[dead]
No one buys books
161–170 of 752 posts
Re: No one buys books
#162[dead]
Re: No one buys books
#163[dead]
Re: No one buys books
#164[flagged]
Re: No one buys books
#165Can't help but feel for the publishing industry considering how shafted they got by tech. You distribute books all over the country? Amazon can do it better and cheaper. You print books? Well we have e-books now. You have a massive back catalog? Google just scanned all of it. You do marketing? Authors now have their own followings on social media and can reach them directly. You give cash advances? Fans on Kickstarte…
IMO there are still quality publishers, but they are small and tend to focus on specific topics. Two that I'm aware of, although I'm sure there are more out there: - https://lostartpress.com - https://tinhouse.com
Another one is Other India Press.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_India_Press
https://www.otherindiabookstore.com/about
I got to know about them through coming across the book Tending the Earth, by Winin Pereira.
https://www.banyantreebookstore.com/product-page/tending-the...
I have some background in organic gardening, and think it is a very good book.
It is about more than just organic gardening, though.
Re: No one buys books
#166[flagged]
Re: No one buys books
#167[flagged]
Re: No one buys books
#168Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Can't help but feel for the publishing industry considering how shafted they got by tech. Publishers have been shafting authors for centuries. I'll shed no tears on their behalf.
Prior to the digital age where it's possible for the author to self-publish the publisher was handling 99% of the actual business of selling books and giving authors 15%. So while I think it's been hard to make a living as an author I don't think it's necessarily the publisher's fault. Better to be the one's selling shovels than the ones mining for gold.
>the publisher was handling 99% of the actual business of selling books
It seems to me that you're rather underestimating the importance of having something to put in the book.
Re: No one buys books
#169Since years back I already can’t help but keep thinking of paper books as nothing but printouts of text files. (And I no longer want or need printouts.)
Re: No one buys books
#170[flagged]