Meaghano's "told ya so" to her agent

This is great that the project did so well. It’s a fantastic example of the new opportunities available if you trade in the traditional way of publishing books and consider how your project is more than a book.

But the agent wasn’t wrong. The book sold 651 copies. It is hard to sell material already published online unless you load the book with new stuff. (Trust me.) It’s hard to reach publishers’ sales targets without something special. Agents and publishers know that most books lose money. And right now (for better or worse) they’re trying to focus on sure things.

Meaghan probably isn’t really saying the agent is wrong, but I just wanted to point this out, because it’s very freeing for artists.

It means a book can get a lot of attention and love without also shooting for a 10,000-copy release. It means a project can just aim at the true fans, because the model no longer needs loads of casual readers to support the core audience. It’s just a different game than traditional publishing. We need both.

Mar

2

2010

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  1. rkb reblogged this from meaghano
  2. nickdouglas reblogged this from melissa and added:
    Melissa Gira Grant:...hoped/expected Melissa...send a...
  3. electro-clarifier reblogged this from nickdouglas
  4. melissa reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    This is wrestling the pig...respond to this at all, as a)
  5. thegentlemen reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    backers, how many...be made? For instance, I ordered two of them (at
  6. steampoweredmedia reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    I wonder if Meaghan and Melissa will send the agent a Kickstarter screen shot.
  7. acrazymomslife reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    Boo to the Naysayers I can;t wait for my copy! Get to work woman! :)
  8. meaghano reblogged this from nickdouglas and added:
    “told ya so,” heh. I keep cringing every time I see this on my dashboard. And this isn’t my agent— I don’t have an...
  9. nickdouglas reblogged this from evangotlib and added:
    Evan’s Blog. Meh. We already have the first one, and it’s Kickstarter.
  10. evangotlib reblogged this from nickdouglas and added:
    why blip.tv works. Someone should create
  11. luckypaperstars reblogged this from meaghano
  12. nickdouglas reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    This is great that the project did so well. It’s a fantastic example of the new opportunities available if you trade in...

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