{"id":655241,"date":"2013-04-30T09:30:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T13:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=228736"},"modified":"2013-04-30T09:30:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T13:30:27","slug":"harpercollins-to-launch-digital-first-mystery-imprint-with-monthly-royalty-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/655241","title":{"rendered":"HarperCollins to launch digital-first mystery imprint, with monthly royalty payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HarperCollins&#8217; William Morrow division will launch Witness, a digital-first imprint for mysteries and thrillers, this October, the company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/footer\/release.aspx?id=1038&#38;b=&#038;%2338;year=2013\">announced Tuesday<\/a>. Witness is part of HarperCollins&#8217; &#8220;Impulse&#8221; line of books, which also includes digital-first romance, sci-fi\/fantasy and young adult books.<\/p>\n<p>The idea behind digital-first lines is that they let publishers take a chance on unknown or new authors, they allow for a faster publishing process and they let authors release more types and lengths of books throughout the year. In many cases, the books are eventually released in print; HarperCollins says that &#8220;to date, more than 60 percent of Impulse titles have a print format, with thousands of printed copies sold for each of those books&#8221; (though in many cases this means print-on-demand books that don&#8217;t make it into bookstores).<\/p>\n<p>Ten books will be released in October, and the company says it&#8217;s already acquired over 100 full-length titles for Witness. The imprint will also sell digital editions of Agatha Christie&#8217;s short stories, starting with the Hercule Poirot stories, which will be available both as e-singles and as a collection.<\/p>\n<p>HarperCollins also announced that as of August 1, authors who sign with Impulse will receive monthly royalties. &#8220;There is a true financial benefit to signing with our Impulse imprints,&#8221; said Liate Stehlik, SVP and publisher of William Morrow. 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