The Agent’s Role in Today’s Digital Book World January 13, 2011 | DBW | 41 Mary Kole | “Agents should start treating their clients’ business like a tech start-up.”
Richard Curtis: eBook Folly Leads to Innovation August 19, 2010 | Emily Williams | 5 By Emily Williams | “Our revenues have quadrupled in two years. We’re beginning to make a profit and pay substantial royalties.”
Arthur Klebanoff: eBook Veteran, First Mover August 16, 2010 | Emily Williams | 2 By Emily Williams | “eBooks are good news. There are many more paths to market.”
Scott Waxman: Change Agent, Digital Entrepreneur July 29, 2010 | Emily Williams | 5 By Emily Williams | “The future, in terms of digital publishing, is not profitable in a lot of cases yet.”
eBook Revolution: Random House vs. The Jackal July 26, 2010 | Richard Curtis | 4 By Richard Curtis | “Publishers are loath to sue authors (or the widows and children of authors).”
Crossing Borders on Demand June 30, 2010 | Emily Williams | 10 By Emily Williams | “An alternative to the established business of rights sales: direct, disintermediated access to readers in other countries.”
Radical Mediation: Agent, Evolve Thyself! June 29, 2010 | DBW | 46 By Jason Allen Ashlock | “There is a lot of slack in publishing these days, and agents are picking up most of it.”
Agents Need to Develop Alternative Models June 25, 2010 | DBW | 14 By Jane Friedman | “Agents need to be empowered and given room to innovate as much as the authors.”
Are Agents Due For a Raise? June 25, 2010 | DBW | 7 By Victoria Strauss | “How would publishing change if agenting moved from commission-based payment to billable hours?”
The Changing Agent-Author Relationship February 2, 2010 | DBW | 6 By Jane Friedman || “We have this commission model, but if I am offering a fair service for a fair price, fine.”
Tomorrow’s Book Contract February 2, 2010 | DBW | 2 By Jane Friedman || “Splitting the rights sounds tasty, but that would push down the e-book price since that rights holder has no stake in the print version of the book.”
Back-Loaded Book Deals: The Biggest Bright Spot in Publishing’s Future? February 1, 2010 | DBW | 14 By Jane Friedman || “Publishing is much more collaborative and transparent now than it was even 10 years ago.”
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