tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post3501143702645375705..comments2023-05-24T09:45:52.821-05:00Comments on Title Magic: Some Day My Print Will ComeSavanna Kougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-54344941518180371002012-10-07T00:25:09.038-05:002012-10-07T00:25:09.038-05:00Oh, that is interesting. Maybe the cost of produci...Oh, that is interesting. Maybe the cost of producing for print has lessened, or there's more of a demand. Or, perhaps, Siren is becoming more competitive. <br /><br />Pat, I'm surprised. I would have thought TEMPTATION AND TIGHTS would be perfect for para-manlove readers. <br /><br />My superhero menage seems to have garnered more notice lately on Amazon, and including a share site that I had to tell to take it down. I just figured it was because there was more interest in this subgenre. <br /><br />Could be Amazon readers and other venues will be your ticket. <br /><br /> Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-82504179678715762042012-10-06T15:20:22.560-05:002012-10-06T15:20:22.560-05:00By the way, Siren's minimum for print now is 3...By the way, Siren's minimum for print now is 35K words. I found out when Lena sent me an email letting me know Temptation and Tights was getting a print version and I went wha? Isn't it too short for print? Guess not. It pretty much tanked in sales, but I know Amazon's going to sell at least one print copy ...Pat C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10531462055912377327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-81043780624620505082012-10-05T14:38:59.994-05:002012-10-05T14:38:59.994-05:00Yeah, I don't remember about midlist dumping b...Yeah, I don't remember about midlist dumping by Harper Collins. Although, I have heard of Harlequin pulling that one on a small scale... but then, their midlist authors don't make that much... at least, they didn't... it was always the lure of making it to the top. <br /><br />That's it. Who the hell cares about them if they're going to take forever, and then not respond. Because even if you don't make the big figures by Indie publishing, at least, it's something. <br /><br />I mean, why bother unless you do have a time frame? They aren't the gods of publishing, or of picking top authors. It's all been basically hype. Wish I'd known that way back when. It's basically a racket, with a few bright spots -- that is, good books found, fought for, and published despite the current trends. Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-35043191158171052292012-10-05T13:16:04.668-05:002012-10-05T13:16:04.668-05:00And here's another thing that ticks me off. Pu...And here's another thing that ticks me off. Publishers don't want simultaneous submissions. At the same time, more and more are telling us "due to the volume of submissions, we'll only respond if we're interested." Yeah? How long am I supposed to wait? Three months? Six months? A year? I'm getting up there. I may not have that long.<br /><br />Harper was nice enough to tell us we've got a three-month wait. If we haven't heard by then, we're not going to. As for simultaneous subs, here's my finger. I sent the same book out to Amazon's new SF imprint back in July. They also won't call unless they're interested, but they don't even give a time frame. Be interesting to see what happens.Pat C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10531462055912377327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-25851699146559460272012-10-05T13:11:46.747-05:002012-10-05T13:11:46.747-05:00These concerns and more are heatedly being debated...These concerns and more are heatedly being debated on the AW forums right now. That "ebook only, with a possibility of print" is what set a lot of people off, and now has me entertaining second thoughts. They didn't mention the royalty amounts either, and I couldn't find any stats on Harper's regular submissions page.<br /><br />Of course, we're all getting ahead of ourselves. This will all be covered in the contract, should any of us land one. Contracts can be negotiated or, in the extreme, walked away from. I may be writing a follow-up blog in January.<br /><br />In a semi-related topic: wasn't Harper Collins the publisher that dumped all its midlist writers back in the '90s or thereabouts?Pat C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10531462055912377327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-16583760927155925722012-10-04T15:27:00.029-05:002012-10-04T15:27:00.029-05:00So, with Harper what kind of royalties are they of...So, with Harper what kind of royalties are they offering? And, are they honest? Authors with BIG BOY PUBLISHERS are getting gypped out of ebook royalties at times. Really, who do you trust? <br /><br />I think it would be a deal breaker for me if they didn't offer print or didn't ONLY want ebook rights. ONLY! <br /><br />I mean they can only trade on their BIG status for so long. <br /><br />I don't know if Harper is honest or not in paying royalties, or if they pay in any kind of timely manner. Some of the biggies don't. <br /><br />Yeah, I would have liked to walk into a bookstore and seen my books on the shelves. But that dream is gone. I just can't go with the current mafia-like distribution system. Because OVERALL that means, it's not the best books out there by the top authors. It's not what people are choosing to read. It's a rigged system. So, to me, it means nothing. <br /><br />Of course, that doesn't mean there aren't fabulous books and fabulous authors. It simply means the playing field is so tilted, so unfair, I refuse to support it, or throw my book pearls before the corp swine. <br /><br />To add, I have no clue if I would be published by the biggies, if it was a fair playing field. ~shug?~ <br /><br />REGARDLESS, GOOD LUCK!!! Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.com