#Publishers

Anne Scheel

annemscheel

So @jamesheathers' ruckus (ruckus-maker that he is) about $450 for peer reviewing seems to resonate with reviewers (cf @450Movement).I guess it's implicit in ppl's arguments around this, but what I'm

Gergely Orosz

GergelyOrosz

My economics of selling books:$20 book on @Gumroad - I net $19 (Gumroad takes 3.5% + $.30)$22.50 print book on Amazon - I net $9.50 (Amazon takes 40% of the

Richard Geldreich

richgel999

A few takeaways from the Valve monopoly lawsuit:The only viable way to sell your PC game is through Steam. (EA tried for 8 years to do its own thing and

heather hughes

birdmaddgirl

so, poets, are we ready to dismantle the contest as the primary publishing model yet? reliance on the contest model: absolves publishers of editorial and sales responsibilities; creates a pay-to-play

Lynne M. Thomas🏳️‍🌈🦄🚀

lynnemthomas

Here’s the thing: Libraries and authors/publishers are a symbiotic relationship. When libraries use right of first sale to pay for books and lend them, or pay to license ebooks and

Michael ***6ft*** Bourret

MichaelBourret

Such a good thread. A tangent from this, of sorts:https://twitter.com/malindalo/status/1250479301935464448 I think people look at "commercial" as meaning "books that will sell well," when that is clearly not the case--if

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez 😷

glecharles

Did Sargent commission this article for the @washingtonpost from Bezos?!? The "conservative in a Midwest diner" approach to outlier library patrons is so blatantly skewed it's comical. #EbooksForAll https://www.washingtonpost.com/techno

Jeremy Szal

JeremySzal

This subject interests me greatly. I've seen a lot of writers subscribe to bizarre ideas regarding wordcount lengths, and what publishers are willing to accept with debuts. Namely, an upper

Thomas Baekdal

baekdal

One of the things I'm shouting about to publishers is how we turned into the tobacco industry. What do I mean? Well, the tobacco industry was doing something that was

Jakob Wahlberg

Jakob_Wahlberg

There are many post about how developers should approach publishers, but not so many the other way around. I am not looking for a publisher right now but since I

Linda Epstein (is taking a break)

LindaEpstein

Can I kvetch a little?So, you'd think this isn't still the case and yet... books centering Jewish main characters are still often seen as niche by publishers. A reason for

KJ Charles

kj_charles

I'm really hacked off about this Smashwords update on Barnes & Noble. 1) There is no difference between not paying authors who are with publishers and not paying indies. It's

Olivia Waite

O_Waite

I could make you a whole thread about how accounts between publishers, distributors, and retailers are a dizzying ballet of credits, payments, and open deferrals based on established marketing windows

Thomas Altenburger 🍕🍍

mrhelmut

Want to pitch a game project to a publisher?Here comes a thread with some tips based on our experience! 1) Know the publisher.Publishers have an editorial. They specialize themselves in

Za-BOO Ellor 👻

ZREllor

Seeing a few people say they're switching YA fantasy MS to adult because they think YA fantasy is saturated, and this is generally not a good idea, especially if you

Alice Lutyens

AliceLutyens

As a book agent and head of podcasts & audio at CB, this utterly infuriates me. It is a land-grab, clean and simple. A podcast is new creative content, whether