Comments on: MP3 = PDF = AVI etc etc etc http://www.teddypig.com/2009/10/mp3-pdf-avi-etc-etc-etc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mp3-pdf-avi-etc-etc-etc It's About eBooks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: TeddyPig http://www.teddypig.com/2009/10/mp3-pdf-avi-etc-etc-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-3058 TeddyPig Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:56:38 +0000 http://www.teddypig.com/?p=2760#comment-3058 Well having a husband that does silk screen work... promotional items can do wonderful things like bring in the bucks when you may not even expect it. Well having a husband that does silk screen work… promotional items can do wonderful things like bring in the bucks when you may not even expect it.

]]> By: kirsten saell http://www.teddypig.com/2009/10/mp3-pdf-avi-etc-etc-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-3057 kirsten saell Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:51:06 +0000 http://www.teddypig.com/?p=2760#comment-3057 <i>It just seems the current contracts around cover art does not really address author merchandising like it probably should. I do not think online merchandising gets explored enough honestly.</i> I don't know about that. Swag like posters, magnets, etc, given away in contests usually ends up in the trash. Readers don't form a community fan identity around books--or authors--the way they do around music, because reading is not really a community experience the way music is. Unless the book is a smashing success like Harry Potter or Twilight, that is--and even then, the swag is pretty much aimed at kids, not adults. It just seems the current contracts around cover art does not really address author merchandising like it probably should.

I do not think online merchandising gets explored enough honestly.

I don’t know about that. Swag like posters, magnets, etc, given away in contests usually ends up in the trash. Readers don’t form a community fan identity around books–or authors–the way they do around music, because reading is not really a community experience the way music is. Unless the book is a smashing success like Harry Potter or Twilight, that is–and even then, the swag is pretty much aimed at kids, not adults.

]]> By: TeddyPig http://www.teddypig.com/2009/10/mp3-pdf-avi-etc-etc-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-3056 TeddyPig Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:18:48 +0000 http://www.teddypig.com/?p=2760#comment-3056 You know I would so buy say nice posters of book covers and stuff. It just seems the current contracts around cover art does not really address author merchandising like it probably should. I do not think online merchandising gets explored enough honestly. You know I would so buy say nice posters of book covers and stuff.

It just seems the current contracts around cover art does not really address author merchandising like it probably should.

I do not think online merchandising gets explored enough honestly.

]]> By: kirsten saell http://www.teddypig.com/2009/10/mp3-pdf-avi-etc-etc-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-3055 kirsten saell Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:13:08 +0000 http://www.teddypig.com/?p=2760#comment-3055 The process and appeal of ebook piracy is no different than music piracy, but the damage, IMO, is greater--simply because of a lack of alternate revenue streams to make up for losses. Authors don't have t-shirt sales and concerts and stuff. All they have is words on the page. That's all they get paid for, and you take that away, they don't get paid. Or published. But that doesn't mean the solutions won't be exactly the same. The process and appeal of ebook piracy is no different than music piracy, but the damage, IMO, is greater–simply because of a lack of alternate revenue streams to make up for losses. Authors don’t have t-shirt sales and concerts and stuff. All they have is words on the page. That’s all they get paid for, and you take that away, they don’t get paid. Or published.

But that doesn’t mean the solutions won’t be exactly the same.

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