{"id":2078,"date":"2012-12-01T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bdabooks.com.au\/Blog\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2023-12-28T12:29:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T02:29:29","slug":"big-publishing-is-changing-again-author-beware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bdabooks.com.au\/Blog\/2012\/big-publishing-is-changing-again-author-beware\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBig Publishing\u201d is changing\u2026 AGAIN: Author beware!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been some BIG changes in \u201cBig Publishing\u201d in 2012\u2026\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/publisher-news\/article\/53077-pearson-acquires-self-publishing-vendor-author-solutions-for-116-million.html\">Penguin acquired \u201cvanity\u201d publishing outfit Author Solutions<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/books\/surviving-publishings-perfect-storm-20121130-2amcm.html\">Penguin and Random House announced their merger<\/a>\u2026 and now\u2026\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org.au\/awa\/20130501202412mp_\/http:\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/industry-deals\/article\/54883-simon-schuster-creates-self-publishing-unit-archway-publishing.html\">Simon &amp; Schuster has \u201cteamed up\u201d with Archway Publishing\u00a0<\/a>to offer \u201cA Unique Opportunity for Authors\u201d (from the Archway Publishing website).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kmspr.com\/aboutus\">Kathleen Schmidt<\/a>, a freelance book publicist out of New York, says\u00a0\u201cBuyer Beware\u201d in terms of what is being offered by Simon &amp; Schuster and Author Solutions! See what Kathleen\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-business-of-books\/770080e3b31c\">says<\/a>\u00a0about the\u00a0Archway Publishing\u00a0\u201csolution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Book publishing has undergone some \u201cradical\u201d changes in the last ten or so years, the biggest changes in the publishing industry has seen since German inventor Johannes Gutenberg invented a printing press process in the year 1440, almost 600 years ago. In the last five to ten years, we\u2019ve seen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the advent of \u201cprint on demand\u201d (or digital printing) \u2013 where books are printed one at a time, rather than large offset runs (where books are printed 1,000, or even 5,000 or 10,000, books at a time); and<\/li>\n<li>the advent of eBooks (where readers can read books on their computers, phones or other digital media).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In that time, authors have been able to \u201cshy away\u201d from a \u201ctraditional\u201d contract with a \u201ctraditional\u201d publisher (like the \u201cBig 6\u201d, or now the\u00a0\u201cBig 5\u201d, now that Penguin and Random House have announced their merger, or one of the \u201cmid-list\u201d publishers) and connect directly with readers. Authors have been able to either do it themselves and self-publish, go with a \u201cvanity\u201d publisher (where the author pays sometimes large dollars to publish) or submit to a small, independent, press.<\/p>\n<p>When an author publishes with a \u201cBig 5\u201d (formerly the \u201cBig 6\u201d) commercial publisher (or even a mid-list or small press publisher), money flows to the author: in term of an advance, a royalty and some (sometimes limited, depending on how big or small the publisher is) marketing support.<\/p>\n<p>With a \u201cVanity\u201d publishing is where the author pays money , normally a sum of money which doesn\u2019t reflect \u201creal\u201d value for money\u2026 i.e. at\u00a0<strong>REALLY<\/strong>\u00a0inflated prices, to have their book published. Authors also have to \u201ccough up the dosh\u201d for marketing and the like. More often than not, the author does\u00a0<strong>NOT<\/strong>\u00a0get \u201creal\u201d value for money.<\/p>\n<p>With self-publishing, although money flows away from the author, the author is the publisher and, as author and publisher, chooses services (such as editing, cover design, interior design, printing, distribution, etc) themselves and, more often than not, can more often than not get better prices for the services they choose than if they went with a \u201cvanity\u201d publisher.<\/p>\n<p>The latest \u201cdeal\u201d between Simon &amp; Schuster seems to have tied them into Penguin\/Random House and Penguin\/Author Solutions. And it appears to be at over-inflated prices.<\/p>\n<p>When I started in publishing, I decided not to submit to a \u201ctraditional\u201d publisher (like the \u201cBig 6\u201d, or even a small press or mid-list press). I wanted my own control over the process. I wanted to do my own research and trust the people I was working with. I also decided I didn\u2019t want to submit to a \u201cvanity\u201d press like Author Solutions\u2026 it seemed too rich for my blood, not enough bang for my buck\u2026 I wanted to be able to decide who I chose to provide the services I needed and how much I was willing to pay for those services, after careful research about what such services were worth. As an indie publisher, I know how much it costs to print, market and distribute books. As an indie publisher, and after a LOT of research, I \u201cknew\u201d who I could \u201ctrust\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As a publisher, I get that publishers have to make money. As an author, and a member of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asauthors.org\/\">Australian Society of Authors<\/a>, (find the ASA on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASAuthors\">Twitter<\/a>), I find it difficult to reconcile the services that vanity publishers offering authors, even if they are \u201cpowered\u201d by \u201ctraditional\u201d publishers like Penguin or Simon &amp; Schuster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kmspr.com\/aboutus\">Kathleen Schmidt<\/a>, a freelance book publicist out of New York, who runs her own public relations and consulting firm specializing in all aspects of media campaigns for authors, has worked with New York Times bestselling authors and celebrities and \u201cBig 6\u201d publishing houses like Penguin has reviewed the services that Archway Publishing is providing\u2026 and from her point of view, as a book publicist, it\u2019s NOT value for money for authors. You can find the details of her analysis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-business-of-books\/770080e3b31c\">here<\/a>. And I agree. What Archway Publishing is providing is NOT value for money for authors.<\/p>\n<p>You can also find Kathleen Schmidt on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathMSchmidt\">Twitter<\/a>. I follow Kathleen on Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Authors\u2026 what do you think?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Small Presses\u2026 what do you think?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Book publicists\u2026 what do you think?<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been some BIG changes in \u201cBig Publishing\u201d in 2012\u2026\u00a0Penguin acquired \u201cvanity\u201d publishing outfit Author Solutions,\u00a0Penguin and Random House announced their merger\u2026 and now\u2026\u00a0Simon &amp; Schuster has \u201cteamed up\u201d with Archway Publishing\u00a0to offer \u201cA Unique Opportunity for Authors\u201d (from the Archway Publishing website).\u00a0Kathleen Schmidt, a freelance book publicist out of New York, says\u00a0\u201cBuyer Beware\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bdabooks.com.au\/Blog\/2012\/big-publishing-is-changing-again-author-beware\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u201cBig Publishing\u201d is changing\u2026 AGAIN: Author beware!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"\u201cBig Publishing\u201d is changing\u2026 AGAIN: Author beware!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,16],"tags":[130,78,129],"class_list":["post-2078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-publishing","tag-author-beware","tag-news","tag-publishing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cBig Publishing\u201d is changing\u2026 AGAIN: Author beware!\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Belinda D&#039;Alessandro\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bdabooks.com.au\/Blog\/2012\/big-publishing-is-changing-again-author-beware\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Book Studio \u201cBig Publishing\u201d is changing\u2026 AGAIN: Author beware! 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