Thread: Now that's a business model...
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Old 11-27-2010, 08:18 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by CazMar View Post
This is where ebooks might change publishers' perception of what is a good selling book - a high quality long term seller might be seen as a good business acquisition, a small initial cost of publication but they might earn the publisher a steady income for the next 20 years....
I don't think it will change the model at all for backlists.

They will need to keep putting out paper for many years to come. As a result, paper costs will get lower, but so will paper sales.

Plus, the paper part isn't a big cost. Once it's in the back catalog, they don't have to do big print runs of a book that only sold 10,000 in its first run. They might even be able to fulfill those sales using POD at some point in the near future.
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