Saturday 8 February 2020

Ever fancied publishing a book critical of the BBC?


Talking about David Sedgwick's new book The Fake News Factory: Tales from BBC-land, I think you'll find this seriously alarming:


David's piece begins:
When I heard through a third-party that the BBC was planning, and I quote, 'to sink' my new book about them I wasn't that surprised. After all, the theme of 'The Fake News Factory: Tales from BBC-land,' is BBC dishonesty. Indeed, it made perfect sense. Although friends scoffed at the idea, I have since discovered that this was no idle threat.
Now read on...

4 comments:

  1. That’s scary?!? He should publish the proof on Twitter.

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  2. Why go with Amazon? Their Europe HQ is in Luxembourg where they enjoy very attractively reduced vAT rates for e-books (last time I checked it was 3% against the UK standard rate). With the BBC and their pro EU crusade, I shouldn't wonder that they have friends in high places.

    Why didn't Sedgwick go with a UK based publisher, who would have handled the distribution of review copies reliably. A good publisher would have had digital prints produced discreetly and couriered them to their destination.

    Unless of course UK publishers were not prepared to publish! - now that is scary.

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    1. The commercial realities are that if you want a wide distribution and want to make money you have to use Amazon in some shape or form.
      All UK publishers, distributors and wholesalers sell at least 2/3 of all their books via the amazon website or their third party sellers. Fact.

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    2. That's true, but a good UK publisher would negotiate a distribution deal with Amazon at an agreed discount, but equally they would keep control of the publishing rights.

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