Friday, April 27, 2012

Bilbary: What's in it for Authors, Publishers, and Agents?


After reviewing its Terms of Service, Site Usage, and FAQs, I'm still in a fog regarding exactly what Bilbary.com provides authors, publishers, and agents. Cryptically, all I could do, as an author visiting this site, was send Bilbary's customer-service folks an email noting my interest in "becoming a Bilbary partner."

As such, here's the email I wrote them. I'll post their response. Note that Bilbary required a brief overview of my writing background.
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I wrote and self-published four novels (3 adventure, 1 romcom), which exist as ebooks on several platforms. I have many more titles in various stages of development.
I am interested in offering ebook copies of my titles to subscribed readers on Bilbary.com.

I read the site's terms of service and faqs, but found very little regarding rights retention and nothing about how Beilbary benefits authors/publishers.
Please email me with specific details regarding Bilbary's program and offerings to self-published authors (including, but not limited to, royalties calculations & payment schedules, DRM options, content ownership, exit/termination schemes, et al.).

Thanks and regards,
LC Cooper, author of:
Christmess (novel)
Legacy (novel)
Simmering Consequences (novel)
The Voices of Cellar's Bridge (novel)
"Halloween's Perfect Storm" (short)
"Of Yellow Snow And Christmas Balls" (short)
"Dan's Accidental Convertible" (short)
"One Lousy Wish" (short)