The Book Industry and Publishing Options
image, marketing, distribution, editorial
Reasons to NOT Self-Publish: 1-Negative __________ 2-_____________ (all falls on the author) 3-Limited _____________ 4-No ____________ help
control, rights, percentage, market
Reasons to Self-Publish: 1-Maintain ________ and _______. 2-More __________ of income. 3-Prove to an editor that you have a _________.
University Presses
-academic, nonprofit, associated with a research university -usually DO NOT print their own material -usually have an area of expertise (poetry, -subsidizes them or uses endowments
Textbook Publishers
-create books for school and university classrooms -largest: McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Houghton Mifflin
Small Presses
-most of these are independent publishers (indies) -they may still be huge, just not part of the Big 4 clique
Amazon Standard Identification Number
ASIN. What you are issued instead of an ISBN when publishing with Kindle Direct.
online
Books published via POD are usually sold online.
Pricing, discoverability
How e-Books Have Changed the Market: 1) ___________ (lower overall; bundling audio/digital/traditional) 2) ______________ replaced distribution.
corrections
POD publishing allows for ____________.
the Big 4
Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan
bulk, warehouse
Print on Demand (POD) publishing eliminates ____ printing and _________ costs.
DIY, package
Print on Demand publishing ranges from ___ services to fancy _________ deals.
e-Publishing
Publishers include Barnes & Noble's Nook Press, Amazon Kindle Direct, Kindle Select, Smashwords, iUniverse, Pubit!, Amazon CreateSpace, BLURB
Vanity Press
Self-publishing method that charges writers to publish a book.
Print on Demand (POD)
Self-publishing method that uses digital printing technology that allows a complete book to be quickly printed and bound
unsolicited submissions, contests
Small presses acquire manuscripts from ____________ _______ and _______ (Pushcart Prize).
half
Small presses make up ______ of the market of the publishing industry.
lower, faster/higher
Small presses offer __________ advances, but ______/__________ royalty rates.
5-100s
Small presses publish from _-___ of titles a year.
editorial
Small presses want pieces that do not require much ________ work.
False
T/F: Indie publishing is self-publishing
True
T/F: POD publishing is used by traditional publishers, vanity presses, and self-publishers
True
T/F: Small presses are interested in taking on risky projects with artistic merit regardless of sales.
True
T/F: Some agents and editors look among e-publishers to find new clients.
True
T/F: You earn higher royalties with Amazon's Kindle Direct
False (You must promote it!)
T/F: Your work ends once the book is published.
Print, eBooks, Vanity Press, Print-on-Demand
Types of Self-Publishing
fees, sales
Vanity presses earn most of their money from _____, not _____.
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
When you publish using Kindle, Amazon handles _______ ____ _______, protecting your book from being downloaded and distributed.
widest
Whichever publishing option you choose, make your book available on the _______ range of platforms.
hybrid
________ authors are becoming popular--they self-publish and also publish through traditional publishers.
hybrid publishing
a combination of traditional and self-publishing
Publishing
a network of authors, agents, editors, publishers (self-publishing), bookstores, marketing, online bookselling, readers, and subsidiary factors
to issue a work publicly
definition of "publish"
Amazon
largest book retailer in America; 40% of all new books sold
Lulu, Blurb, Lightning Source
most popular POD services
Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan
the Big 4
