tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post9223219675999765644..comments2024-03-28T03:21:30.224-04:00Comments on Pimp My Novel: World of Tomorrow Week, Part 3 of 4: The FutureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-79792188143551350242023-06-15T03:12:17.310-04:002023-06-15T03:12:17.310-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397170836408307554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-85486333618799994662023-02-02T06:47:48.095-05:002023-02-02T06:47:48.095-05:00That was really cool Blog!
Regards: Kirkland Hotel...That was really cool Blog!<br />Regards: <a href="https://lakeviewhotelkirkland.com" rel="nofollow">Kirkland Hotel</a>Brionna Crookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12481476771881728267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-52409392249763314282010-11-04T10:14:21.268-04:002010-11-04T10:14:21.268-04:00Eric, I truly hope you are right about this! I wou...Eric, I truly hope you are right about this! I would love for indie bookstores to expand. Honestly, I think you're right on.Jagged Edgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01435493375198558451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-91471284777831893432010-11-03T19:18:25.569-04:002010-11-03T19:18:25.569-04:00I am thoroughly enjoying your discourse in this se...I am thoroughly enjoying your discourse in this series! Very enlightening!Tracy Krausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066853243062725525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-10009417144261576912010-11-03T18:01:19.423-04:002010-11-03T18:01:19.423-04:00We are at the very beginning of the end of somethi...We are at the very beginning of the end of something. That always means something exciting is about to happen.<br /><br />I love this blog and come daily. You are honest, blunt and quite frankly, funny. <br /><br />What matters more than the hoopla is that we all remember, everything begins with the word. How it gets out there, once I am able to put my penny's worth is something no one can control.<br /><br />Some of the greatest writers of all time wrote weekly in local print publications. Bring on the changes and keep us smiling.<br /><br />Or as my kids used to say ... Word Up Eric :)fOIS In The Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347958777030988677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-63239852306311704052010-11-03T17:47:22.977-04:002010-11-03T17:47:22.977-04:00In the future Apple will invent the iThought, a sm...In the future Apple will invent the iThought, a small device installed in the human brain that allows you to download anything on the internet including e-books. Apps for any thought will cost just 99 cents to rent and $2.99 to own. Instead of books, words will be copyrighted. Amazon's quest to own every verb will create much panic. Apple will own all pronouns such as i. Google's attempt to offer a dictionary of every word ever created will be opposed by corporations that own the rights to words created by an author who has been dead for over a hundred years. Words such as like, happy, love, and zebra will disappear. The rights to such words will be in such a confusing mess people will stop using them for fear the copyright holder might surface and sue them. Large chain stores will disappear, replaced by small local stores featuring words unique to the local area.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-32221149098100007482010-11-03T17:23:51.944-04:002010-11-03T17:23:51.944-04:00"Corporations that large don't go out of ..."Corporations that large don't go out of business. They're sold first."<br />Joseph L. Selby, do not forget Tower Records. They, like Borders, were for sale for years. They lost money every month for years. Tower was kept going by the record labels who needed a major chain to reach the music customer. In the end, the customer moved on to the digital world and Tower never found a buyer (except the one that closed the doors and sold off the assets).michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-73176142637691394262010-11-03T17:16:37.609-04:002010-11-03T17:16:37.609-04:00I believe that as competition increases from the l...<i>I believe that as competition increases from the lean and mean smaller publishers who can sell more cheaply, sales switch to digital, profits continue to drop, and the bestselling authors realize they don't need no stinky publisher, the conglomerates will discover they can make more money selling cookies and toilet tissue than in publishing. </i><br /><br />Whether smaller presses can actually sell more cheaply is a question that isn't so easily answered. They have fewer employees and thus have less overhead there, but they also have less investment capital. The transition from paper to ebook requires an up-front investment that small presses may find difficult without using a third party vendor (where the larger houses can build their own solutions).<br /><br />More importantly, all those big corporations don't just own trade publishers. They own educational publishers as well. Educational publishing doubles the revenue of trade publishing and unlike trade, education has been pushing hard for the ebook revolution. Their margins are only going to increase when that transition finally occurs. The ePocalypse will not rid publishing of the big corporations. It's going to make them a boatload of money. Just not necessarily in the avenue we're used to talking about on blogs like this one.Joseph L. Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629531390894108695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-41412178279806099942010-11-03T15:21:59.166-04:002010-11-03T15:21:59.166-04:00Oh yes, the Independant Renaissance! I can't ...Oh yes, the Independant Renaissance! I can't wait.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-3217815515454023062010-11-03T14:35:49.438-04:002010-11-03T14:35:49.438-04:00I believe that as competition increases from the l...I believe that as competition increases from the lean and mean smaller publishers who can sell more cheaply, sales switch to digital, profits continue to drop, and the bestselling authors realize they don't need no stinky publisher, the conglomerates will discover they can make more money selling cookies and toilet tissue than in publishing. <br /><br />They will divest themselves of publishing companies which will either fold or return to their roots as discoverers of literary talent and creators of careers.Marilynn Byerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720129999636676998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-54017339108471453512010-11-03T14:12:31.582-04:002010-11-03T14:12:31.582-04:00The resurgence of the independent bookstore?!!! Wh...The resurgence of the independent bookstore?!!! What a lovely prediction. Thanks for bringing a little sunshine into my morning.Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733835506387656648.post-38367981186077101492010-11-03T11:47:45.749-04:002010-11-03T11:47:45.749-04:00they'll likely transform into an all e-operati...<i>they'll likely transform into an all e-operation, selling physical books via the Internet. Since Amazon already does this better than they do, I imagine they'll simply go out of business.</i><br /><br />Corporations that large don't go out of business. They're sold first. Borders doesn't have much to offer anyone but perhaps a businessman with too much money that thinks he can turn it around (which is unlikely). Barnes & Noble has established itself as an ebook presence, even if it's dwarfed by Amazon. If we learned anything from Microsoft, every giant can be felled.<br /><br />Barnes & Noble won't go out of business as long as it can shift sales to the nook. And as publishers begin to consolidate, Barnes & Noble offers them the life raft they aren't building for themselves now. A large parent company* could acquire B&N and immediately materialize a storefront they lacked previously. The infrastructure and the brand recognition is already there. Slough off the brick and mortar stores (those that aren't already closed) and utilize the e-store as a riposte to Amazon's aggressive positioning.<br /><br /><br />* None of these publishers could absorb the debt of a B&N acquisition, but their parent companies (Hatchett Livre, News Corp, Pearson, CBS, etc.) could.Joseph L. Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629531390894108695noreply@blogger.com