Post on 19-Feb-2017
How self-publishing can elevate you.
Robin Jackson
Traditional Publishing
SELF-PUBLISHING
Self-publishing vs Traditional
E-books“We’re entering a new phase of rapid evolution in publishing”
Reading moving to screens
And to further complicate things• The devil’s in the e-details…
Ebook retailers – many more
E-book Royalties
Bookselling moving to the web
Brick &Mortar
Web
Today?
Ebooks to overtake print
Print books
Ebooks
Today?
Global ebook market to eclipse US market
Global
Today?
U.S.
Power of publishing shifting to authors
Author
Today?
Publisher
Number of books published indie vs. traditional
Indie books
Today?
New trad. books
Ebooks vs Print Books
Ghost Writer Charges
• Hourly: R500- R2500/hr• Per Word: R0.50-R5.00/word• Per Project/Book : R25,000 – R150,000
3 Different Ways a Ghost Writer Might Charge:
*Remember that if the client is a celebrity or a well known political person then the prices are much higher
Ghost writing and your rights• Copyright statutes provide that the creator of the work is the copyright owner• person hiring the ghost writer will own the copyright.• must be a written agreement because copyrights cannot be transferred
verbally• include in their written contract a provision that the ghost writer is assigning
his copyright to the author
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