The Death of the “One-Time Sale”: Welcome to the Era of the Forever Seller For decades, the publishing industry has chased a singular, elusive ghost: the “Best Seller.” In this legacy model, success is measured by a massive spike in initial transactions, followed by a long, slow decline into...
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Although digital publishing has undergone a significant transformation in production and distribution over the past two decades, it continues to carry many of the reflexes of print publishing when it comes to ownership, rights management, and revenue sharing. Digital bandrol systems were developed during this transition primarily to combat...
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We see the price on a book cover: $18, $22, sometimes $25… For the reader, the “value of the book” seems to be right there. But the money that actually reaches the author usually looks nothing like that price. In fact, unless you are a bestseller or writing in...
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