Publishing software survey
Microcosm is excited to announce that we're developing a publishing title management web-based software program for book publishers. The service will allow publishing houses of all sizes to manage:
- products and inventory
- royalties and authors
- accounting
- orders and ecommerce
- print runs
While we’ve been using this software in-house to great effect, we’d love to learn your thoughts. Help us create the next generation of publishing software!
Your responses will be kept confidential.
If you have any questions, please drop us an email:
elly@microcosmpublishing.com
More info at
https://microcosmpublishing.com/blog/2021/03/workinglit-publishing-software-from-microcosm/
Thank you!
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Your Company Name
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Your name
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Your answer
Your email address (we won't add you to any lists without permission, but we might get in touch with follow-up questions)
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Your answer
How many books does your company have in print?
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Choose
0-5
6-25
26-50
51-100
101-400
500-999
1000-9999
10,000+
How many books do you plan to publish in 2021?
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Choose
0-2
3-5
6-10
11-25
26-99
100-249
250+
Who is your current trade distributor?
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Independent Publishers Group
Ingram Publisher Services (or subset)
Baker + Taylor Publisher Services
Penguin Random House
Simon & Schuster
SCB
NBN
SPD
Self-distributed
Other:
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Sales outlets that you service DIRECTLY (please choose all that apply)
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Amazon
Wholesalers (Ingram, Bookazine, New Leaf, etc)
Library jobbers (Follett, Baker + Taylor, Brodart, etc)
Direct to retailers
Direct to consumers
Institutional sales
Custom publishing
Other:
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Which of the following software do you currently use to manage your publishing business?
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Acumen
Quickbooks
Metacomet
Edelweiss
Excel / Google sheets
My distributor's software
Notebook/clipboard/paper ledger
Other:
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About how many hours per month do you currently spend using software for managing your business (metadata, accounting, royalties, inventory, etc)
Your answer
About how much money do you currently spend per month on software for managing your business (metadata, accounting, royalties, inventory, etc)
Your answer
What do you like best about your current software system(s)?
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Your answer
What do you like least about your current software system(s)?
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Your answer
Are there any systems that you're absolutely married to and would need any new software to integrate with vs migrate from? Why?
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Which of these features would you be able to use immediately if offered as part of WorkingLit? (choose all that apply)
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Inventory management
Invoicing
Purchase orders
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Royalty tracking and reporting
Calculating print runs
CSV exports of product metadata
ONIX exports of product metadata
EDI order imports
Ecommerce
A centralized Ecommerce platform for publishers, similar to Etsy
A centralized trade platform for publishers, similar to Edelweiss
Tip sheets (info sheets for individual titles)
Line sheets (sales sheets for multiple titles)
Sales reporting and other financial tools to help manage business growth
Charts, graphs, and year over year sales data
P&L sell through performance analaysis
Other:
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Which of these features do you foresee using within the next 5 years? (choose all that apply)
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Inventory management
Invoicing
purchase orders
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Royalties
Calculating print runs
CSV exports of product metadata
ONIX exports of product metadata
Ecommerce
A centralized Ecommerce platform for publishers, similar to Etsy
A centralized trade platform for publishers, similar to Edelweiss
Tip sheets (info sheets for individual titles)
Line sheets (sales sheets for multiple titles)
Sales reporting and other financial tools to help manage business growth
Charts, graphs, and year over year sales data
P&L sell through performance analaysis
Other:
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What are your biggest needs? What do the current available software tools that you use lack?
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Your answer
For our initial launch of WorkingLit (including: title databasing, order management, accounting, and royalty reporting), we are considering these rates: Free for up to 5 titles, $25/month for 6-25 titles, $50/month for 26-100 titles, $249/month up to 500 titles, $499/month for up to 1000 titles, $999/month for over 1000 titles
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I would gladly pay those rates for those features
I would not pay that much
I would pay more than that
I would only be interested once more features are added (invoicing, ecommerce, ONIX exports, EDI imports, over 100 titles, reprint estimation, multiple inventory locations)
I would be interested in licensing software like this as a one-time purchase, but not as a monthly service.
Other:
What would be the most appealing features of WorkingLit for your publishing company?
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Less technical complexity than existing software options
Having all these functions integrated in one program
Tools for selling more books and reaching new markets
Helping me understand my business and manage it for growth
Help increasing my company's profits
Freeing up more resources for publishing books that matter
The potential to become independently distributed
The potential to rely less (or not at all) on Amazon
Data and payment security
Cost-effectiveness compared to competing options
Other:
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Want to stay informed about our progress with WorkingLit? We'll send out occasional pre-release announcements to interested publishers. Can we add you to that list?
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