tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.comments2023-08-14T13:26:45.925+01:00Caffeine Nights PublishingCaffeine Nightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09637823172718645175noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-16054246682908281212020-04-04T16:33:04.104+01:002020-04-04T16:33:04.104+01:00I dont have THAT - lostland.
Im a NDEr.I dont have THAT - lostland.<br />Im a NDEr.-blessed b9, Catalyst4Christhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650964620664544661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-42892347321147718582016-10-29T12:47:08.177+01:002016-10-29T12:47:08.177+01:00How much does it cost to publish a book?
Pi-Ernte...How much does it cost to publish a book? <br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ss1FtYno0o" rel="nofollow">Pi-Erntedankfest</a>Gary Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549621201445968313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-90913378345616242732016-06-10T15:37:21.634+01:002016-06-10T15:37:21.634+01:00Complete and utter nonsense.Complete and utter nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-90715631842348242682016-02-09T08:24:18.525+00:002016-02-09T08:24:18.525+00:00Loveling Lulu. Everyone make from this nickname so...Loveling Lulu. Everyone make from this nickname some sweet person, like in LOL or another movies or games.Tommyhttp://1escortgirls.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-62090467115904882652014-09-16T14:39:12.677+01:002014-09-16T14:39:12.677+01:00I agree with almost everything you say Darren espe...I agree with almost everything you say Darren especially the point you make about divisions be manufactured in households and between friends. Whatever happens on the 18th of September, Scotland's citizens must band TOGETHER to move forward as a country, whether with independence, devomax or some other middle ground solution. This referendum may not only divide Scotland from the UK, it may also causes long lasting feuds within its communities. Whether the vote goes the way I want it too or not, I am determined to stop the debating and arguing so I can concentrate on making a better future for my family regardless of whether I live in Scotland or the UK.Graham Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561493204302079903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-1084496756371096872014-09-16T11:22:00.436+01:002014-09-16T11:22:00.436+01:00As an Aberdonian who has been living in England fo...As an Aberdonian who has been living in England for many years I wholeheartedly agree with these sentiments. My Dad and Mum are buried together in Aberdeen and I know what they would have wished. Things will never be the same again but I do hope we will still be a united nation on Friday 19th September.harry dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200288139940919104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-28729723012504654252013-06-02T09:31:54.665+01:002013-06-02T09:31:54.665+01:00As an independent bookseller, I have quite the opp...As an independent bookseller, I have quite the opposite problem. We have tried on many occasions to attract local and national writers to our store with the offer of book signings and talks - all to no avail. We are told the population base is too small; the authors books don't sell in country towns; there is no money to be made. We even tried to invite numerous authors and other booksellers to attend our annual festival in town and were turned down cold. Between publishers and agents, smaller bookstores are being ignored. What are we to do?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519654261449253093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-42797965085714012512013-06-02T07:37:48.430+01:002013-06-02T07:37:48.430+01:00As reader/author our love for bookstores keeps us ...As reader/author our love for bookstores keeps us banging at their door. Sadly as I hear of another book stores imminent closure today it appears there may not be doors to bang on in the near future. Personally we know how successful a book signing can be for all - you only have to look at our recent book tour blog where we achieved No.1 spot in store that week for all three of our books from one signing! RC Bridgestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115392910732534651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-85931981797031600762013-06-02T00:53:50.597+01:002013-06-02T00:53:50.597+01:00I'm in the states, but it is the same situatio...I'm in the states, but it is the same situation here. If you aren't well-known they don't want to mess with you. I've had better responses from stores that carry local people's art, crafts, etc. for the tourists that come through our area.Mari Collierhttp://www.maricollier.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-74062569500849507892013-04-18T07:36:24.607+01:002013-04-18T07:36:24.607+01:00Interesting write up, Darren. I've got a '...Interesting write up, Darren. I've got a 'Books are my Bag' or is it 'Bags my Books'! My name's not Lucinda though. It was very handy for lugging around the various promo literature. Nice to see you there. Best wishes with everything.Pauline Rowsonhttp://www.rowmark.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-42861733273666632142013-02-17T01:13:37.178+00:002013-02-17T01:13:37.178+00:00We do put all of our ebooks on all platforms avail...We do put all of our ebooks on all platforms available but the sad truth is that the majority of sales for ebooks still come through Amazon. They are selling 70% of all ebooks sold. While sales at Kobo are picking up they have such a long way to go to get the numbers Amazon is achieving. The implications of 'second-hand' ebooks could be the nail in the coffin for many publishers. A more direct course of action might be a universal boycott which I would support if we had the support of all publishers including self-publishers on Amazon.Caffeine Nightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09637823172718645175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-44411469099556802212013-02-16T14:16:55.608+00:002013-02-16T14:16:55.608+00:00I have to admit that I do not fully understand the...I have to admit that I do not fully understand the implications. Maybe one possible course of action is to stop relying solely on Kindle (as many of us, including myself, do) Maybe our ebooks should be available on all types of ebook format - Nook, and Kobo. Perhaps Smashwords and Draft2Digital should be supported more than at present. Certainly Amazon needs to be made aware of our (Indie authors) concerns. Sadly an individual author would have no impact whatsoever. Perhaps we should all join together into a Federation of Indie Authors. John Holthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11659732827882518859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-55886477568224349742012-11-13T17:40:03.865+00:002012-11-13T17:40:03.865+00:00Completely agree on this. I self-published my firs...Completely agree on this. I self-published my first book 18 months ago and have enjoyed the support of Waterstones with county book signings, which usually ended up far above the most of any book sold on the day. The stores in the main are very supportive and I've even been asked back three times with my forth bs in dec.<br /><br />I can understand that authors who don't interact well with customers can bring the wrong experience when visiting a store and so, yes, some kind of filtering guideline should be provided to staff to avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I even think that Waterstones in fact should turn this on its head and have a specifically designed programme for local author events in-store that a) puts a good face on the chain and b) raises their profile and brings people into the stores. A Saturday morning recurring event would be something for people to get into the habit with.<br /><br />They have a virtual monopoly on bookstores in the UK now, and they are wasting a wonderful market position by supporting the opposite culture with an on-line competitor-giant, but also restricting their grand opportunity to maximise the visitor experience within a ton a floor space.<br /><br />It would make far more sense to remove rare-selling books from the shelves with a touch-screen ordering system in store backed up with a rapid same-day/next-UK free delivery service, and then max out the freed up space with interactive experiences such as book signings that competitors like Amazon cannot compete with.<br /><br />Happy to discuss, Mr Daunt.<br />Miles Allenhttp://www.thewalkersoflegend.co.uk/TheAuthor.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-39807988534885160432012-08-03T16:31:47.783+01:002012-08-03T16:31:47.783+01:00It doesn't affect me. Personally, I have boyco...It doesn't affect me. Personally, I have boycotted this book chain until they have re-installed the apostrophe in their name.u.v.ray.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02866397025200956617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-33774123688211933182012-07-28T21:09:20.544+01:002012-07-28T21:09:20.544+01:00Well said. I am a small publisher and cannot under...Well said. I am a small publisher and cannot understand why I am effectively forced into a loss making business arrangement with the wholesalers. I cannot build a business at all through wholesale sales - only local store signings where I supply the books and invoice direct. A 9% discount required by the store allows me to build profit and build a viable business, but the 60% discount demanded by the wholesalers is killing my business, in fact has not allowed it to even get off the ground at the moment. It's an expensive hobby, unless we do a store signing... <br />The carbon footprint annoys me too. Just recently I had a large order for one of the wholesalers. I paid £16 for the courier to have the books sent 300 miles away, only for me to find they have come all the way back again and are on the shelf of a local store! I could have put them in a trolley case, hopped on an hour's bus journey for £1.90 and taken them in myself! And made more 91% on the sales as opposed to an exploitative 40%. <br />There has to come a point where we small and new publishers have to raise our voices and find ways to bypass the wholesalers altogether. It's not a case of us wanting to make more profit, it's a case of being able to make any profit. I'm making a loss every time I sell to them - I can't even break even! <br />Yes the timescale is another thing - I can get the book to a customer overnight, but for some reason it takes 10 days to reach them through wholesalers. Customers and my authors think I am not sending the books when in reality the wholesalers are not sending them quickly enough. <br />It has to change, it really does. Please for goodness sake Waterstones, help independent up and coming publishers get off the ground by allowing us to supply you direct if we can. Or we'll die off altogether, and the only ones surviving will be those who can print literally tens of thousands of books. Or those who established themselves under the old direct supply system. <br />Our collective symbol of action should be a trolley case lol! xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-27130771864836261092012-07-28T21:07:37.473+01:002012-07-28T21:07:37.473+01:00Well said. I am a small publisher and cannot under...Well said. I am a small publisher and cannot understand why I am effectively forced into a loss making business arrangement with the wholesalers. I cannot build a business at all through wholesale sales - only local store signings where I supply the books and invoice direct. A 9% discount required by the store allows me to build profit and build a viable business, but the 60% discount demanded by the wholesalers is killing my business, in fact has not allowed it to even get off the ground at the moment. It's an expensive hobby, unless we do a store signing... <br />The carbon footprint annoys me too. Just recently I had a large order for one of the wholesalers. I paid £16 for the courier to have the books sent 300 miles away, only for me to find they have come all the way back again and are on the shelf of a local store! I could have put them in a trolley case, hopped on an hour's bus journey for £1.90 and taken them in myself! And made more 91% on the sales as opposed to an exploitative 40%. <br />There has to come a point where we small and new publishers have to raise our voices and find ways to bypass the wholesalers altogether. It's not a case of us wanting to make more profit, it's a case of being able to make any profit. I'm making a loss every time I sell to them - I can't even break even! <br />Yes the timescale is another thing - I can get the book to a customer overnight, but for some reason it takes 10 days to reach them through wholesalers. Customers and my authors think I am not sending the books when in reality the wholesalers are not sending them quickly enough. <br />It has to change, it really does. Please for goodness sake Waterstones, help independent up and coming publishers get off the ground by allowing us to supply you direct if we can. Or we'll die off altogether, and the only ones surviving will be those who can print literally tens of thousands of books. Or those who established themselves under the old direct supply system. <br />Our collective symbol of action should be a trolley case lol! xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-63410186126778424632012-03-18T09:35:38.711+00:002012-03-18T09:35:38.711+00:00You'd think -- being the biggest book distribu...You'd think -- being the biggest book distributors on the planet -- Ingram would be the struggling brick-and-mortar bookstores' obvious go-to choice. For smaller publishing houses, it's an up-hill and largely thankless battle all the way. Though ebooks are said to have leveled the playing field (to some extent) -- even in digital, the Big Six and brand-name authors get online store exposure small independents can only dream of. Luck to Darren and team and to their wonderful authors. They deserve it after the time, skill, selfless effort and sheer hard work no major house with all its money and specialised departments covering each element of the business puts in on a mere (salaried) five-day-week. NeilTHAT BOOKS CHAPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125027071732354302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-40439653011441582852011-10-25T20:06:08.095+01:002011-10-25T20:06:08.095+01:00This can't really have effect, I think like th...This can't really have effect, I think like this.sex toyshttp://www.soflopunch.com/2011/05/why-to-go-sex-shop.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-63729824090919731962011-07-11T11:54:52.774+01:002011-07-11T11:54:52.774+01:00I really like your blog. Thank you for sharing.I really like your blog. Thank you for sharing.Viagra Generikahttp://www.generic-sildenafilapotheke.com/erektile-dysfunktion-physiologienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-61324350190669449532011-06-22T06:58:42.475+01:002011-06-22T06:58:42.475+01:00Fantastic.
I work with a bloke, using the term ...Fantastic. <br /><br />I work with a bloke, using the term 'work' loosely, obviously. <br /><br />He tells the story of when he was a kid and him and his mate would get in a little rowing boat, cross the Lea and break into the front yard of one of the factories. <br /><br />Him and his mate would then fill their little boat up with the bundles of plastic coated copper wiring they'd find there, and row back to the safety of the other bank. <br /><br />It was just a case of then burning off the plastic coating and selling the copper wire back to the factory for, as kids, a huge profit. <br /><br />Kept them in fags for weeks, he reckoned.Ian Ayrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938603752420100222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-9719026103195856112011-05-15T17:34:24.422+01:002011-05-15T17:34:24.422+01:00Maybe we should organize an "unconference&quo...Maybe we should organize an "unconference" on ereading ?jfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14858308901174115481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-51272986430590414382011-02-17T13:48:10.799+00:002011-02-17T13:48:10.799+00:00Well, it’s amazing. The miracle has been done. Hat...Well, it’s amazing. The miracle has been done. Hat’s off. Well done, as we know that “hard work always pays off”, after a long struggle with sincere effort it’s done.<br />-----------<br />marqgibs<br /><a href="http://www.ebooksuk.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Download Ebooks</a>mgibs17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407326263865572668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-57454700693565167342010-12-15T12:01:58.590+00:002010-12-15T12:01:58.590+00:00Good article, Darren. Books are sold second hand a...Good article, Darren. Books are sold second hand and the author never receives a royalty for that (apart from the royalty first time round)so the same applies for passing on books whether they be printed books or e books. Two of my crime novels as e books have been given away free during Read an e book week,as a promotion, and yet these books still sell both as physical books and increasingly as e books. Publishers also often give away physical books for promotional purposes and just look at how many are being given away free on World Book Night.Piracy is a problem and one which I have experienced but I guess it will always be there. As you say the vast majority of people are law abiding, thank goodness, and expect to pay for something they want to read and hopefully enjoy, and if they then share or recommend then great.Pauline Rowsonhttp://www.rowmark.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-58966309465202507382010-12-14T22:23:56.872+00:002010-12-14T22:23:56.872+00:00Yes, this can be a tough issue. I now sometimes ge...Yes, this can be a tough issue. I now sometimes get e-books from the public library, so for me the books are free but the library does pay for them so the publisher and author still get paid for their work (and I get them online so I don't even have to leave the house). And most e-books are cheap, I've bought a couple of new release books lately for less than ten bucks. <br /><br />So, it seems that whatever argument there was for piracy is gone. Likewise whatever argument there was for DRM is gone, too.<br /><br />Some people will still pirate, but that doesn't seem like enough of a reason to inconvenience legitmate buyers. Might as wel let them do whatever they want with e-books once they've bought them.John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512097488187719524.post-83058315125823248962010-08-23T18:11:17.022+01:002010-08-23T18:11:17.022+01:00What is left unsaid is that the e-book model is mo...What is left unsaid is that the e-book model is more economically efficient for authors than it is for traditional publishers.<br /><br />It costs more for a traditional publisher to get an e-book out than an author. Their costs are higher, their expectations for profit are higher. They have more people to support.<br /><br />An author can get a book up on Kindle for about four hundred bucks, and that's to hire someone to prep the book properly. The author can sell it for $2.99 and recover 70 percent of it in royalties.<br /><br />Now, is it a viable publishing model? Can an author support himself off the proceeds? Maybe not off one book, but then an author can't support himself off one published book, either. It takes a long-term investment, attention to quality and marketing, and then ... well, the jury's still out, isn't it?Bill Peschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257587479467531187noreply@blogger.com