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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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warriorwriters.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Personally, I can think of no larger waste of time than researching and reading and spending countless hours crafting a wonderful book of 60,000-110,000 words and then? No one knows the book exists so few people ever read it, enjoy it or are changed by the author's story. | |
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amarketingexpert.com
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| | | | | A great book publicist puts author needs first. Check out the reviews Author Marketing Experts has from dedicated, successful authors. | |
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