Historical fiction writer Janet MacLeod Trotter, turned to self publishing after being let
go by her mainstream publisher.
Not exact matches
For Ms Hamilton to make any money, she has to attract the majority, and yet
by your examples and hers, the only authors the
mainstream publishers want are the rare exceptions - who don't need the service because they are
going great guns without it.
The biggest news, though, is that we're working with a number of major
publishers (and important smaller ones) to provide a storefront that contains deluxe digital graphic novels aimed at the «real
mainstream,» the audience for graphic novels that reads Maus or Fun Home or Dotter of Her Father's Eyes but would never think of
going into a comic shop guarded
by a dodgy life - size statue of She - Hulk... We think the immersive «lean back» experience that tablets provide, along with purchase ease - of - use and the ubiquitous availability that app stores provide, can, if handled right, create a sea change in the consumption of graphic novels — and, if we have our way, the whole thing will have absolutely * nothing * to do with superheroes.
Numerous Golden Heart winners have
gone on to get repped
by good literary agents, and in turn, published
by mainstream romance
publishers — likely with better contract terms than S&S's boilerplate contract, which is currently riddled with rights grabs.
I could
go on and on, but I'll close
by mentioning the many, many
mainstream - published authors who have, or are currently, self - publishing their back catalogs (which the
publisher no longer keeps in print), their more experimental work, and their manuscripts that have been rejected
by their
publishers for whatever reason.