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Ah, the famous Pearson's Puppeteers....
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cepetit.myopenid.com commented on
Common Misconceptions About Publishing: #1
26 Note, too, that unlike (say) the automobile industry, many works can continue to be financially viable products for decades. Quickly, now: What's the ROE (UK or US rules, I don't care, just state which you're using) on The Return of the King in mass-market paperback? Or Ozma of Oz in trade paperback? Or (and I know this one, because I've got the bloody numbers) How to Win Friends and Influence People in trade casebound? It's not just feedback methods that matter; it's the timeframe for feedback. And "modern" management sets up all of its feedback systems so that they...
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Charlie Stross commented on
Common Misconceptions About Publishing: #1
I'll get to that question in due course. But for the time being, I'd like to note that the ink-on-paper component of the as-sold price of a new book is around 10-20%, depending. (Paper really is cheap.) In contrast, distribution via wholesale and retail channels takes a gigantic bite out of the pie -- bigger than the authors and publishers shares combined. In contrast, there's a common misconception that ebook printing and distribution is next-to-free (it's not, and I'll go into that later). NB: next posting delayed due to (a) pressure of work, and (b) I seem to have a...
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Charlie Stross commented on
Common Misconceptions About Publishing: #1
Nope, there's something else at work here. (Self-publishing doesn't block you from submitting your next book to a publisher.)...
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tbutler commented on
Common Misconceptions About Publishing: #1
To note, these things have already been exhaustively covered in the various Amazon/Macmillan posts and comment threads; I'll just refer to them in short here. I'm guessing that if publishers are cutting editors there will be a number of unemployed ones out there who might accept a percentage of the profits on an ebook rather than a fixed fee. The same would go for marketing. Except that this requires the writer to take time away from the job that is a) his primary responsibility and b) he is (hopefully) best at - and spend time doing the donkey-work of a...
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Charlie Stross commented on
Common Misconceptions About Publishing: #1
Hi, Kate! Yes, there's definitely a role for publishers going forward. However, what that role is going to be, I think, not yet clear. (I'm going to speculate wildly in an upcoming post, but I'm still trying to eliminate my own misconceptions about publishing before I go there.)...
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