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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Ten things about the agency model in the UK | FutureBook
Great, off the cuff thoughts from Philip Jones about Agency Pricing in the UK! 5 The agency model is a short term device. No-one I’ve spoken to believes it can last long term; though Evans did indicate that agency terms were used in other sectors, for instance fashion, as well…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Brains and brawn | theBookseller.com
The Bookseller has a very nice feature on Estate Publishing on the back of the news about HarperCollins acquiring the worldwide rights to Agahta Christie’s work. Best thing in the magazine this week if you ask me (with the possible exception of an editorial by James Bridle). He says dealing…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | E-book sales begin to cannibalise print | theBookseller.com
This was, in some senses, bound to happen. If it proves to be true it is the start of the erosion of the print business model, the one that sees publishers forced to cut print runs, reduce their benefits of scale in print and perhaps encourage them to begin converting…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing: Konrath Ebooks Sales Top 100k
Early mover advantage seems to be working out pretty nicely for JA Konrath. BUT… This is only Konrath’s experience, but I wonder how much it is replicated? I see a world of extremes emerging in digital publishing. It is one where the tendency in the physical book world towards best sellers garnering…
