Dragon Con Panel: Challenges for Today's Writers
4th October, 2009 - No Comments
Challenges for Today’s Writers
Elizabeth Donald, Christopher Golden, Gary Kim Hayes, Michael Stackpole, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Jennifer St. Giles, S.M. Stirling
Key Points
The Market:
Don’t chase the market, you’re already behind.
Price is set by demand
A Website is vital
The anarchy created by new media will eventually settle down
Ebooks can be any length
Avoid exclusive digital contracts for a single platform
Average Royalties:
Print: 10% so an $8 mass market = $.80
Ebook: 50% so even a $2 ebook = $1
PDF : 83% so a $2 PDF = $1.87
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