Comments on: Bowker: Number of self-published books up 287% since 2006 http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/ The economics of digital content Sun, 19 May 2013 12:06:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Grace Lessageing http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/#comment-196993 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:13:04 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219542#comment-196993 Does anyone know what percentage of self published books is taken up by commercial publishers?

]]> By: TheDisfigured http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/#comment-169188 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:44:55 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219542#comment-169188 HA! I like the way you think.

]]> By: cas127 http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/#comment-166793 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:09:50 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219542#comment-166793 After they have been set on fire.

Agreed.

]]> By: cas127 http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/#comment-166792 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:07:15 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219542#comment-166792 Sure, but if you sell 10 books per year at $2.99…a self-sustaining career is not in the cards.

I still applaud the “access” that self-publishing provides but the reality is that the e-book marketplace will (does?) resemble the online CPM advertising space, where rates have been driven down to very low levels due to the huge supply of content, facilitated by the vast lowering of the cost of entry.

]]> By: TheDisfigured http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/#comment-166628 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:19:12 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219542#comment-166628 Authors are mad at big house publishers and literary agents with esoteric submission guidelines and idiosyncrasies. More and more writers are taking their career/passion into their own hands, and I hope the publishing industry (excluding self publishers of course) gets turned on its head and then pissed on.

]]> By: epobirs http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/#comment-166583 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:47:40 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219542#comment-166583 I strongly suspect that the e-books would dwarf the self-published print books if all were counted.

]]> By: Samuel Satter http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/#comment-166520 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:46:28 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219542#comment-166520 Thats pretty cool man, self publishing is the way to go!
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]]> By: John F. Harnish http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/#comment-166496 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:28:26 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219542#comment-166496 The direct publishing progams via Amazon and B&N issue their own alphanumeric identifiers so their ebook authors are not required to purchase ISBNs. Increasingly authors are publishing content as ebooks before considering releasing a pbook edition.

Enjoy often…John

]]> By: owen http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/#comment-166441 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:34:06 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219542#comment-166441 HI

NISO has some very different numbers on e-book self-publishing; their estimates are two orders of magnitude higher than the numbers cited above

]]> By: Kevin Finley http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/24/bowker-number-of-self-published-books-up-287-since-2006/#comment-166406 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:07:10 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219542#comment-166406 Reblogged this on The Business Side of Books.

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