People are fond of reading. They love reading books. Technology now has changed the trend of reading. Earlier the books used to be in a printed format written on paper. But the modern world has turning to ebooks and conversion to eBook i.e. the digital books that you can read on your smart phone, laptop, iPad or other smart devices. Everybody has their own interest and reading preferences. With the traditional publishing, authors complaint for slow response. It can take months, or years, before being rejection or acceptance.
Writers want their work to be shared with others. That is what it is all about. Obviously it is good when that sharing involves fat checks. eBooks offer you great amount of checks than traditional books. Like every coin has two faces, same is the case with eBooks and the traditional books. Let’s have a look on the positive points and negative points of both the book formats.
Writers want their work to be shared with others. That is what it is all about. Obviously it is good when that sharing involves fat checks. eBooks offer you great amount of checks than traditional books. Like every coin has two faces, same is the case with eBooks and the traditional books. Let’s have a look on the positive points and negative points of both the book formats.
Positive side of eBook publishing:
- Your book is published in electronic format
- Higher royalty rates
- No reserves, No returns to speak of
- More control over your edition and presentation of the book
- Get paid timely and fairly
- Longer availability
- The ground floor of technological advances
- Wider exposure to the English-speaking world with the help of Internet exposure
- Non-exclusive rights available
- Short term contract
- A more close interaction with the publisher
- Opportunity to publish books that do not fall into "traditional" genres
- Book available twenty-four hours a day in most cases
- You can even get your eBooks printed if you want to get them readable on hard copies
Negative side of eBook publishing:
- They offer usually no advance
- Exposure to only those topics that are related to computers and Internet access
- Unless you ask for print outs, no print copy is available
- Copyright infringement concerns
- Lack of acceptance by traditional public
- This is a bit expensive and marketing and publicity are likely to be out of pocket
- Technology and prices of available eBook readers
Now we will talk about the Positive side of Traditional publishing:
- You can get the payment in advances
- It is easy to advertise your book
- Promotion and marketing becomes very easy
- Full Copyright protection
- Professional editing can be done
The negative side of traditional publishing
- Needs to struggle for getting the royalties
- It gives high reserves and returns
- Short shelf life
- Loss of additional rights
- Less control over your book. You cannot edit it your way
- No Exclusive rights
- Long term contracts
Generally, electronic publishers have a much faster response time although with the amount of submitted manuscripts increasing in last few years so the turnaround may be longer.