Comments on: Best-selling E author Darrell Bain on agent hell and e-book success: 5,000 copies sold in E is proportionally 250,000 in P http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/30/best-selling-e-author-darrell-bain-on-agent-hell-and-e-book-success-5000-copies-sold-in-e-is-the-same-proportionally-as-250000-in-p/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:05:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Richard Johnson http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/30/best-selling-e-author-darrell-bain-on-agent-hell-and-e-book-success-5000-copies-sold-in-e-is-the-same-proportionally-as-250000-in-p/#comment-679847 Richard Johnson Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:07:52 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/30/best-selling-e-author-darrell-bain-on-agent-hell-and-e-book-success-5000-copies-sold-in-e-is-the-same-proportionally-as-250000-in-p/#comment-679847 Once again we see tenacity as the primary trait of a successful author. That's kind of sad, but does help us get better material to read. I'm fascinated by the convergence of e-books and p-books. Seems like there's quite a story there for some enterprising investigators--how the DMCA is used to exclude some and include others, how paper media moguls have as hard a time breaking into e-media as e-writers have breaking into p-books, how more than half the money flow associated with e-publishing is in marketing and sales, etc. How many e-publishers are enough? When we all blog, how will I know who to read to get the best and most amusing material for my specific eclectic tastes? Once again we see tenacity as the primary trait of a successful author. That’s kind of sad, but does help us get better material to read.

I’m fascinated by the convergence of e-books and p-books. Seems like there’s quite a story there for some enterprising investigators–how the DMCA is used to exclude some and include others, how paper media moguls have as hard a time breaking into e-media as e-writers have breaking into p-books, how more than half the money flow associated with e-publishing is in marketing and sales, etc.

How many e-publishers are enough? When we all blog, how will I know who to read to get the best and most amusing material for my specific eclectic tastes?

]]> By: N. D. Hansen-Hill http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/30/best-selling-e-author-darrell-bain-on-agent-hell-and-e-book-success-5000-copies-sold-in-e-is-the-same-proportionally-as-250000-in-p/#comment-679843 N. D. Hansen-Hill Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:04:15 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/30/best-selling-e-author-darrell-bain-on-agent-hell-and-e-book-success-5000-copies-sold-in-e-is-the-same-proportionally-as-250000-in-p/#comment-679843 What a refreshingly honest take on the e-book industry! Getting published is no longer the hard part of the book business - it's name recognition that's difficult. The competition is horrendous! Congrats to you, Darrell, on your success - Cheers, ND What a refreshingly honest take on the e-book industry! Getting published is no longer the hard part of the book business - it’s name recognition that’s difficult. The competition is horrendous!

Congrats to you, Darrell, on your success -

Cheers,
ND

]]> By: Roy Lewis http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/30/best-selling-e-author-darrell-bain-on-agent-hell-and-e-book-success-5000-copies-sold-in-e-is-the-same-proportionally-as-250000-in-p/#comment-679035 Roy Lewis Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:27:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/30/best-selling-e-author-darrell-bain-on-agent-hell-and-e-book-success-5000-copies-sold-in-e-is-the-same-proportionally-as-250000-in-p/#comment-679035 Darrell has been one of my favorite authors in both Print and e-Books and his "Medics Wild" is one of the funniest versions of MASH for the VietNam era. His "Sex Gates" is one of the funniest SF I have read and his "Warp Point" has hit the MainStream publishing as Great SF. I do beleive I have read and purchased every book he has offered and am always waiting for the next. His newsletter is a great read each month. His BIO that he published is a great read for us 60 types and others wondering about VietNam. Darrell has been one of my favorite authors in both Print and e-Books and his “Medics Wild” is one of the funniest versions of MASH for the VietNam era. His “Sex Gates” is one of the funniest SF I have read and his “Warp Point” has hit the MainStream publishing as Great SF. I do beleive I have read and purchased every book he has offered and am always waiting for the next. His newsletter is a great read each month. His BIO that he published is a great read for us 60 types and others wondering about VietNam.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/30/best-selling-e-author-darrell-bain-on-agent-hell-and-e-book-success-5000-copies-sold-in-e-is-the-same-proportionally-as-250000-in-p/#comment-679000 Mike Cane Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:09:37 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/30/best-selling-e-author-darrell-bain-on-agent-hell-and-e-book-success-5000-copies-sold-in-e-is-the-same-proportionally-as-250000-in-p/#comment-679000 OK, aside from people lauding the Kindle and making me wonder if they ever heard of the Sony Reader, comes this: Did he never hear of Writers Digest? My God, I can't believe anyone who wanted to be a writer wouldn't have come across that magazine on stands and at least pick up *one* copy. Never, EVER pay a "reading" fee, or *any* fee to an agent, period. I learned that first thing from that magazine. Second thing: NEVER do vanity press. (These days, however, with blogs and such, *self*-publishing is OK. As long as you're not *paying* someone for that privilege!) OK, aside from people lauding the Kindle and making me wonder if they ever heard of the Sony Reader, comes this: Did he never hear of Writers Digest? My God, I can’t believe anyone who wanted to be a writer wouldn’t have come across that magazine on stands and at least pick up *one* copy. Never, EVER pay a “reading” fee, or *any* fee to an agent, period. I learned that first thing from that magazine. Second thing: NEVER do vanity press. (These days, however, with blogs and such, *self*-publishing is OK. As long as you’re not *paying* someone for that privilege!)

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