Lightning strikes 50:50 deals

A new publishing model has launched, offering authors a 50% share of revenue on book sales. Lightning Books, the fiction imprint of the newly created Eyestorm Media, operates a co-publishing model. It was founded by Eye Books owner Dan Hiscocks, a former director of the Independent Publishers’ Guild, who has returned to the UK after a sabbatical in the US with a desire to “shake up the publishing industry”. Lightning Books launched at the London Book Fair. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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