Publishers chasing authors?

Subject: Publishers chasing authors? Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:31 am

The latest author to be offered a publishing contract after uploading her book to Kindle:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23975171-writer-puts-novel-on-kindle-for-96p-and-wins-a-six-figure-deal.do

Subject: Re: Publishers chasing authors? Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:52 am

That's great! Very inspiring.

Subject: Re: Publishers chasing authors? Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:55 am

When you think about it, it helps the publishers to avoid some of their costs, to be able to find potentially money-making projects without much expense.

Ann

Subject: Re: Publishers chasing authors? Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:09 am

And the book has already shown market appeal.

Subject: Re: Publishers chasing authors? Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:37 am

And the authors are promoting it (which, imo, is one of the main things that makes a publisher a publisher).

Subject: Re: Publishers chasing authors? Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:56 am

Amazing. I expect to read about the same thing from someone on this forum.

Subject: Re: Publishers chasing authors? Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:35 pm

That is amazing and inspiring. Thanks for sharing! Very Happy

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Hello, I'm new here. This story coincides with what I have been hearing and reading about in the last week. Writers made posts on their blogs describing how they got their book, or even short story, listed on Amazon. A critical issue a number of writers discussed was the price of the novel on Kindle. Most of them sold/sell their novels on Kindle for $2.99. There is clearly a price point below which readers are more inclined to purchase a novel. One writer stated that he on his first novel on Amazon and "gave" it away for free. Very Happy

Subject: Re: Publishers chasing authors? Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:12 am

Actually, I wonder why small presses have not taken that approach. Look at the continuous ranking over time of a Kindle or Smashwords ebook then approach the author with a contract for a print book and ebook with the small press. They wouldn't have to read a bunch of submissions; the reading audience vets the potential books for them.

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