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Paths to Publishing
by, Jill Swenson
August 11, 2015

The business of publishing continues to evolve and new finance models have emerged in recent years. There is a lot of new middle ground between self-publishing – Amazon, Smashwords, Lulu – and the traditional route of finding an agent who sells your work to one of the big commercial trade presses – Penguin Random House, Hatchette Book Group, Harper Collins, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster…. [Read More]

Filed Under: academic presses, Beacon Press, Cooperative Publishing, Distribution, IndieGoGo, Kickstarter, marketing strategy, Nonprofit Publishers, Publishers, Publishing, subsidy
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Pathways to Publishing
by, Jill Swenson
August 27, 2013
The convention floor at Book Expo America - photo by Ashley Grill

The business of publishing continues to evolve and new finance models have emerged offering authors more than the option to self-publish or go the traditional route. Between the five big commercial trade presses – Penguin Random House, Hatchette Book Group, Harper Collins, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster – and self-publishing with Blurb, or Smashwords, there are new routes for writers to consider in their pursuit… [Read More]

Filed Under: Crowdsourcing, ebooks, IndieGoGo, Kickstarter, Non-profit publishers, Print-on-demand, Publishing Cooperatives, subsidy
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Sticky wickets on book sales
by, Jill Swenson
January 29, 2011

Barnes & Noble,  Borders, and thousands of small and independent book stores are struggling to pay their bills, including bills to publishers. Big commercial publishers are still in sticker shock that the old profit margins and traditional ways of doing business are gone. But everyone loves books.   Even GE.  Their extension of credit to Barnes & Noble to keep things alive a few more months in this… [Read More]

Filed Under: advances, Author investments, Authors, blogging, Books are alive and well, build readership, Dear Friend Amelia, Distribution, Jane Marie Books, Marketing, New Publishing Business Models, production loans, Publishing Partnerships, Six Mile Creek Press, subsidy
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