The truth is, we don't know any specifics about Authors Equity's model beyond a press release, a few vague interviews, and a range of hot takes. Their website has very little information, and they don't currently even meet several of IBPA's minimal Hybrid Publisher Criteria.
Tag: Platform
Five Things: February 29, 2024
"You should only do it because you love it." Five things for February 29, 2024.
On library ebook licenses, patron demand, and power dynamics
Meanwhile, libraries have generally proven reluctant to use their power to shape the demand curve and shift digital budgets away from expensive Big 5 bestsellers, even when it means sacrificing diversity and depth in their own digital collections.
Five Things: January 4, 2024
"One of the few book-related things I’d save in a fire." Five Things: January 4, 2024.
Five Things: December 14, 2023
"Comixology was temporary pain relief, never the cure." Five Things: December 14, 2023.
Not-so-random pandemic thoughts on Author Platforms
It's an unfortunate truth about books that it's never simply been about being a good writer, but as literal thousands of new books are published every month, marketability is arguably more important — and harder to define — than it's ever been.
One year later, the problem with social media is clear: PEBKAC
I don't usually buy into "blame the user" for most problems, but our collective addiction to vanity metrics ruined everything, and even those who didn't buy into them have suffered the consequences. The problem exists between keyboard and chair.
Five Things: November 30, 2023
"I'd pay good money to hear the whisper networks' take on that." Five things for November 30, 2023.
Goodbye, Twitter. Goodbye, Substack. *DELETE*
Much like the lack of flying cars and personal jetpacks, the internet in 2023 is a major disappointment.
Five Things: April 27, 2023
"Be the change you want to see." Five things for April 27, 2023. That's it! That's the excerpt.