Comments on: Surviving and Thriving the Changes in Book Publishing http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/08/03/surviving-and-thriving-the-changes-in-book-publishing/ The art of story telling and marketing what you write Fri, 18 May 2012 05:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Al Kalar http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/08/03/surviving-and-thriving-the-changes-in-book-publishing/#comment-4734 Al Kalar Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:42:29 +0000 http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=872#comment-4734 PMoore: eBooks will survive and increase in market share. Economics drive things in the long run along with convenience. Home computers were poor stepchildren to paper, pencil, and typewriters in the '70s and no one thought they'd amount to anything. Today, the average laptop can run rings around any giant mainframe produced in the '70s and the average household has more than one computer in it (and so does your car -- under the hood). eReaders can hold a library of over 1000 books. Classics are available free at Project Gutenberg. eBooks are generally less expensive than their paper counterparts and can be read within minutes of purchase, rather than paying freight and waiting days for your ordered book to arrive. And you don't have to travel to the nearest bookstore to find them. Still, some (especially older readers) will continue to prefer paper books, but the technical generation (the ones who can walk, text, and chew gum at the same time) will prefer eBooks. No more heavy backpack full of school books. You can make notes on your e-version without destroying the underlying book. And their college texts should cost less (some sell for around $100 these days). PMoore: eBooks will survive and increase in market share.

Economics drive things in the long run along with convenience. Home computers were poor stepchildren to paper, pencil, and typewriters in the ’70s and no one thought they’d amount to anything. Today, the average laptop can run rings around any giant mainframe produced in the ’70s and the average household has more than one computer in it (and so does your car — under the hood).

eReaders can hold a library of over 1000 books. Classics are available free at Project Gutenberg. eBooks are generally less expensive than their paper counterparts and can be read within minutes of purchase, rather than paying freight and waiting days for your ordered book to arrive. And you don’t have to travel to the nearest bookstore to find them.

Still, some (especially older readers) will continue to prefer paper books, but the technical generation (the ones who can walk, text, and chew gum at the same time) will prefer eBooks. No more heavy backpack full of school books. You can make notes on your e-version without destroying the underlying book. And their college texts should cost less (some sell for around $100 these days).

]]> By: PMoore http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/08/03/surviving-and-thriving-the-changes-in-book-publishing/#comment-4733 PMoore Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:34:18 +0000 http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=872#comment-4733 I dont think that this ebook with survive all the long, i believe that paper back book is always is the past and the future the reason i believe this, is because every one will enjoy the feeling of opening a book and reading it, how is ebook consider a book when u can't enjoy the decades of tradition?. I dont think that this ebook with survive all the long, i believe that paper back book is always is the past and the future the reason i believe this, is because every one will enjoy the feeling of opening a book and reading it, how is ebook consider a book when u can’t enjoy the decades of tradition?.

]]> By: Al Philipson http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/08/03/surviving-and-thriving-the-changes-in-book-publishing/#comment-4219 Al Philipson Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:01:28 +0000 http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=872#comment-4219 By the way, Ryan. I wouldn't hold a funeral for the paper publishing business just yet. eBooks may cut into their sales some -- and there's evidence that total books sales (eBooks and paper) are increasing. But too many people just can't "cotton" up to reading on a small tablet. So for now, paper isn't going away. By the way, Ryan. I wouldn’t hold a funeral for the paper publishing business just yet. eBooks may cut into their sales some — and there’s evidence that total books sales (eBooks and paper) are increasing. But too many people just can’t “cotton” up to reading on a small tablet.

So for now, paper isn’t going away.

]]> By: Al Philipson http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/08/03/surviving-and-thriving-the-changes-in-book-publishing/#comment-4218 Al Philipson Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:56:56 +0000 http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=872#comment-4218 A lot of people are self-publishing eBooks these days. But a lot of people are self-publishing trash. Unless you're exceptionally good at self-editing and setting up your conversions just right, your stuff will fall into the "trash" category. Don't let this happen to you. Your name is your brand. If you publish something that's not up to top quality standards, your "brand" will suck and the odor will kill your writing career. In situations like this, there's not substitute for a good publisher, if you can find one that will do a good job of editing and converting your manuscript into something that's salable. If you find yourself being rejected by "legitimate publishers" (that means the ones that insist on only good stuff), maybe you should spend your time honing your writing skills instead of self-publishing yet another piece of trash. The best way to find a good publisher is to look around. Look for a digital (eBook) publisher that doesn't advertise they'll take your book no matter what. Look for one that's fussy up front. Then buy one or two of their books to see what quality is or isn't there. Check out their contract to make sure you can live with it. And perhaps ask one or two of their authors about the firm. Also do a search to see if anyone has posted good or bad opinions about the publisher. A lot of people are self-publishing eBooks these days. But a lot of people are self-publishing trash.

Unless you’re exceptionally good at self-editing and setting up your conversions just right, your stuff will fall into the “trash” category. Don’t let this happen to you. Your name is your brand. If you publish something that’s not up to top quality standards, your “brand” will suck and the odor will kill your writing career.

In situations like this, there’s not substitute for a good publisher, if you can find one that will do a good job of editing and converting your manuscript into something that’s salable.

If you find yourself being rejected by “legitimate publishers” (that means the ones that insist on only good stuff), maybe you should spend your time honing your writing skills instead of self-publishing yet another piece of trash.

The best way to find a good publisher is to look around. Look for a digital (eBook) publisher that doesn’t advertise they’ll take your book no matter what. Look for one that’s fussy up front. Then buy one or two of their books to see what quality is or isn’t there. Check out their contract to make sure you can live with it. And perhaps ask one or two of their authors about the firm.

Also do a search to see if anyone has posted good or bad opinions about the publisher.

]]> By: shelly-kindle3gwifi http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/08/03/surviving-and-thriving-the-changes-in-book-publishing/#comment-4213 shelly-kindle3gwifi Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:28:20 +0000 http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=872#comment-4213 Can't really make up my mind about these things. Look's like a lot of good e-readers out there. I could see myself having trouble reading at night. Don't you get glare with LCD screens? I tried to buy a Kindle yesterday but seems they didn't have any. Thanks for showing us these issues. Can’t really make up my mind about these things. Look’s like a lot of good e-readers out there. I could see myself having trouble reading at night. Don’t you get glare with LCD screens? I tried to buy a Kindle yesterday but seems they didn’t have any. Thanks for showing us these issues.

]]> By: kindle3gwifi-lover http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/08/03/surviving-and-thriving-the-changes-in-book-publishing/#comment-4211 kindle3gwifi-lover Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:52:19 +0000 http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=872#comment-4211 By remaking the buttons and moving the prev-next buttons to both sides makes is easy for everyone. The 3G is absolutely worth the money. Still no support for library books. Everyone wants that feature. Looks like they are being shady not allowing EPub. By remaking the buttons and moving the prev-next buttons to both sides makes is easy for everyone. The 3G is absolutely worth the money. Still no support for library books. Everyone wants that feature. Looks like they are being shady not allowing EPub.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/08/03/surviving-and-thriving-the-changes-in-book-publishing/#comment-4053 Ryan Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:01:50 +0000 http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=872#comment-4053 Every time a new digital pad or reader comes on the market, I wonder what the fate of the publishing business will be – even beyond traditional media. Does it make sense that we look at ways to publish our own content for these devices? http://bit.ly/cPtTgg Every time a new digital pad or reader comes on the market, I wonder what the fate of the publishing business will be – even beyond traditional media. Does it make sense that we look at ways to publish our own content for these devices?

http://bit.ly/cPtTgg

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