It responds to a claim by the authors. They generally have to wait for an annual “reporting” to find out how many copies they have sold, which leaves them uncertain about the royalties they will receive. Ultimately, when Filéas has reached its potential, a novelist or the author of an essay will be able to see, for example, whether her appearance on television or a controversy on social networks has accelerated the sales of her latest title. Or simply see if it starts better or worse than the previous ones, without having to ask your publishing house.
The beginnings will be more modest. Initially, the platform will reflect weekly data, scrutinized in the publishing sector, from the GfK firm (NielsenIQ group), “privileged partner of Filéas”. Considered the most reliable, they are sales estimates based on figures from a panel of booksellers and other businesses that sell Books.
“Daily indicator”
Filéas announced in a press release that, “secondly”, it would offer “a daily indicator constructed from the sales data of any player in the sector who agrees to provide them. The data will come from more than 700 bookstores at startup.”
The name of these bookstores and their representativeness on the book market have not been specified. The number, however, corresponds to that of members of the professional organization of independent booksellers, the French Library Union. The other important players in the book market are the major cultural chains (Fnac, Espaces Culturels E. Leclerc, Cultura, etc.) and websites. The best known of them, Amazon.fr, does not transmit any sales figures to publishers. The American online commerce giant only publishes its overall turnover, all departments combined. Even without this major player, who according to estimates controls a tenth of the book market in France, Filéas should quickly convince authors.
Companies (publishers, broadcasters and distributors) will have to pay a subscription, modulated according to their turnover.
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