Pretty cool, Tory. As I mentioned to someone else tonight, if I were the head of a large publishing house right now I'd be scrambling for a new business model in response to the impact of self publishing venues.
--Doug On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Victoria Hughes <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Doug- > I add my congratulations, on the finishing of the book as well as the > technology of your publishing! > I already have my Kindle-for-Mac app, so I could get the latest Seth > Godin...Yours is next. > fyi: > In the same week as Barry Eisler turned down that half-million advance, > Amanda Hocking, a 26-yr old phenomemon who has already made 2 million > dollars writing specifically for kindles et al, signed a $2million deal with > a major publisher so she could reach more readers through bookstores. > In the publishing business newsletter in which this was all cited, Nathan > Bransford added > > "Industry sage Mike Shatzkin calls > it<http://www.idealog.com/blog/eislers-decision-is-a-key-benchmark-on-the-road-to-wherever-it-is-were-going> > "a > key benchmark on the road to wherever it is we're going." > Victoria > > Get SFX to develop an app for authors to sign ebooks/kindles/etc > > > On Apr 13, 2011, at 9:34 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > > Amigo, > > In rough order, answered as asked: > > An account on kdb.amazon.com. And a book. > > Paper? What's that? > > I read an article on SlashDot about a NYT best selling author who spurned a > $500,000 book deal from a large publishing house to self-publish instead (at > $0.99 per). I read one of his books & decided I could do at least as well. > > Amazon offers two basic royalty deals: 70% to the author, as long as you > price the book between $2.99 and $9.99, or 35% royalty and you price as you > wish. > > Finally, if you think it is crap, you are obligated to feed me Bourbon (or > a decent single malt Scotch, or Chivas -- a blend that I find myself partial > to) whilst explaining why. > > There, I think that about covers it... > > Dude^2 > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dude - >> >> I'm Downloading now... Kindle-for-Mac reader first then my splurgy $.99 >> book... >> >> I'm sure I'm not the only one curious about the process (to date, and in >> the future as it unfolds). >> >> What did it take to get published this way? >> Is there a paper-edition in the works (if you get enough digital sales >> first)? >> How did you discover this mechanism, was it obvious/well-publicized? >> What is their deal? Is it like Apps where you get a significant >> percentage? >> If I think it is crap, can I ask for my $.49 (if that is your cut) back? >> Can I take it out in good Bourbon? Or Patio Bricks? >> >> - Dud >> >> *** Apologies to those of you who see this more than once this due to >> *social >> network overlap* *** >> >> Dear FRIAM friends, colleagues, and acquaintances (you all can envision >> the Venn diagram that places you in your particular state-space): >> >> Please join me in celebrating the fact that today I published my first >> book. >> >> *Second Cousins* is a science fiction novel, set in the current day. >> From the "Dust Jacket": >> >> *Preface* >> 24,000 years ago during the last ice age, what is now White Sands National >> Monument in southern New Mexico was then a 1,600 square mile lake which >> geologists have named Lake Otero. Gradually the weather became drier and >> warmer as the ice age retreated, and the gypsum that had been dissolved in >> the lake deposited out as the lake dried up, leaving the modern-day pure >> white dunes of gypsum sand. >> >> At the southern end of this range of dunes on what is now part of the >> White Sands Missile Range, the sands have drifted, exposing something that >> should not have been there. >> ___ >> >> *Second Cousins* is available as a Kindel e-book for the ridiculously >> affordable price of $0.99. Here's the link to it: >> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/Second-Cousins-ebook/dp/B004WF4DXE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1302741713&sr=1-1 >> >> Don't have a Kindle? No problem. If you really want to splurge the 99 >> cents, Amazon has free Kindle apps for practically any device. Check it >> out: >> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_ipad_mkt_lnd?docId=1000493771 >> >> The first 100 people who request one will also receive a free signed >> copy of the book cover. The cover art was done by the marvelous Jenica >> Cruz, graphic artist extrordinaire! >> >> Cheers! >> >> --Doug >> >> >> -- >> Doug Roberts >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> 505-455-7333 - Office >> 505-670-8195 - Cell >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > > -- > Doug Roberts > [email protected] > [email protected] > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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