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Several years ago, the term indie meant
going with a publishing house that was independent from the «Big Five» — a smaller traditional press.
I am writting my first book as we speak and having absolutely no experience with the publishing industry, I was at first thinking about
going with publishing house's only, but after reading this blog entry, I am now starting to think differently.
Not exact matches
In contrast, many token offerings appear to have
gone beyond this construct and are more analogous to interests in a yet - to - be-built
publishing house with the authors, books and distribution networks all to come.
There is so much that has been
going on in my world,
with publishing a book,
going on holiday to America (which was awesome) and then throw into the mix, moving
house, that's why I have been a little quiet online of late.
Learning that the council had pursued a racist policy of allocating the best
housing to white working - class families, Livingstone
went public
with the evidence, which was
published in the South London Press.
In the previous film, Jack was the old fiction editor at the
publishing house, the one let
go after he got handsy
with Anastasia.
Through contrivances not worth
going into, Kutcher winds up
house - sitting for his exacting boss, a
publishing magnate played
with gusto by Stamp, whose ice - blue eyes and tendency to chew on the word «schedule» (pronounced «shedule») would have any junior editor shaking in his boots.
Penguin Random
House still plans to
go ahead
with the original
publishing date of June 18 — Christian Grey's birthday.
The odds of this happening increases if you
go with a smaller press or
publishing house — I cringe at the book covers some «publishers» are putting out.
Self -
publishing is truly great but I have a feeling it's
going to be another one of those things in modern life where just because you can do it yourself doesn't mean you will be happy
with the result or that the end product will be on the same level of craftsmanship than a traditional
publishing house.
Instead of self - editing, and making my own cover, and throwing it onto KU, I started my own company, and I decided that I was
going to release a book that was competitive
with and indistinguishable from a release by a major
publishing house.
Regardless if you self -
publish or
go with a traditional
house, work
with a professional editor — even if it costs you extra.
I can see it already: a
publishing culture in which the large
publishing houses don't even bother to employ editors who communicate
with agents and
go through the slush pile.
She said she
went with a smaller
publishing house so she'd still retain some input.
If you're not working
with a
publishing house, then it's important to make sure you hire a good editor to
go over the work.
A top literary agency announced a deal
with Amazon to
publish electronic version of some of its authors» older titles without
going through traditional
publishing houses.
Just sign up
with Facebook and decide whether to
publish under your name or create a profile for your
publishing house, and you are good to
go.
Many have
gone on to sign
with agents and
publishing houses.
IngramSpark is the
go - to distributor for Indies and small
publishing houses because, unlike CreateSpace, it is not in direct competition
with the bookstores and libraries that order through them, which increases the likelihood of getting a physical book onto store shelves.
For a small
publishing house,»
going digital» can mean a lot of investment — of time and money —
with no idea of how soon it will start to pay off.
not my forte... I have had other publishers offering deals etc. but if i had money to begin
with i would have
gone to a traditional
publishing house.
I think that's why so many authors who were previously
published with traditional
houses have
gone the self -
publish route.
Bisram also chose a hybrid approach, but rather than
go with an established
publishing house, she created her own imprint.
Another point I'll make is that just because you've
gone through an agent /
publishing house doesn't necessarily guarantee you'll end up
with a perfectly polished book — that's assuming you get past the minefield of scammers and charlatans looking to take your money.
She said that when it was finally rejected (because it was too similar to another book being
published by a big name
house), «we realized this was a concern we were likely
going to run into elsewhere, so Hoover made the choice, in consultation
with me, to
go the independent
publishing route and be the first to work
with our agency in this capacity.»
The university has already offered an MA in
Publishing, with its graduates going on to careers in international publishing and with major publishi
Publishing,
with its graduates
going on to careers in international
publishing and with major publishi
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The digital
publishing revolution has
gone hand - in - hand
with the indie
publishing revolution — which is inclusive of both self -
published authors and the
publishing houses that don't have quite the clout of the Big Five — and it was the indie publishers who provided much of that early content that fed the original, very expensive e-readers.
Instead, you will be giving them right of first refusal, your right to
publish with any other
house under your name (not all publishers require this yet but more are
going to it), ALL digital rights and other rights, even for technologies not yet invented, etc., etc., etc..
Don't get daunted
with the cost of
publishing a book, we're not talking about thousands of dollars and we're not talking about
going to an upstart self -
publishing house who will only rip you off.
Two years down the line I could arrive at a draft that finally satisfied me from within before I Self
Published it on Kindle Platform (Honestly, I was not left
with much courage to tap the doors of traditional
publishing houses after all what I
went through two years before).
NYT,
with non fiction (even James Altucher didn't get on though he sold more books than 99 % on the NYT list)-- unless you
go with the big
publishing houses.
Even if your books are
published by a major New York
house, unless you're Jonathan Franzen or Sue Grafton, chances are no one's
going to be buying ads for your book or even helping you
with your social media or website.
Within traditional, the options were to
go with a major
publishing house — the New York Big 6 — or a small
publishing house.
We've seen writers who originally self -
published go on to sign contracts
with traditional
publishing houses.
The case basically stems from authors and small
publishing houses saying the current methodology is anti-competitive and customers are
going to do business
with the companies that lower VAT Rates.
But like the much heralded success of authors Amanda Hocking and John Locke, both of whom have each sold more than one million copies of their self -
published ebooks before
going on to sign contracts
with major
publishing houses, Wilkinson is open to the idea of traditional
publishing and has already heard from some print publishers, although he admits he didn't set out to be an author.
Or being picked up
with a mediocre advance and being dropped after a half - assed effort on the part of a
publishing house to market your new release that they have already decided is not
going to make money?
There are a lot of very, very good self -
published authors out there,
with good reasons for
publishing their own work rather than
going through publication
houses.
Her success quickly landed her a
publishing deal and in this interview we find out exactly how this career / corporate coach
went from never haven written a book to signing a contract
with a
publishing house.
At the time that she was expecting to receive remarks from her editor at the
publishing house, she instead received a letter telling her they were
going with a ghostwriter to finish the series.
Authors today have options
with self -
publishing, but
going indie could divert a new author before he / she gets the full feedback of submitting to
publishing houses & agents or taking the care to learn the craft.
Acquiring editors today have fewer resources
with which to work on manuscripts and have to
go into those editorial - board meetings
with high - grade goods to convince their
publishing houses to acquire a book.
While you may have success
going with a traditional
publishing house, agent, or small press, you might also want to consider self -
publishing if your query responses start to get stagnant.
I am
going to start a series of blog posts where I'm
going to talk about my experiences in negotiating a traditional
publishing contract
with an Indian
publishing house.
A: After having more than 20 books
published through traditional, commercial
publishing houses, I decided to take the self -
publishing route
with my newest project, a picture book titled The Sound in the Basement, about a young boy who tries to overcome his fear of
going into the basement alone.
With many that
go traditional, the main motive is the stamp of quality that
publishing through a conventional
house supposedly confers.
Some are also
published by larger
houses - I know Sarah has some work
going on
with Baen, a
house dear to many of us for the quality it puts out.
It doesn't matter if he decides to self -
publish or to
go with a big
publishing house.
Your efforts are really impressive, and you've already beat the odds by
going from self -
published to traditional
house with St. Martin's (no small fish).