Solve that problem and you'll either get rich or revered as the genius who saved publishing!
It's nothing new. Ever heard the term mid-list? A few books/authors make it big-hit best seller lists, sell millions. Many more sell reasonably well but not necessarily well enough to survive without a day job. Used to be publishers would keep them in print long enough for them to find more readers.
But, despite generations of effort, nobody has really solved the problem.
For readers it is how to find the books they will enjoy and want more of out of the hundreds of thousands published.
To be more specific there is my own discovery of the Liad books. Somehow I missed them in bookstores. Maybe the stores I had access to didn't carry them or they might have had them when finances limited my buying. So, I didn't discover them until repeated recommendations on another fan list caught my attention and I went looking. Found one. Wanted more. Frustration ensued. Word of Mouth worked but availability wasn't there.
Eventually someone mentioned that Embiid was bringing them out in e-format. Hated the Embiid format. Had to read them on desktop screen. But I did and got all that were available of the novels. Never did find a device I could afford that would work with the Embiid format.
Found/got the eBookwise. Not perfect but good enough. And, oh joy, Fledgling! And then Baen Webscriptions with not just the novels but collections of the Chapbooks. Double, triple joy. Hooked a friend or two by sending them to Fledgling and then to Baen.
And now the older books are being reissued and there are new ones here/coming soon.
So, if you look instead of just waiting for some authority to tell you where; if you find groups with similar interests; if you scan the new offerings and the category listings at places like Fictionwise; then you have a fair chance of finding something you'll like. When you do, tell a friend or two.
(Note that if you were asking about my own books I haven't written any. I'm an e-publisher. Not sure if anything we've published would interest you although I do have dreams of discovering an author or authors that will. http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/epress-onlineeBooks.htm?cache
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Re: there are also epublishers
2008-10-01 18:15 (UTC)It's nothing new. Ever heard the term mid-list? A few books/authors make it big-hit best seller lists, sell millions. Many more sell reasonably well but not necessarily well enough to survive without a day job. Used to be publishers would keep them in print long enough for them to find more readers.
But, despite generations of effort, nobody has really solved the problem.
For readers it is how to find the books they will enjoy and want more of out of the hundreds of thousands published.
To be more specific there is my own discovery of the Liad books. Somehow I missed them in bookstores. Maybe the stores I had access to didn't carry them or they might have had them when finances limited my buying. So, I didn't discover them until repeated recommendations on another fan list caught my attention and I went looking. Found one. Wanted more. Frustration ensued. Word of Mouth worked but availability wasn't there.
Eventually someone mentioned that Embiid was bringing them out in e-format. Hated the Embiid format. Had to read them on desktop screen. But I did and got all that were available of the novels. Never did find a device I could afford that would work with the Embiid format.
Found/got the eBookwise. Not perfect but good enough. And, oh joy, Fledgling! And then Baen Webscriptions with not just the novels but collections of the Chapbooks. Double, triple joy. Hooked a friend or two by sending them to Fledgling and then to Baen.
And now the older books are being reissued and there are new ones here/coming soon.
So, if you look instead of just waiting for some authority to tell you where; if you find groups with similar interests; if you scan the new offerings and the category listings at places like Fictionwise; then you have a fair chance of finding something you'll like. When you do, tell a friend or two.
(Note that if you were asking about my own books I haven't written any. I'm an e-publisher. Not sure if anything we've published would interest you although I do have dreams of discovering an author or authors that will.
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/epress-onlineeBooks.htm?cache