Comments on: Small wonders http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/10/04/small-wonders/ Writing and publishing in the digital near-future Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Louisiana http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/10/04/small-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Louisiana Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:53:40 +0000 http://electricalphabet.wordpress.com/?p=281#comment-129 Good stuff Kate, right on the "money"..My novel is published by a small press in London.I'm from OZ have a background in publishing research and want to get this message out and around buy small buy online from the independent. "Uncorrected Proof" the novel from http://elephantearspress.com FREE AIR MAILING TO ALL DESTINATIONS. Best, L. Good stuff Kate, right on the “money”..My novel is published by a small press in London.I’m from OZ have a background in publishing research and want to get this message out and around buy small buy online from the independent.

“Uncorrected Proof” the novel from
http://elephantearspress.com

FREE AIR MAILING TO ALL DESTINATIONS.

Best,

L.

]]> By: electricalphabet http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/10/04/small-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-130 electricalphabet Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:37:10 +0000 http://electricalphabet.wordpress.com/?p=281#comment-130 Leticia: Coop distro came up today at a meeting I had with Playlab. We were discussing the challenges of distributing play scripts which are, and always will be, a niche market and therefore unlikely to be palatable to distributors. When I thought about plays, I then thought about small press poetry with the exact same problem. I think there's likely a good focused distro coop, especially focusing on institutional markets like schools and universities, that could be made out of these niche publishers. Gary: Tell Shane and Angela to check out Exact Editions. They may find some ways of picking up some additional digital subscriptions of the magazine through that, especially international ones? (http://www.exacteditions.com) Leticia: Coop distro came up today at a meeting I had with Playlab. We were discussing the challenges of distributing play scripts which are, and always will be, a niche market and therefore unlikely to be palatable to distributors. When I thought about plays, I then thought about small press poetry with the exact same problem. I think there’s likely a good focused distro coop, especially focusing on institutional markets like schools and universities, that could be made out of these niche publishers.

Gary: Tell Shane and Angela to check out Exact Editions. They may find some ways of picking up some additional digital subscriptions of the magazine through that, especially international ones? (http://www.exacteditions.com)

]]> By: Leticia http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/10/04/small-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Leticia Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:10:49 +0000 http://electricalphabet.wordpress.com/?p=281#comment-131 I agree Kate, SPUNC are doing awesome things. Still, anybody who can get a cooperative distro situation happening gets my vote! We are dealing with our first distribution issues at the moment, so it's an issue that is very close to me at the moment. cheers Leticia | www.brascoebooks.com.au I agree Kate, SPUNC are doing awesome things. Still, anybody who can get a cooperative distro situation happening gets my vote! We are dealing with our first distribution issues at the moment, so it’s an issue that is very close to me at the moment.

cheers
Leticia | http://www.brascoebooks.com.au

]]> By: Gary Kemble http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/10/04/small-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Gary Kemble Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:41:17 +0000 http://electricalphabet.wordpress.com/?p=281#comment-133 Brimstone Press (independent WA publisher) has managed to secure mainstream distribution of its new dark culture magazine Black (which I write for). Gordon and Gotch are distributing it, which means it's available at pretty much every newsagency -- either on the shelf or available for order. To maintain that, sales have to reach/stay at a certain level, since G&G gets a commission on sales. Browsing a few newsagencies, you soon realise the challenge -- all those magazines fighting for shelf space. (And a bit of creative shelf rearranging will only go so far!) So any initiative that can help integrate niche publications with a wider audience is good news. Off to check Tehani's blog now. Thanks, Gary Brimstone Press (independent WA publisher) has managed to secure mainstream distribution of its new dark culture magazine Black (which I write for).

Gordon and Gotch are distributing it, which means it’s available at pretty much every newsagency — either on the shelf or available for order.

To maintain that, sales have to reach/stay at a certain level, since G&G gets a commission on sales.

Browsing a few newsagencies, you soon realise the challenge — all those magazines fighting for shelf space.

(And a bit of creative shelf rearranging will only go so far!)

So any initiative that can help integrate niche publications with a wider audience is good news.

Off to check Tehani’s blog now.

Thanks,
Gary

]]> By: Tehani http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/10/04/small-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Tehani Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:27:07 +0000 http://electricalphabet.wordpress.com/?p=281#comment-132 Thanks Kate! For the support and the contact. Am emailing them right now :) Thanks Kate! For the support and the contact. Am emailing them right now :)

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