Not exact matches
Equally important, independent publishers are increasingly
bypassing traditional publishing industry sales channels (mostly chain stores and libraries) in favor of marketing directly to readers, and to stores whose product lines are compatible with the subjects of their
books.
2 min readWhen it came time to
publish her new
book, Walking the War Zones of Pakistan: One Woman's Journey Into the Shadow of the Taliban, Ruth Anne Kocour planned to
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Some numbers have shown that as many as 67 % of self -
published authors fully intend to repeat the process with their future works, with most of those authors already deciding that their as - of - yet unwritten
books will be self -
published,
bypassing the
traditional industry altogether.
Business Doctors: Management Consulting Gone Wild (Fiction): As an experiment, I self -
published my second
book to see how easy or difficult it was to
bypass the
traditional publishing process and reach the readers directly.
That's why, despite the fact that
traditional book reviewers should probably have changed their submission requirements long ago, when the technological changes in
book publishing shortened the
book production schedule so much, it's still impossible for
book publicists (and for authors who are conducting
book publicity campaigns) to
bypass the rules and garner
traditional book reviews without having at least three months» lead time.
There is no shortage of authors writing
books and thanks to the multitude of platforms to create an ebook or a print - on - demand physical
book, there is also no shortage of ways an author can go about getting his work into the hands of the reading public, even while
bypassing the
traditional publishing industry altogether.
And how exciting for this
book publicist to be able to venture into the new world of
book promotion for authors who
publish directly to the bookselling streams — and
bypass the
traditional publishing channels that used to have the power to defeat would - be authors before their words were even set to paper.
SelfPublishedAuthor.com offers tools, advice, and resources for navigating the
publishing process, serving a burgeoning market of authors who are
bypassing the
traditional publishing route to take total control of their
book projects.
In fact, he argues that an author whose e-
books are selling briskly would make more money by self -
publishing print
books and
bypassing traditional publishing completely.