors aren't paid for books selected, SELF - e seems like an option for an author
with a backlist.
With a backlist the size of theirs, they probably have plenty of manga to go around.
-- Because after a short time, I can make more money
with a backlist novel indie publishing it than any traditional publisher ever could.
And,
with a backlist, you were poised well to ease into the process.
We plan to try subscription
with backlist books, and mostly with titles that are not well represented at bricks and mortar retail stores.
Again this means KDP Select success favors authors
with a backlist.
Not exact matches
We can't bring ourselves to pair up a new release
with a similarly wonderful
backlist title because two awesome films are released to DVD today: The Iceman and Stories We Tell.
2) The Jackal backpedals
with Random House, putting a premature end to a Kindle exclusive on some great
backlist titles.
The key selling point of the service is that Scribd has partnered
with HarperCollins — one of the big five publishers — to get access to the majority of the publisher's
backlist catalogue.
Additionally, they're all competing
with each other, and
with hundreds of thousands of new trad pub offerings per year, as well as millions of
backlist titles.
With the advent of e-books, there is no longer something called a «
backlist.»
He's personally coached over 450 authors, consulted
with top publishing houses, and helped clients hit the New York Times bestseller list three different ways, including new fiction, new non-fiction, and
backlist non-fiction.
Pros of working
with PDF: It means a simpler operation especially for
backlist, no need to find all links or to activate fonts, simple tools to quickly build pages, embedded text for search is available.
My current data shows average earnings of $ 8,200 for
backlist titles
with a median of $ 5,400 and an average of $ 12,750 for original titles
with a median of $ 6,000.
For over 10 years, I've trained more than 450 authors, consulted
with top publishing houses, and helped clients hit the New York Times bestseller list three different ways, including new fiction, new non-fiction, and
backlist non-fiction.
Early on, we proposed our POD solution to a major publisher,
with a clear value proposition: give us your out - of - print
backlist, and for no effort earn incremental sales.
In early 2013, Macmillan started a public library pilot program
with a select group of
backlist ebooks from its Minotaur Books mystery and crime fiction imprint.
For example, Penguin opened up
with us at first,
with just their
backlist eBook titles, and after they were happy
with our delivery of data, metrics and statistics, they felt more comfortable and opened up all of their titles.»
Smashwords joined up
with OverDrive to make indie authors» titles available in libraries around the world, and Simon & Schuster provided access to a massive
backlist of ebooks to... [Read more...]
I'm very happy
with my current publishers, but I do have a
backlist looking for a home.
Nick, I love what you did
with the «Get a title from my
backlist» email, but I wonder if you might get a longer algo boost from Amazon if you broke that into four or five separate mailings on separate days.