16 tweets | 13 @tweets
16 tweets | 13 @tweets
cherylpickett: #TOC Some publishers are catching on that things are changing, authors will need to get up to speed and get past the fear or it won't matter
: RT @cherylpickett: #TOC Some publishers are catching on that things are changing, authors will need to get up to speed and get past the ...
: @cherylpickett Do you really think authors are more scared than publishers. Not from what I see... #toc
cherylpickett: @DavidDurand #TOC Depends on who you talk too, yes many stuck in belief traditional only way, anything else is wrong & won't sell
cherylpickett: #TOC I can pass around a print book to 10 friends, then sell it at yard sale and someone else can pass around, but ebooks need DRM?
: RT @cherylpickett: #TOC I can pass around a print book to 10 friends, then sell it at yard sale and someone else can pass around, but eb ...
cherylpickett: #TOC you find your favorite platform, your reader dies and you can't find/afford another, so too bad for you is the answer publishers want?
: by @cherylpickett: #TOC you find your favorite platform, your reader dies and you can't find/afford another, so too bad for you is the an...
cherylpickett: #TOC maybe readers will just have to vote with their dollars, if stuff with DRM doesn't sell, it goes away, kinda like new Coke
cherylpickett: @urbanhipster #TOC is tools of change conference in publishing by O'Reilly, HARO is help a reporter out, get leads for publicity
: by @cherylpickett: #TOC maybe readers will just have to vote with their dollars, if stuff with DRM doesn't sell, it goes away, kinda like...
cherylpickett: @mikecane #TOC on top of the 65% they often think ebooks are only worth a couple of bucks just because there's no paper, wrong wrong wrong
: RT @cherylpickett: @mikecane #TOC on top of the 65% they often think ebooks are only worth a couple of bucks just because there's no pap ...
: @cherylpickett #TOC I think top price for eBooks is $5-$10. Period.
cherylpickett: Interested in what's going on in the publishing industry with digital, ebooks? Follow #TOC tools of change conference
: Thanks @cherylpickett @mikecane for clearing up HARO and #toc! (And thanks to the 700 people who did *not* say "Google it.") :)
cherylpickett: @mikecane #TOC I don't agree, if an author wants to make $ & royalty model stays same, very difficult to earn $, effort to write is =
cherylpickett: With regard to price of ebooks, if authors don't value their content who will? Price shouldn't be much less than print #TOC
: @cherylpickett I agree. I guess I'm amazed at the slowness of reaction in an environment of rapid change #toc
: by @totai: RT @cherylpickett: #TOC Some publishers are catching on that things are changing, authors will need to get up to speed and get...
cherylpickett: @totai #TOC I think it might be more the idea that musicians are more comfortable with promotion, they get out there = more popularity
cherylpickett: RT and others- Publishers must create an experience, not just text on a page. Authors also need to plan to participate #TOC
cherylpickett: Just got back #TOC w/regard to ebook prices, internet marketers sell reports of few pages at $10+, ebooks $27+ regularly, why can't others?
: @cherylpickett Those are con artists. #TOC
cherylpickett: @mikecane Some yes, but not all #TOC
: @cherylpickett If you see it advertised in big text on the Net, it's a con. REAL reports don't have suckers ads. #TOC
cherylpickett: @mikecane Totally agree some stuff is garbage, all fluff, however #TOC
cherylpickett: RT @thewritermama Convey the value of the content not the bucket it's in, YES! #TOC
: @cherylpickett "Is there a book inside you" -- WTF? Then HAVE SURGERY! #TOC