Thanks for your insight from within as it were... could you help put it in a little more perspective as well, I understand if you decline the info but am interested. How many titles would you expect to publish in a year and how would this relate to dealing with back-catalogue requiring scanning and OCR?
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Originally Posted by TFWpublisher
Well I'm a publisher, and I can tell you there's absolutely no reason why any eBook should cost more than the paperback version.
The costs that are the same for both versions? Cover art, editing, and promotion, and that's where it stops.
The process of producing a properly formatted eBook file from a .doc or .rtf file is straightforward and seldom takes more than an hour or two. Once the eBook is uploaded to our distributors (Amazon.com, Smashwords, Sony, Apple, etc.), we're basically done with it. Oh, and if we spot something in the finished product that we overlooked, or simply want to change, we can do that quickly and easily, at no cost to us.
Compare this to the production of paperbacks (which we also produce). It takes far longer to format a paper title, and once it's off the press, you'll tear your hair out if you spot a mistake or something you simply want to change.
Just because eBooks are easier to produce than paperbacks doesn't mean you can just throw them out there on the market and rake in the cash. Far from it. The author and publisher have to work together to get as much exposure for the title as possible. There's a LOT of competition, and that's a wild understatement.
The Fiction Works was one of the pioneers in the eBook biz (I started the company about 12 years ago). Am I thrilled with what's happening now? You bet I am! The eBook market is set to explode.
Ray Hoy, Publisher
The Fiction Works
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