Fifty percent of nothing is no improvement on five or ten or twenty-five percent of nothing.
Quoted for truth.
Fifty percent of nothing is no improvement on five or ten or twenty-five percent of nothing.
Bumping thread.
Just wondering if anyone's submitted a novel-length work to these folks (Seun? Any news?) Just curious. Thanks!
I also note with disapprobation that Black Matrix is offering $50.00 for full-color book or magazine cover art, and $10.00 for black-and-white interior illustrations. That's pathetically low. As a rule of thumb, art you can get that cheaply is art you don't want.
No distribution plus bad covers plus high cover prices means the audience for Black Matrix publications is going to consist of the authors, the author' friends and relatives, and writers who are trying to sell their own work to Black Matrix.
Don't do it.
I think any publisher, great or small, should only ever be on one's list or radar if they meet the following:
-have reasonable distribution for a press of their size, or at the least are very very clear about what their distribution is
-sales figures compare with other successful presses of their size-have experienced staff-have reasonable compensation to the author compared with other successful presses of their size
-have a fair contract
The problem here is if a publisher has zero distribution, be it online or in the stores, then how does that publisher create demand? Distribution, promotion, marketing, and sales go hand in hand. Does Black Matrix meet that criteria? If so, then I agree there's no reason to look any further.I was trying to point out that a lack of distribution to Bricks and Mortar stores does not make a press a bad choice. zero sales, on the other hand, does. But since pod and e publishers have mostly the same online points of sale, to disparage this press for no distribution on shelves, is to disparage all POD and e publishers.
The problem here is if a publisher has zero distribution, be it online or in the stores, then how does that publisher create demand? Distribution, promotion, marketing, and sales go hand in hand. Does Black Matrix meet that criteria? If so, then I agree there's no reason to look any further.
However, we have all seen many, many PODs and e-publishers go out of business because they had no idea how hard it is to sell books/e-books, and they run out of money way before they collect enough practical experience to make it in this tough biz.
I've mentioned it in other threads, but as online sales increase, publishers with a solid grasp of internet-based marketing, promotion, and internet based distribution (as well as business skills), can do well by their authors.