Post by account_disabled on Jan 6, 2024 3:32:16 GMT -5
This is another reflection I made. Let's be clear: if I launch my publishing house on the publishing market today and start with a catalog of 20 books (which is no small thing, do you agree?), it will be a long time before I manage to earn money, that is, to make up for it expenses incurred. Is it therefore logical to assume that a small publisher must necessarily have another main activity, as well as its staff? Hard question. I know recently founded publishing houses whose members live only on that, but most of the colleagues I am in contact with started with a second income anyway. I think a lot depends on the size of the initial investment (twenty titles seems like a lot to me) and, above all, on the type of production you are aiming for.
Really, giving a clear answer is almost impossible. Is it worth opening a digital-only publishing house first? Given the current economic situation, is it advisable to initially publish only ebooks, to reduce Special Data some expenses, and then also paperbacks? One of Plesio's main goals for 2015 is to solidify the digital sector. This is because we realized that the profitability of that particular sector still left something to be desired, at least for us. I look with interest at the realities that arise focusing only on digital. Many of these had to make a fairly sudden turn, but others seem to be resisting. The secret, from what I understand by analyzing the other cases, is to be able to have a large number of titles.
And here, yes, the 20 titles hypothesis feared previously seems more feasible to me. Is a publishing house managed without an office possible? Connecting to the previous questions (the one about the office and the warehouse, the one about the second activity and the one about digital publications only), in your opinion it is possible to manage a publishing house "remotely", like a sort of teleworking, therefore, everyone working from home ? It is certainly easier to manage a publishing house without an office than without a warehouse. Among other things, teleworking allows you to truly select the best resources without geographical barriers that could act as an obstacle. Any curiosities? Plesio's collaborator with the southernmost station helps us from Catania, the northernmost one from Verona.
Really, giving a clear answer is almost impossible. Is it worth opening a digital-only publishing house first? Given the current economic situation, is it advisable to initially publish only ebooks, to reduce Special Data some expenses, and then also paperbacks? One of Plesio's main goals for 2015 is to solidify the digital sector. This is because we realized that the profitability of that particular sector still left something to be desired, at least for us. I look with interest at the realities that arise focusing only on digital. Many of these had to make a fairly sudden turn, but others seem to be resisting. The secret, from what I understand by analyzing the other cases, is to be able to have a large number of titles.
And here, yes, the 20 titles hypothesis feared previously seems more feasible to me. Is a publishing house managed without an office possible? Connecting to the previous questions (the one about the office and the warehouse, the one about the second activity and the one about digital publications only), in your opinion it is possible to manage a publishing house "remotely", like a sort of teleworking, therefore, everyone working from home ? It is certainly easier to manage a publishing house without an office than without a warehouse. Among other things, teleworking allows you to truly select the best resources without geographical barriers that could act as an obstacle. Any curiosities? Plesio's collaborator with the southernmost station helps us from Catania, the northernmost one from Verona.