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Originally Posted by Ortep
Hmmmm...sounds great...lets give it an name. 'Uitgeverij' would be a nice one. For the people who don't speak Dutch it literaly translates as: Hand it Out place
The more common translation is 'publisher'  |
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
How is it pronounced? "out-geh-vreej" ?
The idea of an ebook coop has been bantered about on this site for quite a while. But some authors do not want the additional chores of managing the sales of their work and rely on agents, most often publishing houses, to just bring in the bacon. Most are artists and have no salesmanship talent. To each his own.
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No, there's a difference... Right now, an author "sells" his book to a publisher. That publisher is then allowed to print books up to a certain amount. If the author decides that that other publisher would be better, he can't switch as he has signed a contract.
What I meant was: there is a company that does nothing but offering server space and a way for buyers to buy products. (Compare it a bit with PayPal. I can sell products, by using PayPal. The money goes on my PayPal account and I can then either spend it directly or let it be put on another bank account. If you earn more than a certain amount of money, you have to pay a percentage to PayPal.)
An author writes a book and then "uploads" that book to the site, he sets a few settings (TTS enabled yes/no, DRM enabled yes/no, Printing enabled yes/no, pricing, etc). You then buy the book and the money goes directly into the author's account, minus a small percentage (required for maintenance of the site). If the author decides he wants to retract the book, he's free to do so, as he still is owner of the book.