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I run a Literature in translation publishing company built on top of Ingram's Lighting Source. I also am deal with publishing issues at Los Angeles Review of Bo
by bhewes 15y ago
I run a Literature in translation publishing company built on top of Ingram's Lighting Source. I also am deal with publishing issues at Los Angeles Review of Books. Few authors have any desire to self publish. The barrier to entry to write is so low there is tons of crap.
Look, what would be useful is new author discovery tools. Or anything that helps find talent. Or tools for independent publishers who are not tech savvy. Non cryptic book sales analytics. Easy to use EDI systems.
- keeptrying 15y agoWhere would one get access to book sales data? It seems amazon owns all that data so its hard to get to personal sales numbers to make them easier to use. Or are you talkign about data from bowker.com ?
- bhewes 15y agoFor independent publishers something as simple as tying their print sales together with digital sales. This is already pretty simple, but it needs to be stupid simple. You can guess your Amazon sales data pretty easily. Bowker.com is alright, but it is difficult to compare say English translations of Spanish Experimental Prose Novellas to see if you are competitive in the market. You would be suprised how little independent publishers know about their competitive positions.