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badredheadmedia.com
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| | | | | If you believe these four misperceptions to be true about publishing your book, you need to re-examine your expectations. | |
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authorkristenlamb.com
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| | | | | Amazon is losing its lock on ecommerce. Major and respected retailers have defected opting to selling their own wares on their own sites, signaling a shift. | |
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misteriopress.com
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| | | | | by Kassandra Lamb Please note that this is not a post about the pros and cons of indie vs. traditional publishing per se (I will cover those in a later post). Rather this post is about the "between a rock and a hard place" spot where new writers often find themselves as they explore how to get their words in front of readers' eyes. The indie vs. traditional publishing controversy was resurrected in December, 2016, by a Huffington Post article with the rather obnoxious title, Self-Publishing: An Insult To The Written Word? by Laurie Gough. Quite a few indie authors immediately responded with some eloquent replies. And then the Alliance of Independent Authors published their New Year's post: Successful Indie Authors 2016: Part One. These two posts, along with the responding comments, represent the two sides of this controversy, but I noted that one thing was missing from the discussion. Indeed, I have never heard this point made during debates about the issue. Creatives are, by definition, sensitive souls. It's a cliché really-the tortured artistic poet/painter/musician/actor/author who drinks too much, uses drugs, suffers for their art with an angst-filled life, etc. But like all clichés, this one has a [...] | |
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www.mehtabookeditingnewyork.com
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| | | If you've been querying agents for a while, you know that finding representation can be more challenging than finding a publisher. You've likely been searching for an agent because most publishers, namely corporate publishers that can offer authors a substantial advance against royalties, don't generally accept unagented submissions. But several independent and university presses welcome submissions directly from authors. Here is a list of publishers that don't just accept unsolicited submissions; they a... | ||
