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Cory Doctorow kicks off a unique publishing experiment--and a monthly PW column
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Claude Almansi"That's how the money is going to come in. To be honest, I have no idea how much money that will be ($10,000 has already come in, of course). But I do know what I'll do about it. I'm going to disclose it, all of it, every month, in a running tally in a monthly column here in Publishers Weekly. And incidentally, this article is grossing me all of $900, less my agent's 15% commission, and the columns $400 hereafter. I will then put this into an appendix, which will be added to new editions of the book and compared to the revenues from Overclocked. That's as close to an apples-to-apples comparison as I can come up with, but I think it will speak well to the question: what's the best a writer like me can do on his own, versus with a traditional publisher for whom he does everything he can to aid in book sales?"
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Martin LindnerCory Doctorow's big ebook experiment
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Howard Rheingold"Donations: whatever happens
I have never solicited donations for my works before, despite the urgings of True Believers who would like to see my publisher cut out of the loop, because I wanted to be sure my publisher was in the loop. This time around, I'm the publisher, so let's see what people are interested in giving.
Print-on-Demand trade paperback: $16 (approximately; price TBD)
Lulu.com produces beautiful books, objects that look every bit as good as the Lightning Source trade paperbacks that Ingram will sell you, provided you know what you're doing when you design them. A designer, I am not. But John Berry, who designed my essay collection, Content, for Tachyon, is. He's a legendary typographer and type designer, and is also a pal of mine (the book is called With a Little Help, remember) and he's agreed to do the interiors and help with the overall package for a percentage of the net from book sales."
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