December 26, 2009
BTB #142: Raccah: We Publish Authors Not Books
In the future, predicts Sourcebooks CEO Dominique Raccah, “Publishers are going to take more risks and authors are going to take that risk with them.”
As a follow-up to her PubWest conference keynote address, she spoke with Chris Kenneally about the evolution of publisher-author relationships. Raccah describes a business partnership that is meant to be long-term. “We’re not interested in a one book deal with a specific author. We’re interested in what’s four books look like? What’s next? What’s your vision for your future? And we’ll create that with you, but we’ve got to have a clear game plan of success before we go forward.”
