Forum: How Acquisitions Have Changed in the Digital Era

The literary landscape is changing rapidly as a result of the societal changes in the way we search for and buy things… books being the focus of this particular post. For most authors, “selling a book” doesn’t really mean selling the book lock stock and barrel, though there are some occasions when authors do sell all rights to a book, story, or project. What is usually “sold” is specific rights to publish and distribute a given book in a specific format in a specific geographic region...

There is no doubt that the Internet has had a big impact on not only how we buy things but what is available to buy. The global aspect of the Internet makes it possible to produce products that only a small percentage of the population in any geographic region is interested in purchasing. We see this in many areas that are not related to books and in many ways that are related to books. With the advent of the Internet manufacturers of everything from electronics to 7x men’s shirts found it...

Profits, the bottom line, what is currently selling, what is hot, what is not are the kinds of things that publishers, and by extension editors, think about when they are deciding which products to publish. Big print run paper publishers face a different equation than do print on demand and ebook publishers. The distinction between the two types of publishers and the differences in the equations that they use to determine the profit potential of a project is important for authors to...

Change has already happened, in fact, it’s been quietly going on in the background of our lives without much notice since the advent of the internet. Back before the internet when we needed or wanted something we went to one of the shops in our town or city and purchased it from one of the retailers who had it in stock. If we wanted something more specialized than the shops in our town or city carried we drove to a bigger city to purchase it there. If it was still more specialized we...

Good Evening! I hope everyone is enjoying a great Valentine's Day! This mini-workshop isn't intended to be instructive as to how to write. Instead it is intended to provide kind of a bird's eye glimpse of how the whole landscape of publishing has changed with the advent of the Internet. It's intended to be an exploration of the ways in which these changes impact on publishers and publishing decisions. I hope to give everyone a few tidbits to think about in terms of digital...

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Hi, and welcome to DigiCon and How Acquisitions have Changed in the Digital Era. I will be your moderator and I'm here to help on the technical and logistical end. So if you have password problems or other issues related to using the forum please let us know by sending me an email at davidson_michaela@yahoo.com A couple of housekeeping items: Unless otherwise directed, please do not post questions or responses to the Lesson threads. Start a new thread for questions and any...