Post by Kilarin on Nov 9, 2005 13:42:22 GMT -5
J. Michael Straczynski (JMS) is the creator of Babylon 5. He has decided to publish all of the scripts he wrote for that series. And who did he choose to publish these scripts?
You can read all about it at jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-17441 and www.babylon5scripts.com/FAQ.htm
Why do I bring it up here? Because Cafe Press is the "On Demand" publisher for Xaa's books! www.cafepress.com/diskusbooks/413273
It's good to see that "On Demand" publishing is being used by popular published authors. There may be hope that one day we can break out of the limits set by the big publishing houses!
Kilarin
Others have asked why I (and the B5 scripts team) are going through Cafe Press rather than a major publisher. The answer is very simple: over the years, I've had many publishers approach me about publising the B5 scripts, but they take the same timid line WB has always taken about the show. We had to push like hell to get the DVDs released, and they still insisted on testing the water...putting out one disc first (same with the VHSs) to "test the waters"....and of course now the DVDs have grossed half a billion bucks for WB.
So when the publishers approached me, it was with the same, "Well, let's put out one book now, the 'best of' scripts, then we can think about doing more down the road, so we can test the waters." When I explained that i wante all of the scripts to go out, all 14 volumes, nearly a hundred scripts...they couldn't even fathom such a thing. It's never been done, not on this scale. But with Cafe Press, we CAN do all 14 volumes.
So when the publishers approached me, it was with the same, "Well, let's put out one book now, the 'best of' scripts, then we can think about doing more down the road, so we can test the waters." When I explained that i wante all of the scripts to go out, all 14 volumes, nearly a hundred scripts...they couldn't even fathom such a thing. It's never been done, not on this scale. But with Cafe Press, we CAN do all 14 volumes.
You can read all about it at jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-17441 and www.babylon5scripts.com/FAQ.htm
Why do I bring it up here? Because Cafe Press is the "On Demand" publisher for Xaa's books! www.cafepress.com/diskusbooks/413273
It's good to see that "On Demand" publishing is being used by popular published authors. There may be hope that one day we can break out of the limits set by the big publishing houses!
Kilarin
