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Originally Posted by Moejoe
I don't think we should be surprised any longer. I mean, the difference is negligible most of the time between what we get from the 'majors' and what we now receive from the 'indies'. Ridan is a good example, there is little (apart from a marketing budget) that separates their list from Tor's or any other publisher. That 1,000 will be 2,000 before long, and then 10,000 and more as ebooks become more accepted as a first choice rather than a poor choice (they've already jumped ahead since last year). The future is very bright for a lot of authors  |
Well there's indie writers as in Individual--and small publishers. I think you're referring to small pub's which have always done fairly well. Although it doesn't take from your point that 1000 in a month is great sales. A small publisher posted over on the Kindleboards thread and mentioned that selling 2000 was considered a success (over the typical early life of a book.) I'm sure that number is different for each small publisher--but some of the other indie authors--self-published--were reporting numbers that high for sales over a year. Impressive how technology is helping small publishers and indie authors reach an audience.
What it all means...who knows. As I said before, if the large publishers get on the program and start making their ebooks more available, the field will get quite crowded--especially when the backlist is available, those favorites that we never stop talking about (for me that's names like Elizabeth Peters, Jan Burke, Linda Fairstein, Carol O'Connell, Robert Crais, Lee Child...) And so on. Fantasy publishers, especially BAEN have been onboard for a while--lot easier to find their titles.