http://paidcontent.org/2012/12/14/amazons-2012-bestseller-list-shows-publishers-and-indie-authors-need-each-other/ The economics of digital content Wed, 22 May 2013 08:14:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paidcontent.org/2012/12/14/amazons-2012-bestseller-list-shows-publishers-and-indie-authors-need-each-other/#comment-193592 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:20:36 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=222184#comment-193592 The true problem with vanity and self-publishing lies in the lack of professionalism and the look of the final product. Too much of it does not meet the requirements of booksellers, wholesalers and distributors. Editing is poor; covers and interior layout are poor; costs per copy are high because the author doesn’t know the in’s and out’s of print pricing and the print runs are too small to achieve good economics. The buying public is just as excited about a good self-published book as they are about one from Penguin. The answer is creating the buzz.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2012/12/14/amazons-2012-bestseller-list-shows-publishers-and-indie-authors-need-each-other/#comment-188815 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:29:17 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=222184#comment-188815 Authors are held up in no mans land, waiting to hear back from publishers. I am waiting on Penquin Publishing right now, and it has brought my campaign to self publish to a stand still. The down side of self publishing, is the cost, time and energy to build the book buzz.
If publishers want to survive, they will have to be more open, at least notify if your book is being considered, or rejected asap! Years of deaf ears from publishers, and worse agents have left me cold!
I feel much better to self publish! However there is still negativity with vanity publishing, which is a shame. Maybe Amazon and Kindle could bring in a true book rating!

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