A Quote by Michael A. Stackpole

Prior to 2009, when publishers scoffed at the ebook market, they offered writers contracts which gave us half of the money they made off ebook sales.

Michael A. Stackpole

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Michael A. Stackpole
American - Writer
Born: November 27, 1957

Authors can easily produce ebook versions of novels and shorter work which publishers don't own.

Michael A. Stackpole

Higher ebook prices only benefit one group: publishers.

Michael A. Stackpole

Publishers should use the paperback side to leverage the ebook side.

Sylvia Day

Once an ebook hits the Kindle Top 100, sales tend to snowball as new customers discover it in greater numbers.

Andrew Shaffer

Buying reviews of ebooks that include downloads is a well-known way to 'juice' an ebook's sales rank and attract new readers.

Andrew Shaffer

Looking at 2014, I look back: we made more money off 'Mailbox Money' than we would have made off taking an advance from anybody. We made more money letting our fans buy the stuff directly from us than what any label could have offered us.

Nipsey Hussle

Comics publishers are used to looking in a very, very narrow focused prism. It's like when I started writing 'X-Men.' Our 'meat and potatoes' money was made of newsstand sales, while anything that came through the Direct Market was considered gravy.

Chris Claremont

In my view, the ebook world for both established and new authors is a terrific new and exciting format. It is a format that will bring forth many new writers to publishing.

Robert Gottlieb

I've never read an ebook. Print every time.

Mark Billingham

It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.

J. A. Konrath

The DS was launched back in 2004, and sales of that machine hit a record in 2009 in the United States. That is totally different from the conventional sales pattern, in which game gear sales peak in the third year and take a downturn thereafter.

Satoru Iwata

You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher.

Richard Curtis

There are more than 21 eBook channels already. Authors can’t possibly get to these and do what they do best.

Tim O'Reilly

I won't even try to predict the specifics, but I think the ebook - as a medium - could be a game-changer.

David Gerrold

I think most new writers are better off going with traditional publishers who will actually, at a minimum, edit your work, package it well, and market it for you.