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Originally Posted by anamardoll
To be honest, I think it's just a natural desire to be in control of your work and not be ripped off. The indies I've pitched to -- We can buy the ISBNs in bulk and pay less in the long run! We can get into NetGalley for reviewers! We can get into libraries by the power of Greyskull! -- have all said they'd rather pay $125 an ISBN and be totally independent.
I can understand that. It's not easy to trust someone you've never met face-to-face, and most of these companies -- Bowker, NetGalley, Overdrive -- do want to deal with someone one-on-one, as opposed to having a group account.
So it comes down to the usual "I know I'd be trustworthy and transparent in everything I do, but how can they know that?" 
With ISBN sharing, it'd be pretty easy, because you either have the data entered into Bowker correctly or you don't. (And the data enter-er could take screenshots.)
With NetGalley, it's super easy, because there's no revenue to juggle -- it's just a means of providing books to reviewers for free.
With Overdrive, it's more complicated: are we expecting to be PAID by the libraries? Because uuuuuuuuggh, juggling everyone's 30 cents a month would be a nightmare. But if we could put the titles on Overdrive for FREE and use the libraries as marketing/charity... 
But, again, you're basically asking people to trust you, even a little. Though my company does have a kickin' logo, and clearly that should make up for the trust issues. LOL.  |
I guess I can understand that.
But they should trust you. You're....
Ana!