4. Technology Economics
• Design (EPUB, Sigil, • Sell for $40,
Booktype) make $4
• Distribution = Internet • Sell for $9.99,
(web page, ftp, email, make $7
Dropbox)
Result?
Explosion of writing 4
5. In 2010:
New commercial titles: ~300,000
Non-traditional: 2.7 million
Small/independent: 290,000
Self-published: ~300,000
Big 5: not so important? 5
11. The Big 5 (51% of USA publishing):
* HarperCollins: buy again at 26 uses
* Random House: 3-5 times the price
* Penguin (now owned by RH): wait for 6 months,
get 1 year
* Macmillan, Simon and Schuster, Hachette: not
available at any price
So libraries now look to new publishers. 11
12. New publisher models:
* Smashwords.com – digital publishing
(85% to author)
* Unglue.it – set it free
* Publishing partnership with library 12
13. • Reviewers – blueinkreview.com
• Libraries
• Agents (international rights?)
• Authors (Creative Commons, gifts)
And the rest… 13