Reacting to you PUBLISHING CONSPIRACY THEORIES 👽 [CC]
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2022
- The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/jessowens06221
Hey hey! I received a comment a while back about a publishing theory a subscriber had and that got me to thinking...what other theories do people have? So I asked and here are your responses and maybe some of mine 👀. Let me know if you have any more. Thanks for watching!
🌺Channel art by Senny: sennydoesarty?u...
🌺WAYS TO SUPPORT MY CHANNEL (*affiliate links, I earn a commission if you make a purchase)
-Like, Subscribe, Share, & Comment!
-Join my Patreon: / jessowens
-Buy Me A Coffee if you feel so inclined: www.buymeacoffee.com/saidbyjess
-Wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls...
-Bookshop.org*: bookshop.org/shop/jessowens
-Love audiobooks? Try Libro FM*: libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm2...
-Scribd: You get 60 days free & I get 30 days: www.scribd.com/g/6ro4w5
-Stay hydrated with Liquid IV, 25% off and free shipping*: Use code SAIDBYJESS at glnk.io/koyv/saidbyjess
-Protect your info with Surfshark VPN*: Use code OWENS to get 83% off and 3 months free at
surfshark.deals/OWENS
-Try Epidemic Sound for royalty free music here*: www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
🌺If you want to send me mail:
PSC 812 Box 909
FPO, AE 09627
United States
🌎 GLOBAL ISSUES
-wearethechange.carrd.co/
📲COME SAY HELLO:
-For BUSINESS inquiries: jessmowens@gmail.com| NOT ACCEPTING BOOKS FOR REVIEW
-Instagram: / saidbyjess
-Nigel's Instagram 🐶: / itsnigeldude
-Twitter: / _saidbyjess
-Book CommuniREAD Twitter: / bookcommuniread
-Book CommuniREAD Discord: / discord
-Goodreads: / jesiowens
🌺I don't own the rights to this music. Music from Royalty Free Music from Epidemic Sound
Any video on my channel is reflective solely of my opinion and is for entertainment purposes only. Any copyrighted materials or excerpts are for "fair use" for such purposes as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. (Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976) - บันเทิง
![Book CommuniTEA: Booktok drama galore, is it changing publishing? Also many books, much mess 🥴 [CC]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/D4CSmhYAfBE/mqdefault.jpg)
![Book CommuniTEA: Booktok drama galore, is it changing publishing? Also many books, much mess 🥴 [CC]](/img/tr.png)
![Book CommuniTEA: Ana Mardoll & Book Twitter [CC]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zry3xot0CcU/mqdefault.jpg)
![Hot Literary Takes From Reddit...How Hot Do They Get? Feat. Nigel [CC]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ULADXmyUTWo/mqdefault.jpg)
![BOOKS I WOULD RECOMMEND TO MY ENEMIES [CC]](/img/n.gif)
The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/jessowens06221
I’m craving more stand-alones. The trend of duologies is leading to some underwritten first books and plot heavy second books (at least in YA)
YES specially fantasy standalones
@@JessOwens so many YA fantasy duologies are just really underbaked. I also don’t want to have to commit to 900+ pages to get the full story if reading a series.
Yessssssss!!!
I'm struggling with this rn!! Mostly in the books I read, where I'm so weary of 7 book long series that apparently get good by book 5 (as if any of us have the time or energy for that).
But I'm also an aspiring author and the book I'm writing is getting longer and longer as I edit it but I can't split it into 2 books without either adding so much unnecessary detail or making two incomplete stories instead of one long story. I know publishers rarely publish long novels as debuts so I'm kind of worried that an editor/agent will ask me to cut out scenes that I feel are necessary.
Omg Ebook prices are wild I have seen a few where the ebook is more expensive than the physical copy! the Twilight being written by the gov surprised me so much it made me laugh out loud omg
The ebook prices will always make me rage
I saw an ebook for 15.99 and said the devil is a liar. You gotta be out of your mind to think I would EVER.
Also fun fact: you don’t own the ebook in perpetuity. Amazon (and other ebook sellers) can decide to take away your access to ebooks at any time. Do you really want to give big business control of which books you have access to?
@@alliecat1019 this!!! I consider everything digital as a rental/leased item. Ebooks, Netflix, audiobooks, music etc. Unless I have a physical copy (or in some cases have downloaded a pdf or something) I don't consider it something I own personally
As an author, that’s intentional. Publishers charge more for ebooks because they KNOW readers will switch to physical over a certain price. And they make more money in the process. Authors make a higher percentage on ebooks than on physical ones, so when ebook prices are too high and you get physical, authors receive a lower percent. It’s a win-win for them.
Yes to all of these! Especially the books that publishing are pushing from POC, LGBT ect authors. It's always so confusing when it's so trauma focused cuz girl WE KNOW. you don't have to explain racism/homophobia/sexism to me. It's giving written as a guide to help the mainstream vs. actually a story with a character that happens to be black/lesbian/disabled ect.
Same with neurodivergance and the way that’s approach as someone with dyslexia it’s no or bad representation never of stuff we good or better than others at
We also hate it BECAUSE THE TRAUMA NARRATIVES ARE THE SAME!!!
Yesss, here’s a “guide to understanding the oppression of xyz group” 😖 we are tired !
YES! I'm a big fantasy reader and every time I open a POC-authored book there must be a racism plot, or a skin tone discrimination (colorism). I heard rumors authors are asked to add these or face rejection, editors will pick the "racism plot" book over one without, so authors are pressured to add them to stand a chance.
I recently started The Gilded Ones which I thought was an African Fantasy, but noooope, first chapter starts in a village of white people with the main character being half-Black and immediately slandered and discriminated for her skin color. Why does it have to be always like that...
This is so true. As a teacher in a very white school, I am keen to get my students reading novels written from a diverse range of voices, but I don't want to push a narrative that everyone who is not white and straight lives a terrible life of daily oppression and that it sucks to be part of those communities. I'm interested in a wide range of genres where the authors and characters *just so happen* to be POC or gay
Book of the Month really bothers me because they have so many UK booktubers promote them, and they aren't even available outside of the US. I'm all for booktubers getting sponsorships, but why not expand the service into the regions of those that you have promote you?
YES, I have been getting annoyed with this as well over the past few months. The first time I saw a UK booktuber promoting BOTM I was like "oh they are now available otuside the US" but nope they were not :(
That doesn’t make any sense at all. I don’t get it
I truly believe authors are trolling us with "let out a breathe I didn't know I was holding". They have to be!
They wanna say fart instead SO BAD, at least that’s how it feels to me
At this point, I believe it !
Your friendly US neighborhood librarian here, can confirm the theory about ebooks being difficult to get into libraries. Sometimes, we do have to wait a certain amount of time before we can purchase the ebook of a physical book we have. And yes, most of the ebooks have access to a copy purchased for either a 12 to 24 month period of time. Rarely do you find books that are just purchased outright, especially of new titles.
Macmillan did that intentionally for a while then retracted it, didn’t they?
You got it. Embargo on ebooks, how ridiculous is that?
Is there truth to the idea that after so many people use the digital copy the library has to repurchase it?
@@carissa1446 it depends on the type of contract the library has with Overdrive. Usually it's not by number of checkouts but by time frame, like rather than buying a copy for 60 checkouts, a copy is bought for countless checkouts within a 12-24 month period. However, I've see it both ways, which I think is why some libraries will buy access to multiple copies of a title.
@@ladyslibrarium that makes sense. It would be nice if they could just buy them for unlimited use, like the hard copies of books.
I’ve seen Tia Williams make a video talking about publishing telling her to make her characters “less black” or to add more trauma to her black characters….which really just confirmed what I already knew ☹️
To clarify: Tia Williams told them no! (Good for her) . However this confirmed to me that publishing has a very narrow idea of “black stories”. I think blk authors can have trauma in their books but it should be their choice and not a requirement to get published.
wait, the same Tia Williams that wrote 7 Days in June because if so, then that sorta explains some parts of the book (though it has certainly helped provide an exposition-explanation to me as a non-american reader)
@@ruby7706 yes that Tia Williams. However, she says she told them no. Which I appreciate.
😳😳😳 I shouldn’t be surprised but damn
Re: ebook prices, remember publishing houses sued Amazon to increase prices beyond the $9.99 cap. And that greed is multiplied, because authors make a smaller percentage on physical books than ebooks. So those high ebook prices are MEANT to push you to getting the physical copy, because the author only gets 10-15% of a physical copy versus 35-40% of ebook versions.
😭😭😭
Most of these theories are less conspiracies and more like good intuitions from people who have been reading for a while. Well done to everybody, who nailed it.
Esp. the one about the trauma porn. Do you guys remember, when that author was asked, why she doesnt write BIPOC characters in her historical romances and she answered bec. the stories would have to be tragic/sad. Glad Shonda Rhymes showed her how it's done, (in season 2 at least).
Also self help books always blame the reader if the book doesn’t work.
YES THEY DO!!!
Whoever made the point about "reliving trauma on the page": THAT WAS A WORD! You were preaching with that one. And that applies to films as well. The tropes and 1 dimensional plots are tired.
👏🏾 every time I see a movie with a bunch of Black people I get hype and then watch the trailer and it’s some trauma story. Please, let us rest
@@JessOwens I'm on the fence about the new Viola Davis movie for that reason. I don't want a Pocahontas romance in my Amazon warrior revolution story.
To your point about ebooks and libraries: I work in an Academic library and we saw a significant increase in the price of licenses for ebooks during the pandemic. It was infuriating- these publishers just saw a way to take advantage of lockdowns/quarantines and knowing that library's hands were tied because their customers couldn't physically come onto campus. Its even more infuriating that public library services will have been affected in the same way because, at least in the UK, they are grossly underfunded.
We can thank Amazon for helping make it difficult for libraries to get multiple copies of new releases. They dedicated time to tracking the number of borrows (through the read with kindle option) for new releases and provided that info to publishing companies. A few months later the announcement came that libraries would be restricted to 1 copy of a new release for the 1st 90 days because that's when the most sales come in.
😒😒😒 of course
I wouldn't mind paying the full price of an ebook if I actually owned it. E-books are licensed to you and can be removed from your library at any time. For that, I'm only paying a rental fee of up to $4.99.
😵💫😵💫😵💫
My conspiracy theory is that some editors throw in a "let out a breath ..." line to see if the author is paying attention to their revisions.
Also I know for a fact that the GOP buys books from right-wing politicians and talking heads to get them on the best sellers list (the owner of the accounting firm I used to work for was a big donor and got so many books sent to him that that he'd pile them up in the break room).
The UK gets paperback editions out so much quicker than the US. They get free healthcare AND paperbacks?! We're suffering here. I don't even like hardbacks but if I want a physical copy sometimes within OVER A YEAR of the release date then I gotta get a hardback.
LMAO SERIOUSLY
I have never felt so connected to you than through your rant about adding oppression to EVERY book!! Definitely plants!!! Another amazing video 🥰🥰🥰
🖤🖤🖤 no one can tell me booktube plants don’t exist 😤
I've also noticed "out of nowhere" big booktubers being recommended. With a little digging, (because who are you?) I found that all of them have a main channel with an even larger following which I'm sure helped in building their booktube channel quickly.
Ugh yes, I see those too
Just saying… a Jess owens podcast?? The dream
Agree! And I'm inviting myself as a guest now lol. Don't care what we talk about.
‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Brooke, I am writing you down as a guest
😏😏😏
@@JessOwens BET! 😍
Good video. I also have conspiracy theories booktube. You just cannot convince me that around the same time "suddenly" several booktubers begin reading Beserk & One Piece and for several month you'll consistently see those being talked about. Then just a suddenly, each of those same booktubers go back to their original format damn near at the exact same time. Sort of like they'd been in some contractual agreement.
Oh yes, what a coincidence 🫢😵💫🫠
I love: "they let out a breathe, they didnt know, they were holding". I didnt know people hated it.
😂😂😂
The phrases are hate are:
- anything to do with smirking. allow the men to smile please. Men have the right to feel joy and be happy!!!
- olive skin, just say brown. Most olives people eat nowadays in English-speaking countries are green or black. Nobody remembers the olives of old, so that phrase needs to be retired.
Olive skin CONFUSED me so much 🤣. I'm like so they're black black but the author will give the character European white features and I was so lost. This comment really took back 😭 😂
@@abookishmess Right?
😂
I'll just state that for years of reading I've never imagined olive skin as brown... I basically imagined nothing because my mind went blank at that description
@@abigase135 Growing up, I was imagining someone with weird green undertones. Tanned but in a sickly way. Very unappealing. And I couldnt understand, why a writer would foist that ugly skin tone on a beloved character.
An Italian woman explained the origin of the phrase on Twitter. And now, the mystery is solved. People living far away from the Mediterranean Sea have no business using it. It's confusing AF.
@@moustik31 that's interesting to know and yes it shouldn't be used as much, I'll look up the origin.
Whenever I read that description I remember this now lmao i.redd.it/cxq9u8pr5xn71.jpg
I'm with you on ebook prices. I usually buy ebooks on sale. But at most, I'll pay $5.
I've noticed a LOT of ebooks priced higher than the physical copies lately. It's insane.
It’s ridiculous !
Not "Twilight was written by the government" 😭😭 I literally choked on my lunch
I NEED MORE INFO
If you’re looking for a really fun YA fantasy that is written by a Black author with several Black (and queer!) characters that doesn’t focus on Black trauma, I highly recommend This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron. It was one of my favorite books of 2021 and the sequel was just released!
I think the thing about the best seller lists is true because an author actually did buy a spot on the list. They didn't hype the book first, so I think the sudden appearance of the book caught people off guard and made them question it. They figured out exactly what they did and the book was pulled from the list.
I think the biggest scam is publishing itself. They have been using authors and paying them as little as possible for years. The contracts are predatory. The entire system is stacked against the very people that they need in order to exist.
I love using ebooks, but the reality is, we don't own them like we do physical ones. Amazon owns the rights and we lease them. And I'm with you on $5 max on ebooks
Over the years, there has been a lot of books focusing on trauma written by black authors. In the future, I hope publishers promote more books about other subject matters, something more positive.
Booktok made it easier for the publicity teams in publishing to continue pushing previously published books months/years after they were initially released. Publicity teams take advantage of the free promotion, and they do go after the bigger names on the app to further promote books from the clients of said publicity teams.
"is anything real? only my love for Chris Evans" SAME JESS SAME
also yes, absolutely yes about marginalized groups not being just their generational traumas, it's a FANTASY, give me a means of escape please 😭
I cant believe we can voice this without someone knocking at our doors 😭 I'm avoiding 'inclusive' books lately because of this
The author editing one is actually true. I have worked in the book world for 8 years now and I have heard people across the field say that. When authors get more popular editors have a lighter touch on their books because they know they will sell and often times have more faith in those authors. But as we all know, good editing can make or break a book!
There was, at least at one point, a way to rig yourself onto the NYT Bestsellers List. One author's book was removed from the list a few years back because everyone believed that her and her publisher essentially bought the books themselves to get her on the list. I'm not sure if that was ever proven, but her book wasn't available through a lot of the major retailers, so the high sales were very suspicious. (Yes, this can absolutely be done in other industries. Music famously also has a problem with this, and K-Pop groups from smaller labels are regularly accused of sajaegi, which is when the label bulk buys their own artists' albums to push them higher up the charts to try to get people curious and listen to the song.)
Handbook for Mortals (the case I'm pretty sure you're thinking of) didn't have much marketing, no one had heard of it, and generally it was suspicious to many that it had reached that rank so quickly.
I really agree that if we get the hardback or even paperback we should get some kind of code or something for a reduced cost or maybe free ebook or audiobook, like sell it as a bundle or something... $20 hardback or a $23 option for hardback and e file or something.
As someone who works in digital marketing, I can PROMISE you that companies are having their social media people make TH-cam accounts and videos and putting a LOT of money into paid advertising, not just in BookTube. I am running the TH-cam channel for my place of work currently ( totally not in the bookish anywhere realm lol) and we have a budget to boost our videos.
omg the pushing books that needed more editing theory!! i never thought of that but that would explain how some of the last books i dnf'ed got published lmao
The issue with editors not editing bigger authors goes back a long way. I dont see the ending of IT getting published if Stephen King wasn't the author.
I haven’t watched the whole video yet so this may come up, but as a white reader I’ve noticed a lot of books written by POC seem to be catering to a white audience, seems like publishing is still thinking of their audience as primarily white and is regularly pushing books that explain racism, trauma etc to this audience.
Yes!!!!! I’m floored whenever NYPL doesn’t have something on ebook/audiobook!!! It’s the NY PUBLIC LIBRARY!!! Carrie & Big got married there! It’s a huge library system!!! They should have all the books!!!!
Laughing my actual ass off at the fact that the first ad I received upon clicking on this video, was for James Patterson's master class lololololol
OMG NOOO🤣😂😂
I truly believe editors are just not editing at the same rate they used to! Like why am I picking up multiple books published in the last year by major houses with BASIC grammar issues and typos that even programs as simple as Grammarly would have picked up on?!? It’s not making sense!
The math isn’t mathin!!!
The Industry only goes for something that is ''marketable''.... doesn't matter if it is good or not, but it depends if thier meeting board is interested. Yes, they do control the genre/trend. It depends on what they think is marketable somehow. They are so fussy.
The library/ebook one is *absolutley* true. I believe it was Hachette, and maybe MacMillen were limiting libraries to ONE e-copy of their books for something like a year. What ended that policy was the pandemic. Hopefully they don’t go back, either.
And I agree with the editing thing. It feels like certain books just…don’t get much editing because publishers know that people will buy it even if it’s a jumbled hot mess. The last book I read that needed a few more editing passes was Tamron Hall’s book. But why bother spending the money when people will buy it based on her name alone?
The insanity, ONE ebook copy for a year. I hate capitalism
I think some of these aren't even just theories but straight up facts.
I 100% believe the first two. There were to many unsubstantial vampire/dystopian/fantasy romance books coming out when these genres were trendy for it to not be a thing. Also the trilogy thing is something I've always said, so many trilogies should have been duologies.
I totally agree with your point about books written by PoC not getting the development/editing/marketing that white books do! I've given many trade pub YA books by PoC 3 stars or less for this very reason. It's so frustrating when it's clear the story didn't get the attention and development it deserved before it got published. And simultaneously...certain white authors get free reign to publish whatever whenever (SJM!) and people will eat it up.
I work in a library and it’s totally true that publishers complicate things for libraries to push sales
The thing about the NYT list being pre chosen/manipulated may come from the fact that books with manipulated sales can make the list but they do mark if a book has weird/possibly artificial sales numbers (like if the publisher or author seems to have self purchased a large number of copies to boost sales numbers)
I am CACKLING. I saw the thumbnail and laughed because you edited the foil hat on and I thought “that’s because foil ain’t cheap” and what did you open the video with?!?! FOIL AINT CHEAP!
Aluminum foil is so expensive !! Why!!!??? 😂
You: people on booktube read 8-15 books on average a month.
Ashley, from Bookish Realms: *hold my beer
😌
I’ve also been noticing an increasing number of very popular videos from people that have seemingly come from nowhere in the last year or so. But I think a lot of them have established platforms elsewhere (a popular main channel or TikTok). I attribute a lot of this to the popularity of BookTok. This was kind of a thing before like, if you searched ‘book recommendations’ or ‘how to read more’ the top videos were from non-BookTube channels, usually some kind of productivity/self-help/lifestyle channels. I think the last person I’ve seen grow organically that fast was probably Noelle.
I am LIVING for this!
So many of these are absolutely accurate! Loved to hear these and getting your take on all of them!✨💖📚
I love your rants. They affirm so much of what I question as a reader. Thank you! 💜
Such a creative idea!!!! YES JESS 👏🏾👏🏾 thank you for the content 😌
🥰🥰
This was a fun video! I liked how some theories were just a bit fun and others a bit more serious :') And I loved your additional comments on them.
'Savy Writes Books' has a TH-cam video on the NYT bestseller list and asking (in the title) if it's a scam. It's been a while since I watched it, but it was interesting 🐢✨
Yes, yes, yes. So much of this plays into why I love indie romances.
Stephen king must have his editor in his POCKET bc of all the crazy stuff he’s gotten away with in his books… bc he’s Stephen king & that’s his “style”
the breast discription are important for the plot!
I love how passionate you are about those points. Because at the end of the say, it IS important. We're the consumers and some of these have to be heard.
i will only pay more than a few dollars for an ebook if i am DESPERATE to read it immediately. it rarely happens.
😩😩
Also, only if audible narration comes with it. Since getting an audiobook for under $10 is nonexistent.
So fun Watching, great video !!!!! A lot of truths !!!!!
Per usual the best company to have while I struggle through a work day haha
🥰
About the library ebook thing... My library system in Ontario has a thing where a certain book (or books) will be available for unlimited downloads by users for a period of time. It's usually to promote a heritage month - for example, right now Noopiming by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is available for Indigenous History Month (and it's excellent btw). I wonder what kind of agreements are in place for libraries and publishers to make that happen?
I also think that while more authors of colour are getting published, fewer might be getting subsequent deals. If the debut isn't a runaway success, they're (to my completely unsubstantiated suspicion) probably less likely to get second book deals compared to white authors. No idea if that's true though (and if it is, I wish it wasn't)!
Also thank you for all the captioning work you put into your videos!! I've been using subtitles more and more and it's always such a joy when someone edits their captions from the automated system.
I agree about the editing and rushing books out for a trend. I felt that way with Legendborn - it needed more editing imo, it did not need to be 500 pages long for a YA, but it was pushed out to fit into peak BLM interest to ride that wave. However in this case it could be worth it, it was a big success when it came out.
I'm listening to this episode of yours while I'm putting together my new art drafting table. I have to chime in now before I continue with this build...I was 'kinda self published' back in 2014 (it was a small publishing company and it only sold 50 copies paperback and digital). My 'publisher' told me I could contact my local library system to get my book onto shelves that way. So, I contacted Sno-Isle Libraries system to purchase a few copies of my book. They bought two copies. So, yes libraries have to buy books themselves, but only if the publisher or self published author ask for copies or it's on the publisher's list for X amount of libraries to house copies at a set amount, unless otherwise determined to get more due to popularity. A few years later, after I relieved myself of the contract with that publisher, obtaining all my rights of the material, I contacted two Sno-Isle Libraries if I could buy those copies back. Which I was able to only buy one as the books since one was stolen. It cost the library system nearly $40 for the books and it cost me .25 cents to buy the single copy back. Now you know far more about publishing and libraries.
I completely agree about the lack of quality control and editing that is needed more in books no matter the popularity or pay level an author has. I'm tired of coming across books with so many issues. It is why I'm working on my books so heavily to be as cleaned up as possible before querying. I don't need an editor, says most agents, but I want to get that extra clean up that way the agent doesn't work so hard to further clean up areas. That when the book is sold to a publisher, they will find the right editor for my work that will go through further edits. In the long run, I want book 2 and book 3 to stay as tightly consistent as the first one that begins the whole story. It's also why I'm working on an extensive outline for the third book and cleaning up the last half of Act 1 of book 2. The main edits must come from the author themselves before anything professional level happens. It is part of the craft that must be learned at all costs. I don't want my future readers to be the 'unexpected' editor when they intended to read the book whole out after buying it at a bookstore. Ya know? You're job as the reader is to enjoy the story, not to find all the editing issues that were ignored by editors or ignored further by the author who was tasked in fixing other issues before the final copy was sent to fine tooth comb line/copy editing. I want quality and so does the reader deserve the same in the final product. It's that important to me.
Sno-Isle is my local library system 😊
Yaaas! We needed to say those things aloud, so glad someone is going through these theories. The way book publishing is going, some of 'em HAVE to be true at this point. Y'all tell 'em peeps.
I love any video where you’re all passionate!! The plant thing I think is true to an extent or there are people who are not in booktube but like productivity hack channels that pop up. It’s weird for sure.
re ebooks and libraries: in germany publishers do this thing called 'windowing' which means that libraries have to wait till they can offer a book as an ebook (sometimes longer than 6 months after release) bc they hope people will buy the book instead of waiting ig? - i cant imagine it really makes a difference in sales but who knows
Wow. That doesn't surprise me tho.
Oh I don’t like that
Industry....a book is $15. or $29......15% will go to the agent....20% will go the place....and the author usually gets 00.1% out of that. Like....out out of every book sold, the author will get 86 pence if they are lucky. Yet, they have to sell 5,000 books per month to make back the advance they get BEFORE they start earning. You have about 3 months in total to show your findings before they kick you out for low preformance. Yes seriously, there has been a lot of talk about this. Alexa Donne and someone else spoke about this.
Interesting theories. There are so many layers to who gets published and what trends develop. The truth is out there.
I just realized I was holding my breath the entire time I was watching. 😌
I’m cackling at this thumbnail 😂😂 -Christine
In one YA contemporary book I read the line "I released a trapped breath". It was only that one book, and I haven't seen any other author write it that way. But I'm pretty sure that's what they all mean.
Your hate of Book of Night is making me want to pull it up on TBR. I need to know
This was exactly the video I needed. So many truths 😳
I know I’ve heard a lot of allegations that a lot of prominent Republican politicians buy their way on to the NYT bestseller list by having their campaign or the RNC buy a ton of copies of their book right at release, and then warehouse them and sell them again on like the campaign website in order to hop on the bestseller list on day one of the book. Idk about publishers doing this to mainstream books but I know this is likely a practice with political books and biographies.
I’ve heard that about politician’s books too!
The reason why the digital file has the same or similar price as the physical book is that publishers can't get bookshops against them. If digital was way cheaper, it would affect physical sales. The same happens with videogames and you can already see it here in Latam, we don't have official distributors for certain companies and importing comes with lots of extra taxes, so more and more people are just buying one huge SD card and sticking to digital because of the price difference.
truth. it's the same story and it took the same amount of work. the only difference is that it's on your phone/tablet. i feel like the value shouldn't diminish simply because it's not a page of papers in your hands.
“i don’t want it, MAKE SHIT UP”
Those publishing houses with the best marketing are guaranteed to be in the bestselling list. It's all advertisement anyway.
A book is a product. So, I totally agree on the idea of big ad revenue equaling a top selling book. It just makes sense.
However, more often than not these books suck.
Agree on ebook prices
As a self-publisher, I would like to offer a code for a free e-book version for people. I think it's ridiculous to make someone pay for something twice if they want the convenience of reading on an e-reader.
I'm not saying that trauma doesn't have its place sometimes, but yeah... this like expectation almost that books involving marginalized people must have trauma is...a lot.
Nepotism...man. It's kind of funny because my uncle's firm (he's a CPA) will not even *look* at a resume/application if it comes from anyone with ties to the firm, which I personally think is going a bit *too* far, because sometimes good accountants - in this case - have children/relatives who are also good accountants. However, I also have like mighty respect for them because even if they're losing some good accountants, at least the people they're hiring are good, and you *know* you and everyone else around you has actually *earned* that spot.
I suddenly have the urge to write some kind of essay on why Twilight was written by the government even though I despise Twilight and also the government and also have a lot of other things to do but honestly, I *need* to hear more about this.
Capitalism is the bane of art of all kinds I feel and this video just...pretty much proved that. *sigh*
Thanks for the amusing video!
18:51 There is a nasty thing going on with editing and publishing.....the industry go by tiers...1.2. and 3.. .and it depends on what tier you on to whether you be noticed by them or not. It is a nasty trend that the top 1 tier will have all the attention and focus, the second will have a bit and if your a 3rd tier....you may as well do it yourself. They don't tell you anything, they expect you to know it yourself. Not only that, they expect you do market your book. Oh......and some publishers will only take you on if you have a certain amount of following on your platform. Unless your popular, you won't get far by them. Yes, a lot of professional books are badly edited now, since they are all rushed out. James Patterson and a few home grown publish 4 books per month. The Industry doesn't follow the same rules the writers ''grow up'' with.
Yeah, but top authors who sell by name don't even need editing because why "it will sell anyway", for example Stephen King's novels are often so unedited... Because if he's gonna sell by the millions anyway, why waste money on edits when we can give the ceo a bigger yearly bonus...
@@ivylilybasket Yeah, loads of household names do it, it's crazy. They tell us about the rule thing and then professionals throw it out of the window. James Patterson is the worst offender.
all these conspiracies were 100% believable. would love a part 2 and would be helpful if the actual screenshots were flashed up on the screen
In Germany libraries have to wait for a certain amount of time before they are allowed to buy the book or put it on display if it was donated, it think.
I used to hear if you want the million-dollar contract, promise a trilogy. I am not sure if that is actually true though.
i thought i was the only one who noticed typos in trad publishing. i enjoyed the scholomance #1, but the ebook felt like some parts needed to be looked at again /: only after i finished the book had i realized you can report typos and the like, but i doubt those go noticed anyways?
They go noticed in self-pubbed books. Please don’t do that to them. They will remove the books from purchase, and people are good for flagging things that aren’t errors.
This is my jam! I love good conspiracies 🥰 Edit: I feel like they did Holly Black Adult Debut novel dirty! Who did she make mad??? 👀
They really did her wrong 😂
@23:05 Amen girl
16:35 YES! Seriously what is going on?
Yeah my dad published a his first book, but his job preferred he didn't have a social media presence he still doesn't even though he's retired, and it's going very slow with selling it.
Another highly entertaining vid with so much truth! Read these folks for filth girl!
I have a love-hate thing going with "own voices". I fully support a black queer person to publish a novel with cast members similar to themselves. HOWEVER, what does that mean for others who don't have that label? Like, I'm white and queer. Am I allowed to have POC in my supporting cast? Is my main limited to being like me, in some way? What are the rules (regardless of gender, religion, sexuality, or ethnicity). I definitely don't give a fuck about the Twitterati crowd and their screeching and howling about being offended. I DO care about harming people who shouldn't be harmed. That is where *my* concerns lie.
I 100% agree with your thoughts on digital books. Why can’t it be like when you buy the Blu-ray and get a digital code with it?! Especially since I usually buy the physical book anyway?
Oh, I love a tin hat video!! 👽
I have also heard that The NY Times bestseller list is a sham of sorts. Pretty sure I heard about it on Book Riot!
Can also confirm that libraries have to pay an assload for digital books and there’s a finite number of uses they get before they have to rebuy. Which also seems like such a big sham! And yes, they tried to delay the start date a library could get a new book. Hoping people who really wanted to read it would just buy it instead of waiting for the library to get it and then for the library hold list.
yeah, series is a big thing now. The more books you can do, the ''better'' it can be
As an aspiring author, I can answer the editing question (well, part of it). Because of creative control issues, I've decided not to query and go the indie route. However, the indie author sphere has gotten a bad rap, because there's no gatekeeping, as in traditional publishing. Basically, anyone can be an indie author. The encouragement to still use traditional publishing as a "guide" is high. Which means many indie authors (not all), usually have multiple professional editors go over their manuscripts. This is to make the story as tight as humanly possible. There will always be minor errors that slip through, but having multiple sets of eyes on the same manuscript helps a great deal. On the flip side, a lot of times traditional publishers bank more on the fact they're major traditional publishers with a reputation than pumping out an excellent product. This is because of editors being overworked and underpaid. A lot of those major publishing house editors become freelancers who work with indie authors. I know my manuscript will have 5 different professional editors (possibly with multiple rounds each of edits), plus critique partners and beta readers. Whether or not the story is good is up to the reader. By the time I'm done, I will put out the best product I can. Ok rant over, continue with the show.😁
Same here with with ebooks. I have brought the bridgerton series for 7.99 each. But as a rule of thumb, I won’t pay more than 4.99. I wait for the book to go on sale before I buy them. I would love 💕 a discount for ebooks if you buy the book including book box books especially
I'm not sure about the library and ebooks thing. My city's libraries are currently getting ebooks about two or three months before they get the physical book of the same title.
the most i'm willing to pay on an ebook is $0 lmao. If it's not on libby or scribd, i'm paying for either audio or physical.
😂😂😂
This was a great video. 24:56 got me good. And where is the lie? 👀👀👀 I would try to find it but I know it is no where to be found b/c all facts were spoken.
I refuse to buy ebooks anymore. If it's not in my library I will be buying a physical copy. 😂
I had to run 23:49, 31:32 & 31:41 back multiple times. lmaoooo
It's a Theory...A Book Theory Thanks for Watching.
For the ebook Thing. I will pay up to £3 for an ebook. Sorry boo-boo but if you want me to shell out anything above the price of the physical book (especially on Amazon), you're going to have to send me a physical copy that book too. Amazon also does this thing where if you buy a physical copy of a book, they will give you the ebook for free, and I'm like lads....do it the other way around too. Don't make me pay xx.xx amount for the ebook and then not send me a physical copy,.