was the seven types of pirate, is Big NY dinosaurs?

Brenna said:

> Sigh. Kirk, this system was created before the Internet. It's  
> outdated. It
> doesn't have to be this way anymore, and holding onto this system is  
> only
> hurting conglomerate press. They are using ebooks to shore up the  
> disastrous
> print market (don't look at gross sales...look at the bottom line),  
> when
> changes to the way they do business would alleviate a lot of their  
> problems.
> Indie press is proof of that (where none of what you hold dear  
> exists), and
> if the NY contracts changed...well, it's that simple. POD and ebooks  
> have
> made the old system obsolete, and they could save a lot of money by  
> updating
> the existing system.
>
> Yes, translations would be a different subject, and I never said they
> wouldn't. But there is no reason, these days, not to simply use the  
> indie
> contract and approach and to release books in English language  
> worldwide.
> The more they drag their feet, the more dissatisfied readers across  
> the pond
> get and the more their old system falters.
>
> What I see WRONG is holding onto a broken system.


You're right, that treating all language groups as a single territory  
for most indie books works best. Unfortunately, you're not right that  
it works best for all books. The big publishing companies are (mostly)  
still doing it that way for a reason. Yes, there are complications,  
and there may come a day when the costs of the current system outweigh  
the benefits received from it.

That day is not yet here. The revenues generated by dividing, for  
example, English language rights into US, Canadian, Anzac, and England  
+ other Commonwealth, or even North American and English Commonwealth  
still significantly exceed the costs.

The large publishing companies do have some idiots. Most of them don't  
last long, and most don't have many. Assuming that they ALL are doing  
something stupid is usually a "sucker bet."

The same could be said of large companies in most industries, but  
publishing has a higher percentage of genius types than most.

FWIW,

Marion Gropen
Gropen Associates, Inc.
Consulting By-The-Question,  Tools & Classes for Publishers
www.GropenAssoc.com
Her blog: www.GropenAssoc.com/blog



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