tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post7944471869820296396..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: To e or not to e! - the dilemma of self publishing ebooks - Saviour PirottaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-55978475336372732432013-04-21T15:20:49.445+01:002013-04-21T15:20:49.445+01:00Saviour - are you saying the publishers don't ...Saviour - are you saying the publishers don't have the e-rights? If they don't, you don't have to ask them. Though, even if they don't, you might *prefer* them to do it, for various reasons, or to give them the option (as suggested above) - but you'll only get 25% (probably - could be more or could be less, depending on what you negotiate) whereas if you do it yourself you could get 70%. Most contracts do include e-rights, though. Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847390687632715336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-6209498902430862722013-04-17T20:46:55.029+01:002013-04-17T20:46:55.029+01:00Thanks for your comments and advice, everyone. I&...Thanks for your comments and advice, everyone. I've decided to talk to my publishers about ebooking the two out of print Tremor titles. I'm also going to publish the pirate novel. I'll let you all know what happens.Saviour Pirottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050985173663527791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-85679899883270636932013-04-17T13:22:57.454+01:002013-04-17T13:22:57.454+01:00I'm with A Wilson here - If you get on well wi...I'm with A Wilson here - If you get on well with the publishers, then talk to them - as frankly as you have here. (They may even read this - and approach you!) JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60372835951009641542013-04-17T11:04:31.853+01:002013-04-17T11:04:31.853+01:00Definitely a dilemma and I'm not sure anyone h...Definitely a dilemma and I'm not sure anyone has the answer to this problem. But I found what you said about the schools and the downloadable stories interesting, Saviour. As long as it IS "we got your books" not "we didn't bother to get your books at all but are keeping a bit quiet about it" as seems to happen quite often. Although probably not with your great books. Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-32444847243254204172013-04-17T09:29:14.963+01:002013-04-17T09:29:14.963+01:00If you only publish the out of print books, people...If you only publish the out of print books, people are likely to get hooked and want the others...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-84704834777045153482013-04-17T09:27:45.842+01:002013-04-17T09:27:45.842+01:00I'm not sure if they do or don't, Emma. I...I'm not sure if they do or don't, Emma. It could be that the kids read one ebook and then go on to buy the paper versions of the other and there is evidence to suggest that ebooks do encourage the sales of paper books. When I put free stories on my website it certainly stopped schools I visited from buying my books. Teachers would say, 'we downloaded your stories from your site.' I took the freebies down and it went back to 'we got your books.'Saviour Pirottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050985173663527791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-72975019892308455042013-04-17T09:25:21.378+01:002013-04-17T09:25:21.378+01:00Do you get on well enough with the publisher to ta...Do you get on well enough with the publisher to talk to them about this? My instinct would be to chat to them first if you have a good relationship. I suspect that if it is going to be too expensive to reissue old titles then they will be happy for you to go ahead and self-publish them as e-books as, as Emma says, this could only serve to help promote you and thus increase sales of books currently in print.A Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00988158597150297353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-76365383384177340042013-04-17T09:16:26.390+01:002013-04-17T09:16:26.390+01:00But will the e-books detract from sales of the pap...But will the e-books detract from sales of the paper books? Is there any evidence for that? Maybe they would actually promote sales for the other titles? Or simply supply a completely different part of the market? Do your publishers have a view?Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-44111241865051253142013-04-17T09:14:05.566+01:002013-04-17T09:14:05.566+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.com