Comments on: Simon & Schuster reducing e-book royalties http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/03/simon-schuster-reducing-e-book-royalties/ Perpetual projects and daily obsessions. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Future of the Book: it’s already here - by Joanna Penn | The Creative Penn http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/03/simon-schuster-reducing-e-book-royalties/comment-page-1/#comment-1760 The Future of the Book: it’s already here - by Joanna Penn | The Creative Penn Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:06:59 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=1104#comment-1760 [...] is also happening now in the blog world. Doyce Testerman, also in gaming and literature, has just started doing this with his blog. (I need to work out how to do it with mine and still maintain the right-hand [...] [...] is also happening now in the blog world. Doyce Testerman, also in gaming and literature, has just started doing this with his blog. (I need to work out how to do it with mine and still maintain the right-hand [...]

]]> By: Doyce http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/03/simon-schuster-reducing-e-book-royalties/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 Doyce Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:09:53 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=1104#comment-1757 My agent writes to let me know: "They've largely recanted, at least to most agents." My agent writes to let me know: “They’ve largely recanted, at least to most agents.”

]]> By: Artillery_MKV http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/03/simon-schuster-reducing-e-book-royalties/comment-page-1/#comment-1755 Artillery_MKV Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:22:22 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=1104#comment-1755 Why? Because they're testing to see how far they can squeeze before all the authors give them the bird and jump ship. It's stupid, but it's what publishers have historically when a 'new' medium came up . . .seeing how much they can milk it before they lose it. It won't work well this time though. In the past they could at least count on the revenue from running the big printing presses even if they didn't own the rights to specific books/genres. Strangely they don't own the means of production for electronic media. Why? Because they’re testing to see how far they can squeeze before all the authors give them the bird and jump ship.

It’s stupid, but it’s what publishers have historically when a ‘new’ medium came up . . .seeing how much they can milk it before they lose it. It won’t work well this time though. In the past they could at least count on the revenue from running the big printing presses even if they didn’t own the rights to specific books/genres. Strangely they don’t own the means of production for electronic media.

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