CCWC Report #3 More from Mark Coker
Print books have lost ground because they are too expensive and the big publishers have archaic business practices. And they are making the problem worse by judging books on their perceived merit.
Big publishers have monopolized the business, they were the deciders, the ones at the pearly gates deciding who got in and who didn't. Bean counters run the publishing business. Unfriendly policies. Broken supply chains.
Books are precious. Books are vessels for cultural preservation. Books are endangered.
Multiple cross-currents of technology are colliding with traditional publishing.
Technology is transforming publishing: faster, smaller, cheaper.
Print books are unaffordable for the rest of the world--the global market.
Mark Coker was great--most definitely a mover and shaker and he sees what the future holds for writers.
Having been e-pubbed for years, I loved hearing all that he had to say.
Marilyn
Big publishers have monopolized the business, they were the deciders, the ones at the pearly gates deciding who got in and who didn't. Bean counters run the publishing business. Unfriendly policies. Broken supply chains.
Books are precious. Books are vessels for cultural preservation. Books are endangered.
Multiple cross-currents of technology are colliding with traditional publishing.
Technology is transforming publishing: faster, smaller, cheaper.
Print books are unaffordable for the rest of the world--the global market.
Mark Coker was great--most definitely a mover and shaker and he sees what the future holds for writers.
Having been e-pubbed for years, I loved hearing all that he had to say.
Marilyn
Comments
Hope to see you in Porterville for your new book release.
I would have enjoyed listening to Mark Coker and I can't believe he's so young. :)
Marilyn