tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post5290411972920979339..comments2024-01-20T00:59:08.689+00:00Comments on Brave New World: Consumers Discover Self-PublishingMartyn Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-51904048477091834022013-08-09T05:55:38.646+00:002013-08-09T05:55:38.646+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sharon Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03221276499638443556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-56285618572863490192013-07-27T19:31:28.831+00:002013-07-27T19:31:28.831+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13073526538942557938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-13436380856126791492013-06-10T11:38:14.974+00:002013-06-10T11:38:14.974+00:00Recieved this update from Bowker which explains ho...Recieved this update from Bowker which explains how they identify published and self published works.<br /><br />Thanks Steve<br /><br />From Steve Bohme, Research Director at Bowker Market Research: Martyn, happy to shed light on the way that Bowker Market Research derived the self-published figures that we delivered to last Friday's The Literary Consultancy Conference. The Books & Consumers survey records the ISBN, title and author (or at least some of these elements) for each book purchased in the month prior to survey by our representative sample of c3000 buyers per month. The data are matched against bibliographic databases to generate information about the publisher, and this helps us identify some instances where the book is self-published. In addition, we painstakingly check through the list of purchases which we can't match bibliographically to identify other purchases which are self-published. It is not an exact science, of course, but when we look at the data against price, discover, choice factors, etc it is clear that we are getting a pretty good handle on this growing market. So, no evidence that consumers are wise to whether they are buying a self-published author or not, although that's an interesting question we are sure to explore in more detail going forward!Martyn Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-6538908913360143132013-06-10T08:41:46.531+00:002013-06-10T08:41:46.531+00:00Most consumers don't consider whether a book i...Most consumers don't consider whether a book is self-published or not, and it's not easy to tell on sites like Amazon. They either don't care or don't know the difference and are far more concerned with what their fellow readers thought of the book - something Amazon is very good at sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com