Comments on: Terry Goodkind Follows The Money

By: Random House Resets eBook Royalties, Misses The Point | Booksquare

Random House Resets eBook Royalties, Misses The Point | Booksquare — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:54:49 +0000

[...] “the competition” is not a handful of New York publishing entities. A few months back, I noted that author Terry Goodkind had followed the money and cut a deal with Rosetta Books, highlighting this quote: When asked why Goodkind opted to be published in e-book by an [...]

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:44:05 +0000

Maybe if publishers start thinking about their readers as their “customers” instead of the big distributers as their “customers”, it would be easier to see where their future opportunities lie.

By: eNotes Book Blog » Blog Archive » Sherry Jones, I Have Some Good News…

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:53:25 +0000

[...] finally, Booksquare discusses authors holding off rights for e-books for financial reasons or because that particular format isn’t the proper way to view their art. I’m about as [...]

By: Shayne

Shayne — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:04:29 +0000

If Goodkind didn’t get 35-50%, he got taken.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:09:59 +0000

Excellent post. I haven’t followed this beyond the headline level, though. Does anyone know what the actual eBooks will cost readers?

By: Eoin Purcell

Eoin Purcell — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:59:17 +0000

You know how it is Kassia,

A good scare every now and then never hurt anyone! Especially when it makes you think some!

Eoin

By: Sword of Truth Novels Soon To Be Available As E-books « The Book Bark!

Sword of Truth Novels Soon To Be Available As E-books « The Book Bark! — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:15:04 +0000

[...] Kassia Krozer at Booksquare, blogs about it, bringing up some very interesting points and questions. “Why should an author give over his or her epublishing rights to a traditional print house? What advantage comes from this sort of arrangement? I am not asking a rhetorical question. In a new distribution landscape, what advantage does a traditional, print-based publisher offer?” [...]

By: Kassia Krozser’s Booksquare Tells a Cautionary Tale About EPublishing | Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:43:44 +0000

[...] By Jane • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Ebooks • • Kassia Krozser of Booksquare examines Terry Goodkind’s ebook deal with Rosetta Books. Goodkind owned his ebook rights and instead of going e with Tor, his print [...]

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:32:40 +0000

I think this is fabulously funny. Publishers and authors who resist legitimate e – efforts are getting shafted by google.

By: Von Allan

Von Allan — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:24:44 +0000

I do find this fascinating. I’m a graphic novelist and so I get very curious about this on the webcomics side of things. There certainly hasn’t been a truly innovative ebook method of delivering this type of content quite yet. As a result, the traditional advertising/merchandising is still the dominant revenue platform.

I actually think ebooks, especially future iterations of Kindle-like devices that can handle the complex graphics, will alter the landscape of comics and graphic novels.

Thanks for writing on this subject!