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trboturtle:
--- Quote from: Rechan on May 17, 2014, 02:54:19 AM ---Not willing to go that route, no.
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Any reason? I just wondering....
Rechan:
--- Quote from: trboturtle on May 17, 2014, 03:14:41 AM ---Any reason? I just wondering....
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If you self-publish, you are responsible for everything, which means you either do it yourself or you pay someone to do it. That means editing, formatting/layout, cover art, printing, promoting, selling. Even if you go e-pub, that just means you aren't printing it.
Whereas even a small press will do most of that for you.
Now, this is taken with a grain of salt because even the Big Five traditional publishers now expect authors to be responsible for a good portion of their promotion. Gone are the days where you just crank it out and someone else handles all the other steps. But that is a world and a half from self-pub.
I'd much rather let someone else take care of all that other stuff, so I can focus on the writing part. ;)
Wordmaker:
Yep, self-publishing isn't for everyone. The main reason I've gone hybrid is to get more books out there than my current publisher can manage in a year. That said, I want to find a literary agent now, so there'll be a while where I'm just releasing self-published titles.
Rechan:
--- Quote from: Wordmaker on May 17, 2014, 06:18:22 AM ---Yep, self-publishing isn't for everyone. The main reason I've gone hybrid is to get more books out there than my current publisher can manage in a year. That said, I want to find a literary agent now, so there'll be a while where I'm just releasing self-published titles.
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What do you need the literary agent for?
The biggest thing that I can tell an agent is good for is getting your manuscript into one of the Big Five publishers; they won't accept non-agented manuscripts.
Wordmaker:
There's a lot to be said for having someone to negotiate contracts and get you a better deal than you can on your own.
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