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There’s only one Seth Godin, but there are other authors who might emulate him

August 23, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 59 Comments

What shoved other news aside this morning was the word from Seth Godin that he won’t be publishing books with publishers anymore. This is another early indication that it is going to get harder and harder for trade publishers to sign up books. It is not the first one. Thriller writer J.A. Konrath discovered the […]

Filed Under: Authors, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: A Year in Mudville, J. A. Konrath, Mark Bide, Seth Godin, Smashwords, Stephen Bagdade, Stephen Covey

It isn’t wise to draw lines in the sand that ultimately can’t be defended

July 25, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 23 Comments

Apologies in advance for a much-longer-than-usual post. It is not like the publishers haven’t seen the ebook royalty fight coming. On a panel he and I were on together in March of 2009, John Sargent, the Chairman and CEO of Macmillan, identified ebook margins as the critical issue for publishers going forward. Even though ebook […]

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