There are
hybrid publishers trying to combine the best of traditional with the new opportunities of digital publishing.
Not exact matches
But I'm behind this whole thing not having self published anything, and now I'm getting scared I can't comfortably offer more to
publishers and just be
hybrid because
publishers are writing up new nasty contracts to grab everything to
try and STOP self publishing.
Literary readers rely heavily on reviews to make their reading choices, so I would encourage
hybrid / indie writers to
try to secure reviews from respected review journals like Kirkus or
Publishers Weekly.
More confusing still, some companies calling themselves «
hybrid»
publishers are really just self - publishing services
trying to market themselves as something better or more partnership - oriented.
While new
hybrid publishers are popping up (and traditional
publishers experimenting as well), authors are left
trying to figure out how to proceed through the maze.
The deal for self
publishers is just too good and
publishers response is to make their terms worse and worse (I mean I'm hearing this from so many many authors) um offering worse and worse deals to
try and stop authors from being
hybrid is so not going to work for you guys.
While many newcomers have just started to discover metadata, some seasoned
hybrid publishers have recently
tried everything to get to the top of the search lists.