Comments on: Big Six Publishing is Dead–Welcome the Massive Three https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Mon, 03 Sep 2018 23:52:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.11 By: 5 Interesting Links for 5-25-2012 | Tales to Tide You Over https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/#comment-97536 Mon, 03 Sep 2018 23:52:42 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6745#comment-97536 […] This is interesting both for its analysis of the future of publishing and for the confidence that there will still be competition in the digital market. It’s worth reading for sure. http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/ […]

]]> By: Battle of the Book Business: Publishing Cold War is Ending - Kristen Lamb https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/#comment-88235 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 17:17:24 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6745#comment-88235 […] I’ve called virtually every major market shift in publishing years before said ‘shift’ happened. Among too many other predictions to mention (which came true) I forecasted the contraction of the Big Six and that Amazon would open brick-and-mortar stores on May 2, 2012. […]

]]> By: The Week’s Best Writing Posts: Friday, May 4, 2012 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/#comment-19914 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 01:28:41 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6745#comment-19914 […] Big Six Publishing is Dead–Welcome the Massive Three […]

]]> By: The Week’s Best Writing Posts: Friday, May 4, 2012 | Daily Dish Recipes https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/#comment-19913 Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:58:50 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6745#comment-19913 […] Big Six Publishing is Dead–Welcome the Massive Three […]

]]> By: News: What’s Happened Lately? | Books by Erica Cameron https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/#comment-19912 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 01:18:16 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6745#comment-19912 […] Big Six Publishing Is Dead–Welcome The Massive Three: A reaction to the news from Microsoft and B&N, blogger and author of We Are Not Alone–The Writer’s Guide To Social Media Kristen Lamb talks about what this move could mean for the NYC legacy publishers. It’s long, but worth reading. […]

]]> By: E-books: Why Self-Publishing Will Be Preferred by Readers https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/#comment-19911 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:02:31 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6745#comment-19911 […] This is great for indies because INDIES will be the ones moving with the market. The Big 6/3 believe they can control the market. They can’t. The fact is that readers already have developed a perceived value for an e-book, and it ain’t $18. The attempt by these publishers to stunt evolution in the publishing industry is actually great for indies because INDIES can be the ones to innovate and lead the movement! In artificially pricing e-books high to compare to print books, these publishers have perfectly positioned indies to cater to readers in a way that traditional publishers don’t. And it’s showing! Every day there’s another publishing merger, another major warehouse closing, another publisher going bankrupt. The same day, there’s another self-published author hitting it big. As Kristin Lamb says in her blog article titled “Big Six Publishing is Dead – Welcome the Massive Three,” […]

]]> By: XX https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/#comment-19910 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:03:25 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6745#comment-19910 I am a creature of the past and probably damned to scavenging for the things I do love (paper) but I’ll be damned if I see libraries be destroyed by these digital nazis and a society more borne to convenience than thought about what really matters in the historical record

]]> By: What’s Ahead in 2013–Predictions for the Future of Publishing and Authors of the Digital Age « Kristen Lamb's Blog https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/#comment-19909 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:59:42 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6745#comment-19909 […] To take on a giant, NY will need to become a giant. I mentioned this type of consolidation in my July post Big Six Publishing is Dead—Welcome the Massive Three. […]

]]> By: Kate Harper https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/#comment-19908 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:34:51 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6745#comment-19908 I think this is one of the best articles I’ve read all year! You explain the crazy things going on in publishing, but in a humorous way.

]]> By: 2smrt4u68 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2012/05/big-six-publishing-is-dead-welcome-the-massive-three/#comment-19907 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:03:01 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=6745#comment-19907 In reply to Stacy Green.

Tablet computers. If Microsoft intends to include e-readers with Windows OS, any tablet running Windows will have a e-reader, making a NOOK or Kindle unnecessary.

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