Comments - e-publishing wars - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T10:43:41Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=537324%3ABlogPost%3A204867&xn_auth=noWow, thanks Pepper. Excellent…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-06-25:537324:Comment:2049512009-06-25T21:05:51.064ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Wow, thanks Pepper. Excellent suggestion. I'll need to talk to my agent about this and related matters. She's also groping in the dark about the current situation. Nothing much we can do about past contracts, I assume.
Wow, thanks Pepper. Excellent suggestion. I'll need to talk to my agent about this and related matters. She's also groping in the dark about the current situation. Nothing much we can do about past contracts, I assume. Fictionwise is an online e-bo…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-06-25:537324:Comment:2049162009-06-25T17:58:10.338ZPepper Smithhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Reefrunner
Fictionwise is an online e-bookstore primarily, although I think they do republish out-of-print works, etc. Maybe they do some straight publishing as well, though I hadn't heard they did that. I've had work up on there before. It's always cool to see your books selling next to some of the big names in the genre.<br />
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E-publishers have been saying for a long time that there needed to be one standard format to make sales easier, something that would work on a variety of devices. If they've finally…
Fictionwise is an online e-bookstore primarily, although I think they do republish out-of-print works, etc. Maybe they do some straight publishing as well, though I hadn't heard they did that. I've had work up on there before. It's always cool to see your books selling next to some of the big names in the genre.<br />
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E-publishers have been saying for a long time that there needed to be one standard format to make sales easier, something that would work on a variety of devices. If they've finally settled on one, that's a good thing.<br />
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IJ, with most e-pubs, the contract is limited to a certain length of time, and is renewable at the end of the period with consent of both parties. I think with the big houses, your agent can insist in the contract negotiations that if the ebook version doesn't sell above a certain number of copies per year once the paper version is out of print, the rights revert to you. It's something to discuss with your agent, anyway. Otherwise, they'll probably hang on to it, as you say, as long as they can occasionally sell a copy. Thanks. I forgot about the co…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-06-25:537324:Comment:2048932009-06-25T17:14:49.708ZI. J. Parkerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Thanks. I forgot about the conversion issue. This may be a major one for authors since e-books essentially don't go out of print.<br />
I recall that this surfaced when I let Amazon Shorts have one of my short stories. I wanted to know how long I was tied to the contract and was told that generally no more than a few years were involved. I think this translates into: "as long as we can sell an occasional copy."
Thanks. I forgot about the conversion issue. This may be a major one for authors since e-books essentially don't go out of print.<br />
I recall that this surfaced when I let Amazon Shorts have one of my short stories. I wanted to know how long I was tied to the contract and was told that generally no more than a few years were involved. I think this translates into: "as long as we can sell an occasional copy."