tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post4555069618524542397..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Bookstuff 101Maureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-66171491148489808442011-05-12T12:54:24.301-04:002011-05-12T12:54:24.301-04:00I don't get it either, Molly, but it is what E...I don't get it either, Molly, but it is what EVERYONE is talking about every authorish place I go. I don't understand either, but people are supposedly raking in thousands of dollars while doing no promotion work. <br /><br />At the moment, I'm panicked about meeting the deadlines I have so the thought of trying to get something out to epublish just depresses me.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-17181837648513894092011-05-12T12:19:43.478-04:002011-05-12T12:19:43.478-04:00Great summary, Molly!
And it kind of turns out th...Great summary, Molly!<br /><br />And it kind of turns out that Connie Brockway isn't self-publishing at all... As I understand it, her initial announcement was something like: my books will be primarily available in e-format from now on... and based on that, everyone assumed she was self-publishing, but then the real announcement came out and from what I can see, Amazon is becoming a small publisher. A small publisher who own a huge part of the retail market share. So if they pull it off, they cut out several "middlemen" between authors and readers, while still offering most of the benefits of a publisher... That's what they call vertical integration in economics. (I think. It's been a long time since University. LOL)<br /><br />I remember a gag bit on a TV show... Or a silly movie... Damn, what was it??? About a company who was vertically integrating and their 3 main products were fat free potato chips, laxatives and toilet paper. <br /><br />Damn. Anyone know what I"m thinking of?<br /><br />OH! It was an episode of The Sarah Silverman Show. LOL Figures. It was tres dumb. I think a character (probably Sarah) was trying to expose this evil plan by this corporation to sell more toilet paper.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-88011295415147795102011-05-12T12:00:03.167-04:002011-05-12T12:00:03.167-04:00Molly - we're going to find it's like anyt...Molly - we're going to find it's like anything else.<br /><br />Just like we did when we went through the no advance electronic publishing phase.<br /><br />Lots of people will try it. Ultimately cream will rise to the top.<br /><br />Connie is an author. A writer. She knows how to write book, after book.<br /><br />Most people who go the self-publish route will only every try it once.<br /><br />Not easy to work that hard and only make $50 bucks.<br /><br />But that's just my take.Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-36333770058678164012011-05-12T11:28:38.100-04:002011-05-12T11:28:38.100-04:00I fight myself all the time about my attitude towa...I fight myself all the time about my attitude towards self-publishing...am I really just an old dog who doesn't understand how everyone is going to make a bazillion dollars self-publishing, or am I right and maybe ten people will make a bazillion dollars self-publishing and the rest might make a grand...<br /><br />connie brockway made this big leap into self-publishing, but she's self-publishing through a very very selctive arm of amazon. basically a publishing arm of amazon... so the gatekeeping's been done, she'll have the power of amazon publicity and marketing behind her - which is NO JOKE - she's going to do fine, but it's not the kind of self-publishing a lot of authors are jumping into right now... <br /><br />i don't know, maybe I'm just an old old dog.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.com