Price and Profit · 8:08pm May 19th, 2017
So I learned something rather embarrassing a week ago.
So I learned something rather embarrassing a week ago.
This post has been a long time in coming. It’s one I’ve wanted to make for months, almost a year, really, but just kept putting off because of everything else that was going on. But at last, the time is here, and I’ve got a bit to talk about it.
It’s been a strange last couple of weeks. You may have noticed that there wasn’t a Being a Better Writer post on Monday, which was consequence of two things. First, that it was a holiday (President’s Day) and I seized on that with no small amount of fervor, but second, that I’d had LTUE the week before.
Before we stumble into a cliche-filled moment of drama where inferences are made off of the title, I’ll be blunt: No, I don’t think so.
Let me say that again. Are libraries bad for authors? No, I don’t think so.
MacMillan, on the other hand (one of the larger book publishers), does.
Hey folks! Post-LTUE post here, based off of a couple of conversations I had at LTUE with other authors (be they at the green room, signings, panels, etc). It’s straightforward enough to jump right to the point, so I’ll ask it:
When will the next big shift in publishing hit?