Comments on: The Publisher in the Value Chain 2009 Edition http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/05/04/the-publisher-in-the-value-chain-2009-edition/ It's that simple -- and that hard. And that inescapable. Tue, 29 May 2012 15:22:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gareth Mottram http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/05/04/the-publisher-in-the-value-chain-2009-edition/#comment-53898 Fri, 22 May 2009 10:58:26 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1157#comment-53898 Thanks for the link Eoin – masses of information!

]]> By: Eoin Purcell on Amazon Encore | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/05/04/the-publisher-in-the-value-chain-2009-edition/#comment-53817 Fri, 15 May 2009 14:39:21 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1157#comment-53817 [...] can grab from the chain, Amazon with Encore has successfully placed itself in control of the entire value chain of which I wrote some more about last week but didn’t quite count this [...]

]]> By: eoinpurcell http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/05/04/the-publisher-in-the-value-chain-2009-edition/#comment-53809 Wed, 13 May 2009 23:47:00 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1157#comment-53809 Litlove,

I read the post and left a comment! its a great piece!

]]> By: Gareth Mottram http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/05/04/the-publisher-in-the-value-chain-2009-edition/#comment-53807 Wed, 13 May 2009 19:44:48 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1157#comment-53807 Excellent blog Eoin – I need the likes of you to have half a chance of keeping up with what is going on in this crazy industry. I haven’t popped in for a while and am now ploughing (in a good way) through the 26 posts on my RSS thingy.

Anyway – a bit of help please. Have you any recommendations for info on finding a company that will actually produce and distribute an e-book for me – I’d rather like to get on this Kindle, iphone bandwaggon at some point!

Cheers

Gareth

]]> By: Lee http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/05/04/the-publisher-in-the-value-chain-2009-edition/#comment-53786 Wed, 06 May 2009 17:20:24 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1157#comment-53786 Right, Eoin, find me a publisher who will actually allow simultaneous free online and e-book downloads per my ‘free culture’ ethos, and I might just consider it … heh heh, fat chance! (At the moment I’m awfully sick of copyediting and proofreading in preparation for the imminent serialisation of Corvus. But I’m very pleased indeed that a professional BBC actor, who supports this very ethos, is going to be reading all of the podcasts – and yes, pro bono!)

]]> By: Mark Coker http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/05/04/the-publisher-in-the-value-chain-2009-edition/#comment-53785 Wed, 06 May 2009 17:12:05 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1157#comment-53785 I love publishers too! No doubt, a good publisher represents the fast track to the high end. And while some successful authors may choose to go solo, many others will want a publisher (+ others in the value chain) to handle all that publishing-as-a-business headache that gets in the way of writing the next book, like publisher editing & revision feedback, proofreading, cover design, layout, positioning, marketing, pre- and post-pub sales, distribution, fulfillment, customer service, and all the other things that good publishers do.

]]> By: eoinpurcell http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/05/04/the-publisher-in-the-value-chain-2009-edition/#comment-53784 Wed, 06 May 2009 16:24:15 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1157#comment-53784 Always worth trying a regular old mainstream publisher! We’re not that bad! Most of the time …

]]> By: eoinpurcell http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/05/04/the-publisher-in-the-value-chain-2009-edition/#comment-53783 Wed, 06 May 2009 16:23:39 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1157#comment-53783 MArk,

I think you are right about the wanting to aspire to being their own publishers and I’m fairly sure for the top end that will happen! But how will they get to the top end? I suspect that publisher will play a part there!
Eoin

]]> By: Lee http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/05/04/the-publisher-in-the-value-chain-2009-edition/#comment-53777 Tue, 05 May 2009 09:04:43 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1157#comment-53777 As one of those indie writers who has decided to go it alone, I can only say that I have no regrets. Anyone who asks me gets a very sobering reply much like your summary, Eoin: don’t do it unless you are prepared to do a LOT of self-touting yet still remain largely invisible. But you see, I don’t measure success in commercial terms – obviously not a viable model for a publisher. And my rewards? Well, I get to write (and yes, publish, if you mean by that make available to someone other than my husband/kids/best friend) exactly what I choose.

]]> By: litlove http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/2009/05/04/the-publisher-in-the-value-chain-2009-edition/#comment-53776 Tue, 05 May 2009 07:42:54 +0000 http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/?p=1157#comment-53776 Very interesting post, Eoin, and one that I, in my amateurish status (!) agree with wholeheartedly. It’s all down to visibility and distribution. At a recent literary festival I listened to three publishers discussing the current market and it was sort of entertaining and depressing. My thoughts about it are in a post entitled ‘Meet the Publishers’, in case it should tempt you to read it!

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