Not only does self - publishing give
authors more creative control of the intellectual property that ’s
Not only does self - publishing give
authors more creative control of the intellectual property that's between the covers but also the design and text placement that graces the outside.
Not exact matches
Independent
authors enjoy
more creative control and far better royalties: They keep 50 % to 70 % of book sales, vs. 15 % to 25 % royalties for traditionally published books.
Self - publishing used to be the option of last resort for frustrated
authors, but
more and
more authors are abandoning the frustrations of the traditional publishing industry in favor of the immediacy and
creative control of self - publishing.
By the same token, some
authors have switched from traditional publishing to indie, whether it is for
more creative control or a higher cut of the profits.
Each had their own reason: Hemingway was an unknown
author, Woolf wanted
more creative control, Austen's publisher was taking too long to go to print.
Sure, the
author electronically published his book, but the book never went through any kind of evaluation, most probably wasn't edited (because many self - published
authors wish to retain all
creative control over their book) and
more than likely didn't sell
more than a hundred copies.
Being an indie
author today allows you to have total
control over the process (or as less as you want because you can outsource large parts of it, or work with assisted publishing houses, although you do lose
more control over the
creative process).
CP
authors enjoy much
more creative control and higher royalties than they would at any other publisher.
We've found that
authors enjoy having
more creative control over the process.
Also the
authors consistently have
more control of the
creative side of the project to produce the book that they set out to.
It's
more about taking
control of your career as an
author and becoming a
creative director for each book.