In the increasingly rare cases where acquiring editors for
a traditional publishing house also do their own developmental editing, there's no cost to the author whatsoever, since the editor is salaried.
Not exact matches
Finally, remember
also that if your eBook takes off and sells thousands of copies, this will make your next book much more desirable for the
traditional publishing houses.
And we have many authors who are taking a «hybrid» path and are
publishing both with
traditional houses and
also self - pubbing.
I
also know another thing: that it's approximately 1000 copies more than I ever would have sold if my friends Jeff and Nathaniel had not been insistent that I not just stop when the
traditional Big 6 (5)
publishing houses and every literary agent of note turned me down.
It's not going to be Big 6
traditional publishing houses trying to get $ 12.99 for something that is presumably reasonably edited, and may
also suck.
As stated above, nearly all fiction authors do require representation of a literary agent if their book is to be produced by a
traditional publishing house, and that is
also true with some forms of general non-fiction too (such as histories, memoirs and biographies).
I
also purchased three reviews through Reader's Write, so I could have language and a reviewer's name to include on book cards, a marketing tool used by
traditional publishing houses, which I co-designed through a local FastSigns agency.
I
also get many unpublished writers tell me that the true measure of an author is in getting a book deal with a
traditional publishing house.
A
traditional publishing house will do marketing for you but they will
also take a larger percentage of the sales.
BUT — I
also find better discounts in print than ebook, so ebook is NOT always the best value when it comes from a
traditional publishing house.
While still taking submissions from writers and working under the
traditional model of being a publisher, Red Adept
also uses its skilled in -
house resources to offers solutions to authors who go into the process knowing that they want to self -
publish.
Also, publishers without much practical experience tend to have a more difficult time negotiating contracts and complying with contract obligations — not from malice, but because they simply don't understand what's involved in running a
traditional publishing house.
While you may have success going with a
traditional publishing house, agent, or small press, you might
also want to consider self -
publishing if your query responses start to get stagnant.
There are many stories I've heard of authors doing well self -
publishing (sometimes while
also writing for
traditional publishing houses) and many cover artists charge reasonable prices, so this is a definite consideration.
Also, in a
traditional publishing house, the book jacket design process happens in tandem with much of the editorial and production processes of the book and starts months — even a year or more — in advance of publication.
Also, because
publishing is slower through
traditional houses, even a book that they plan to give the full ride to is often — inexplicably — dropped on the floor as conditions change.
Also, going by the
traditional publication route, you would have to go find an agent before going through a
publishing house.
It is
also remarkable that while the share of the
traditional publishing houses (including the Big 5) falls (probably partly due to the publishers
It is
also remarkable that while the share of the
traditional publishing houses (including the Big 5) falls (probably partly due to the publishers artificially keeping the prices high), the indie market grows: individual authors sell more ebooks daily on Amazon than the publishers with ISBN put together.
Amazon
also signed thriller writer Barry Eisler, who gained attention earlier this year when he turned down a $ 500,000 two - book deal with a
traditional publishing house and said he planned to self -
publish instead.
Self -
publishing also circumvents the long, grueling, and often unsuccessful agent and query letter process
traditional authors use to get discovered by a
publishing house.
This is
also an opportunity to hear about organisations like TLC, the Publishers» Association, and London Book Fair, who are working to support writers in ways that run parallel to
traditional publishing house structures.
I wondered if this course is
also helpful for those authors getting newly
published with a real
traditional publishing house.