6) A concise article written by literary agent Rachelle Gardner about why authors benefit
from working with traditional publishers,
What she learned
from working with a traditional publisher and what she loves about independent publishing;
Not exact matches
Emily Victorson, co-founder and
publisher of Allium Press of Chicago, will talk about how publishing
with a small press differs
from self - publishing, when it makes sense to pursue
traditional publishing, the advantages of
working with a small press, how to identify small presses that might be interested in your
work, how to pitch to a small press, and how being published by a small press can be a valuable first step in your publishing career.
Founder Lauren Wise spends a ton of time researching the new methods of publishing, talking
with CEOs of
publishers that range
from hybrid to
traditional to electronic, and compiles a hand - picked list every year of the best companies for Midnight Publishing authors to
work with.
And while a freelance editor (like me) makes more money simply
from more
work, a
traditional publisher's editor makes more money
from higher - quality
work — and suffers at least in reputation
from association
with low quality
work.
Candace Johnson is a professional freelance editor, proofreader, writer, ghostwriter, and writing coach who has
worked with traditional publishers, self - published authors, and independent book packagers on nonfiction subjects ranging
from memoirs to alternative medical treatments to self - help, and on fiction ranging
from romance to paranormal.
Work in partnership to ensure the book compares
with books
from traditional publishers.
The percentage of indie authors who never
worked with a
traditional publisher is rising
from year to year (now 60 %) as is the percentage of authors who never even tried to find a
publisher (35 %).
To differentiate their books
from the self - published horde, however,
traditional publishers have increasingly been using specialty printing options unavailable to indie authors
working with IngramSpark or Createspace.
Instead of demanding a lucrative package
from a
traditional publisher, he stood by his decision
working with Amazon.
Scribd
work with both
traditional and self -
publishers, offering a wider range to choose
from and bringing the two players to one field.
Certainly, Amazon has issues too, however, the big
traditional publishers, Barnes and Noble, and the group of literary agents connected to this model have made a very good living
from working with a relatively small number of authors that sell a lot of books.
If you're
working with a
traditional publisher and editors, you'll see that
with each round, your
work will become more and more refined — and if you had to pay for these editorial labors
from a high - quality outside service, you'd be spending thousands if not more.
Although she primarily uses examples
from traditional publishing and bestselling authors she has
worked with, many of the strategies can be applied by self
publishers and authors published by a small press.
Detractors claim
with some truth that self - published e-books are not as well - written, well - edited, or well - formatted as
works from traditional publishers.
Whether you're
working with a
traditional publisher or self - publishing, you'll benefit
from this quick read.
What's different today, however, is that we're hearing those and more observations
from a rapidly rising author, one who has
worked both
with traditional houses and,
with undeniable success, as a self -
publisher.
I would argue that it is Amazon by a landslide, thanks to the Kindle platform and related features — many of which provide writers
with a far greater share of the proceeds
from their
work than any
traditional publisher has ever dreamed of paying.
When I read a book
from a
traditional publisher, I know up front a long of things about the book: 1) a team of editors decided something about the book is good, 2) the book has an editor who
worked with the author on content, 3) it has a copy editor who
worked on grammar and consistency and 4) it has marketers and publicists who, yes, will probably convince the author not to send a blogger who gives them a negative review hate mail.
To use another example
from my own career, I'm
working with a
traditional publisher (University of Chicago Press) to release The Business of Being a Writer because it's intended for the university classroom.
One of the things Wattpad wants to focus on in the near future, Lau said, is
working with publishers to help its writers move
from the community approach to something more
traditional.