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My weekly roundup #publishing news, #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up for free on Substack. You can subscribe if you want it in your inbox. https://maureencrisp.substack.com/p/re-inventing-the-publishing-wheel?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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We #editors must stay informed about the impacts of #LLMs on #book #publishing & #science publishing. In this post on the blog of The Quad (a #MastermindGroup since 2015), I outline trends and provide you with resources for keeping up to date. #AI https://quadlings.com/how-llms-are-changing-book-and-science-publishing/
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This is heartbreaking! These 2 posts below. A lot is going on here so read the links contained in the two posts below, but this is not how a publisher should behave.
Sell books by amazing authors while secondly helping them get noticed without acting this way.
I am not signing with you because I like you. I am signing with you because I want you to shut up and sell books. I may like *some* stances of yours, but you have a job. Sell books.
Post 1. https://emmaburnett.uk/life/axed-partum-the-dumpsterfire-consumed-my-book/
Post 2. https://emmaburnett.uk/life/marketing-strategy-dumpsterfire/
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Is the world of graphic novel publishing getting as hard hit by AI as text books are?
(Literally asking for a friend.)
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So, I am a self-published author, and I wanted to diversify away from the #Amazon ecosystem for some time. However, I am hitting a snag with the Print on Demand options.
My paperback books are sold in a 6"x9" format, which is a standard format for paperbacks. With Amazon KDP, I sell my books for a standard price of $17.99, and I get about 5$ in royalties for each paperback sold.
Now I've used online calculators to calculate printing prices for a 384 page book on assorted Print on Demand platforms (this is the length of my current manuscript).
With Amazon KDP, I get the usual $5.19 in revenues.
With OneBookShelf (a platform that is primarily for #TTRPG, but which also sells fiction) I get US printing costs of $11.73, which should leave me revenues of about 4$. Still acceptable.
However, the biggest "alternative" Print on Demand platform is Draft2Digital, and there I would only get revenues of $1.11. Which is too low for my tastes.
So if I want to keep decent revenues for my print books, my options are:
- Increase the prices for my paperbacks. And I would have increase the price all the way to $24.49 if I want to get at least $4 in royalties.
- Skip Draft2Digital as a print publishing platform, and stick to Amazon KDP and OneBookShelf - although the latter only prints in the USA and the UK, which means customers in other countries will have to have to pay extra for shipping.
What are your thoughts what I should do? And what are some other Print on Demand platforms I should look into?
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Found a new publisher! My #Romance isn't HopePunk, more RomCom but check it out anyway! Buy some books! Made by @joshsutphin and they publish Queer, HopePunk, novellas! More submission details at https://shirakipress.com/pages/submissions #Publishing #Writing #WritingCommunity
Here is a small directory of small presses and indie publishers. Even though I don't quite like the WebRing format, I like directories more, give this one a look. https://indiepresswebring.com/ #Publisher #Publishing #WritingCommunity