Is self-publishing a salvation for authors? The case of Lithuanian printed bestseller in the digital environment
There has been much speculation in the past years about self-publishing. Some argue that publishing houses do not have a future as publishing service providers. Others claim that it is very easy to publish a book as an e-book. There are many success stories of self-publishers. More and more authors...
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University of Zadar
2015-07-01
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| author | Arūnas Gudinavičius |
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| description | There has been much speculation in the past years about self-publishing. Some argue that publishing houses do not have a future as publishing service providers. Others claim that it is very easy to publish a book as an e-book. There are many success stories of self-publishers. More and more authors are wondering if they actually need a publisher and a retailer knowing they always take the biggest cut of the pie.
The paper looks at the case of a Lithuanian author bestseller (in print). This book has also received the Lithuanian Book of the Year Award in the Fiction category. The author had the book published in Lithuanian by a traditional publishing house. It was quite successful so he decided to self-publish a digital version in English. The steps taken by the author to publish his e-book on Amazon are described and analyzed. Finally, the paper presents the results of selling and promoting his e-book on Amazon platform and provides some insights into facing the market without professional help. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-594566e2d5bd4576aab9d6c9cad32d482023-04-25T15:46:45ZengUniversity of ZadarLibellarium: Journal for the Research of Writing, Books, and Cultural Heritage Institutions1846-85271846-92132015-07-0181475710.15291/libellarium.v8i1.213203Is self-publishing a salvation for authors? The case of Lithuanian printed bestseller in the digital environmentArūnas Gudinavičius0Institute of Book Science and Documentation, Faculty of Communication, Vilnius UniversityThere has been much speculation in the past years about self-publishing. Some argue that publishing houses do not have a future as publishing service providers. Others claim that it is very easy to publish a book as an e-book. There are many success stories of self-publishers. More and more authors are wondering if they actually need a publisher and a retailer knowing they always take the biggest cut of the pie. The paper looks at the case of a Lithuanian author bestseller (in print). This book has also received the Lithuanian Book of the Year Award in the Fiction category. The author had the book published in Lithuanian by a traditional publishing house. It was quite successful so he decided to self-publish a digital version in English. The steps taken by the author to publish his e-book on Amazon are described and analyzed. Finally, the paper presents the results of selling and promoting his e-book on Amazon platform and provides some insights into facing the market without professional help.http://libellarium.org/index.php/libellarium/article/view/213self-publishinge-bookAmazonHour of the Wolf |
| spellingShingle | Arūnas Gudinavičius Is self-publishing a salvation for authors? The case of Lithuanian printed bestseller in the digital environment Libellarium: Journal for the Research of Writing, Books, and Cultural Heritage Institutions self-publishing e-book Amazon Hour of the Wolf |
| title | Is self-publishing a salvation for authors? The case of Lithuanian printed bestseller in the digital environment |
| title_full | Is self-publishing a salvation for authors? The case of Lithuanian printed bestseller in the digital environment |
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| title_short | Is self-publishing a salvation for authors? The case of Lithuanian printed bestseller in the digital environment |
| title_sort | is self publishing a salvation for authors the case of lithuanian printed bestseller in the digital environment |
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