Comments on: Thursday 13 – On publishing http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/thursday-13-on-publishing/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: On a Limb w/ Claudia http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/thursday-13-on-publishing/#comment-7628 On a Limb w/ Claudia Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:26:11 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=2553#comment-7628 Topsurf - Thanks so much! :) Janet - I don't have the problems Cory has with Kindle. I have friends who own them and find them a life send on long business trips. when you travel a lot it makes a huge difference. Or so they tell me. I think any distribution channel is fabulous. Colleen - I'm impressed that at your tremendous success with yoru book. Wow. Well done. Thanks for caring and sharing! Brenda - Indeed! :) Just keep your dream and do the work, you'll get there. Carmen - I'm going to shoot you an email. The least we can do is swap ads. Perpstu - Thank you so much for your joy and support! It makes things so much easier! A lot of people like to read online - and good for them. It takes all kinds! Samuli - Yes, it is a shame. But some of that resides in a writer's need for legitimacy and the belief in the big fix. We are trained that a big publisher will give us legitimacy and a large check. That's absurd when we write to be read. Heart in SF - Endure and adapt. Yep. And keep our owl eyes open for the opportunity - which I believe resides within each other. Country Dew - I don't think anyone has ever wanted to pay writers. Period. Have you read Mark Twain on this topic? Joyce? They really struggled. I think the new model is the one we forge in right here. One step at a time, a phoenix will arise. Thorne - Great minds? ;) Jehara - I'm glad to share! Nicholas - Yep. I've seen that in a multitude of places. About 10 people sell most of the books. Everyone else sells 50 if lucky. The CEO - 21st channels are very similar to what they were in the 18th century - direct contact with consumers. Only the methods have changed - Internet, web conference, international travel, etc. Miss Riss - I think eBooks are low risk. They tend to be inexpensive, so it they suck, a person isn't out $30. That's my opinion (that it's a risk issue), no one is quite sure why they are popular. Some people say that they can be more extreme,edgier than published books. Who knows? Dana - I hope the articles are helpful! Topsurf – Thanks so much! :)

Janet – I don’t have the problems Cory has with Kindle. I have friends who own them and find them a life send on long business trips. when you travel a lot it makes a huge difference. Or so they tell me. I think any distribution channel is fabulous.

Colleen – I’m impressed that at your tremendous success with yoru book. Wow. Well done. Thanks for caring and sharing!

Brenda – Indeed! :) Just keep your dream and do the work, you’ll get there.

Carmen – I’m going to shoot you an email. The least we can do is swap ads.

Perpstu – Thank you so much for your joy and support! It makes things so much easier! A lot of people like to read online – and good for them. It takes all kinds!

Samuli – Yes, it is a shame. But some of that resides in a writer’s need for legitimacy and the belief in the big fix. We are trained that a big publisher will give us legitimacy and a large check. That’s absurd when we write to be read.

Heart in SF – Endure and adapt. Yep. And keep our owl eyes open for the opportunity – which I believe resides within each other.

Country Dew – I don’t think anyone has ever wanted to pay writers. Period. Have you read Mark Twain on this topic? Joyce? They really struggled. I think the new model is the one we forge in right here. One step at a time, a phoenix will arise.

Thorne – Great minds? ;)

Jehara – I’m glad to share!

Nicholas – Yep. I’ve seen that in a multitude of places. About 10 people sell most of the books. Everyone else sells 50 if lucky.

The CEO – 21st channels are very similar to what they were in the 18th century – direct contact with consumers. Only the methods have changed – Internet, web conference, international travel, etc.

Miss Riss – I think eBooks are low risk. They tend to be inexpensive, so it they suck, a person isn’t out $30. That’s my opinion (that it’s a risk issue), no one is quite sure why they are popular. Some people say that they can be more extreme,edgier than published books. Who knows?

Dana – I hope the articles are helpful!

]]> By: dana http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/thursday-13-on-publishing/#comment-7627 dana Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:29:25 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=2553#comment-7627 Claudia...have printed out the articles and will read them this weekend. thank you for this. d. Claudia…have printed out the articles and will read them this weekend. thank you for this.

d.

]]> By: MissRiss http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/thursday-13-on-publishing/#comment-7626 MissRiss Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:39:53 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=2553#comment-7626 Thank you so much for this. I really had no clue how it all worked. I'm surprised by eBooks being so popular. I go cross-eyed after reading more than an article online. I cannot imagine not holding a book in my hands or hearing that first 'crack' of the binding. While I adore a hardback book's feel, I prefer the paperback for toting around and easily slipping in to my purse. You're fabulous. Thank you so much for this. I really had no clue how it all worked.
I’m surprised by eBooks being so popular. I go cross-eyed after reading more than an article online. I cannot imagine not holding a book in my hands or hearing that first ‘crack’ of the binding. While I adore a hardback book’s feel, I prefer the paperback for toting around and easily slipping in to my purse.

You’re fabulous.

]]> By: The CEO http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/thursday-13-on-publishing/#comment-7625 The CEO Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:37:06 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=2553#comment-7625 Smells and sounds like an opportunity to me. I don't know what the 21st Century channels are today, but it was mentioned above. Any idea what they are? Smells and sounds like an opportunity to me. I don’t know what the 21st Century channels are today, but it was mentioned above. Any idea what they are?

]]> By: Nicholas http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/thursday-13-on-publishing/#comment-7624 Nicholas Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:47:23 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=2553#comment-7624 Fifty copies??? Is that all? I'm astonished. Fifty copies??? Is that all? I’m astonished.

]]> By: jehara http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/thursday-13-on-publishing/#comment-7623 jehara Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:05:28 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=2553#comment-7623 thanks for the information. i had no idea. thanks for the information. i had no idea.

]]> By: Thorne http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/thursday-13-on-publishing/#comment-7622 Thorne Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:16:53 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=2553#comment-7622 Great inf. I was just wondering abut this last night. Happy TT! Great inf. I was just wondering abut this last night.
Happy TT!

]]> By: CountryDew http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/thursday-13-on-publishing/#comment-7621 CountryDew Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:15:27 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=2553#comment-7621 Great post. The entire world of publishing, from newspapers to books, has changed. No one wants to pay a writer a decent wage anymore. The world has changed and I think a new model is on the horizon. I just wish I knew what it was! Great post. The entire world of publishing, from newspapers to books, has changed. No one wants to pay a writer a decent wage anymore.

The world has changed and I think a new model is on the horizon. I just wish I knew what it was!

]]> By: heart in san francisco http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/thursday-13-on-publishing/#comment-7620 heart in san francisco Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:34:44 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=2553#comment-7620 What I know can be summarized by a New Yorker cartoon I saw the other day in which a publisher tells an author,"We would like to publish your book, do absolutely nothing to publicize it and watch it disappear from the shelves in a month." The book business has changed drastically from what we once knew but with its demise has come a wealth of new channels such as you mention. It seems that utilizing them is the only way a new author will be published in the 21st century. As in all things, we need to adapt in order to survive. What I know can be summarized by a New Yorker cartoon I saw the other day in which a publisher tells an author,”We would like to publish your book, do absolutely nothing to publicize it and watch it disappear from the shelves in a month.”

The book business has changed drastically from what we once knew but with its demise has come a wealth of new channels such as you mention. It seems that utilizing them is the only way a new author will be published in the 21st century.

As in all things, we need to adapt in order to survive.

]]> By: samulli http://www.on-a-limb.com/2009/02/thursday-13-on-publishing/#comment-7619 samulli Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:33:07 +0000 http://www.on-a-limb.com/?p=2553#comment-7619 Well, that sounds pretty discouraging. Not that I have a manuscript hidden away in a drawer or something, but I think it's sad that so many talented new authors never even get a chance to get published while on the other hand old, tired hacks publish dud after dud just because they already got "a name". Shame, really. Well, that sounds pretty discouraging. Not that I have a manuscript hidden away in a drawer or something, but I think it’s sad that so many talented new authors never even get a chance to get published while on the other hand old, tired hacks publish dud after dud just because they already got “a name”. Shame, really.

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