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The Idea Logical Company
JANUARY 4, 2023
We’ve previously explored what I called “the end of the trade publishing concept” , which stems from the now wide-open opportunity to publish available to anybody with a computer and something to deliver as a book. That requirement cost publishers money, but also served to eliminate competition.
The Idea Logical Company
AUGUST 2, 2023
The case has been made here repeatedly over years that the business and operating model of book publishing as it has been throughout my 50+-year career is irretrievably broken. And the publishers no longer have any moat around the retailing marketplace protecting them.
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Jane Friedman
MAY 25, 2023
A mutual friend urged me to approach this writer with a question about how to publish the book I was working on. So, I walked up to him and asked if he had any pointers to offer on the publishing journey. All these years later, having published two books and many articles, I still cringe at the memory.
The Idea Logical Company
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
That will not be good news to Hachette and HarperCollins, both of which opposed the PRH-S&S merger but probably hoped they could pursue S&S if the publisher remained independent. The five biggest publishers are probably at their high water mark for market share. Publishing new titles profitably has become exceedingly difficult.
Jane Friedman
AUGUST 31, 2023
Photo by karina zhukovskaya Note from Jane: In the earliest days of my career, I served as managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine, and one of the nicest parts of my job was calling up winners of our writing contests, including the National Self-Published Book Awards. The publishing world changes fast. Fast forward to 2023.
Jane Friedman
MARCH 8, 2023
My second novel was going to be published! When New York City–based Adelaide Books offered me a contract to publish Painting Through the Dark , it set my heart racing in a good way. I asked around—friends who were published authors, others with knowledge of independent publishing. It was the end of August 2020.
Jane Friedman
MAY 17, 2023
Likewise, publishing independently sounds like a confusing marathon without any guarantee of actual sales. I decided to publish the book independently so that Gidon’s dream would come true while he could enjoy it. The accepted wisdom is that it is tough and exceedingly rare for an indie writer to cross into traditional publishing.
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