Comments for RyanLowery.com http://blog.ryanlowery.com Views & news on politics, labor, and business. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:12:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on The Coming eBook Revolution by Doug http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=416#comment-602 Doug Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:12:34 +0000 http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=416#comment-602 The revolution will not come without chaos. Publishers are in crisis mode right now defending their own relevance: since ebooks bridge the moat for would-be authors, publishers have to retool the services they offer. Like you highlighted here, as an author you can do your own marketing (social media), editing, market analysis, and networking (for reviews and blurbs) more easily than before, so why go through agents or a publishers at all? Perhaps because they still manage a network of people who do all those things better than you. I think the idea of *just worrying about the writing* will always appeal to authors regardless of the increasing viability of the DIY approach. But publishers had better make these services worth their cut. Once that's figured out, I agree that most everyone will benefit vastly from the revolution. Except for printers and shippers. Those guys are pretty much hosed. The revolution will not come without chaos. Publishers are in crisis mode right now defending their own relevance: since ebooks bridge the moat for would-be authors, publishers have to retool the services they offer. Like you highlighted here, as an author you can do your own marketing (social media), editing, market analysis, and networking (for reviews and blurbs) more easily than before, so why go through agents or a publishers at all?
Perhaps because they still manage a network of people who do all those things better than you. I think the idea of *just worrying about the writing* will always appeal to authors regardless of the increasing viability of the DIY approach. But publishers had better make these services worth their cut. Once that’s figured out, I agree that most everyone will benefit vastly from the revolution.
Except for printers and shippers. Those guys are pretty much hosed.

]]> Comment on Billionaires, Books, and Law Suits by Gabe http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=328#comment-220 Gabe Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:56:48 +0000 http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=328#comment-220 Excellent post! Excellent post!

]]> Comment on Goodbye, Borders (and 11,000 jobs) — Borders Enters Liquidation by Ally http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=342#comment-213 Ally Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:20:54 +0000 http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=342#comment-213 A sad day for all. :-( A sad day for all. :-(

]]> Comment on Billionaires’ (Book) Club by Ryan Lowery http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=305#comment-126 Ryan Lowery Sat, 28 May 2011 19:53:10 +0000 http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=305#comment-126 No, that one was all Borders. ;-) No, that one was all Borders. ;-)

]]> Comment on Billionaires’ (Book) Club by Doug http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=305#comment-125 Doug Sat, 28 May 2011 00:36:37 +0000 http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=305#comment-125 Did they conspire to make it suck? Did they conspire to make it suck?

]]> Comment on Billionaires’ (Book) Club by Ryan Lowery http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=305#comment-120 Ryan Lowery Thu, 26 May 2011 00:53:43 +0000 http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=305#comment-120 Bezos is being very quiet. He just keeps hinting in interviews that something great is coming from Amazon. Either they've got nothing, or it really is something huge that they're trying to keep out of the media. When B&N dropped the price of nook, everyone was talking about the "price war" between Amazon and B&N. I'm not so sure the two companies didn't conspire in an effort to make Borders' Kobo overpriced the day it was released. Bezos is being very quiet. He just keeps hinting in interviews that something great is coming from Amazon. Either they’ve got nothing, or it really is something huge that they’re trying to keep out of the media.

When B&N dropped the price of nook, everyone was talking about the “price war” between Amazon and B&N. I’m not so sure the two companies didn’t conspire in an effort to make Borders’ Kobo overpriced the day it was released.

]]> Comment on Billionaires’ (Book) Club by Doug http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=305#comment-119 Doug Wed, 25 May 2011 23:34:11 +0000 http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=305#comment-119 This B&N conflict has gotten so ugly that I think Riggio should hire a royal taster. Changes within the book giants are to be expected since the industry itself is in such flux, but unless B&N gets the leadership question resolved soon, it'll have a lot of trouble navigating the shifting waters. By the way, any drama going on within Amazon? Or is Jeff Bezos just having a ball watching all this? This B&N conflict has gotten so ugly that I think Riggio should hire a royal taster. Changes within the book giants are to be expected since the industry itself is in such flux, but unless B&N gets the leadership question resolved soon, it’ll have a lot of trouble navigating the shifting waters.
By the way, any drama going on within Amazon? Or is Jeff Bezos just having a ball watching all this?

]]> Comment on Labor’s Legacy — The Ludlow Massacre by Eric http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=288#comment-117 Eric Wed, 18 May 2011 19:36:39 +0000 http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=288#comment-117 :-) :-)

]]> Comment on Labor’s Legacy — The Ludlow Massacre by tosh http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=288#comment-116 tosh Sun, 15 May 2011 01:15:47 +0000 http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=288#comment-116 Good points Good points

]]> Comment on The Death of Osama bin Laden by mike http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=290#comment-102 mike Wed, 04 May 2011 00:37:19 +0000 http://blog.ryanlowery.com/?p=290#comment-102 Thank you for laying that out like that! Thank you for laying that out like that!

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