These review channels are how these gatekeepers discover new books for kids, but they either exclude indie books (School Library Journal), are indie - unfriendly (Booklist wants paper books months in advance), or charge indie
authors a hefty fee to be reviewed in a segregated section that librarians and teachers are much less likely to read (Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus).
Not exact matches
They are choosy about the
authors they sign, so at the time I did feel honored that they chose to work with m. Because I paid a pretty
hefty up - front
fee, it never even occured to me that the publisher would then keep the majority of the money from my book sales.
Even better, many conferences offer
authors the chance to meet an agent face - to - face and submit their manuscripts for critique... for a
hefty fee, of course.
By basically having the
author pay for them to buy his book in massive quantities and pay ResultSource a
hefty five - figure
fee to do so, the book sales reflect on the list.
No doubt about it: Amazon will charge
authors for this service, just as it charges
hefty fees for its «regular» self - publishing.
In fact, launching a book is such a tremendous amount of work that an entire industry has sprung up to handle the undertaking — book marketing firms with
hefty fees that can swiftly run through an
author's promotional budget.