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Cost Breakdowns: E-Books vs. Printed Books
Where is your money going? I was inspired to write this post by a couple of recent articles lamenting how the e-book revolution is making things tougher on authors: a WSJ article about the plight of...
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Barnes & Noble PubIt Self-Publishing Now Live
Barnes & Noble’s PubIt self-publishing platform just went live over the weekend (I don’t know if October 1 still counts as “summer” — maybe here in South Florida it does?) and my e-books are now...
View ArticleReaders Control the Future of Publishing
I spend a lot of time reading forums related to e-books and e-readers, including the official forums at both Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I’ve seen countless posts by readers decrying (a) high e-book...
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Cheap E-Books Dominate Amazon Bestsellers
$0.99 is the new $9.99 I bet the big publishers wish they had been happy with $9.99. As I mentioned in this post about the agency model, 5 of the “Big 6″ publishers demanded that Amazon stop...
View ArticleAre E-Books Sold or Licensed?
It may surprise you to know that when you buy an e-book from Amazon, B&N, or pretty much any other e-book retailer, you’re not really buying the e-book in the same sense that you’d buy a printed...
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Big 6 Publishers All On Agency Model
One result of the agency model A couple of days ago, Random House became the last of the “Big 6″ legacy publishers to switch over to the agency model. The agency model (described in full detail here)...
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Electronic Publishing Myths
I really do think I've heard every one of these. Author John Scalzi posted this most excellent “Electronic Publishing Bingo” scorecard over on his blog, and, while it’s hilarious in its own right, I...
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Author Turns Down $500K to Self-Publish
New York Times-bestselling author Barry Eisler recently turned down a $500,000 advance from “Big 6″ traditional (or “legacy”) publisher St. Martin’s Press for a two-book deal. Now, it’s one thing for...
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How To Self-Publish With Smashwords
So, you’ve written a book — congratulations! What now? Unless you just want your book to sit on your hard drive or print it out to share with a few friends, you have two main choices: (1) write query...
View ArticleCan Self-Publishing Make Authors Rich?
I’ve talked before about self-publishing, how it’s been a huge boon to my writing career, but also how authors should temper their expectations: realize that writing, editing, designing a cover for,...
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2013 E-Book Sales Flat at $1.5B, Share at 22%
Year-end 2013 book sales numbers are in, and e-books essentially flatlined from 2012 figures, coming in at $1,534M. The slowdown was expected, especially since 2012 was considered a great year due to...
View Article2015 E-Book Sales at $1.4B
The 2015 sales figures are in, and e-book sales had their first meaningful decline: from $1.6B in 2014 to $1.4B in 2015. Sales had increased exponentially for a while, then plateaued around $1.5B per...
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