By the year 2000, even traditional publishers were getting
into the hybrid publishing game.
Margot — You're so right — a writer needs to come
into a hybrid publishing approach very carefully... especially in terms of contracts and rights.
And some insight
into hybrid publishing.
Authors who have taken a dive
into hybrid publishing were able to keep more of their money (little to no fees paid to a third - party vs traditional publishing fees), have more control over the publishing process, and had more time to devote to writing.
Not exact matches
Unless the author has chosen a
hybrid publishing package that includes sales and distribution, few if any stores will have the book on their shelves if the author's marketing is successful in raising awareness and driving potential readers
into stores.
While there are
hybrid styles of book
publishing; in - between routes to take your book from Word document to print, the majority can be distilled
into four primary types: Traditional, Vanity, Indie and E-
Publishing.
Some authors who had been successful with traditionally
published books, but who wanted to branch out
into a different genre, went «
hybrid» — still doing some books with their traditional publishers but also doing some «indie»
publishing of their own.
Marion will talk about his experience in
publishing as one of the newly - dubbed
hybrid authors, as well as give readers insight
into the beguiling characters of R and Julie.
And Davis» book journey
into becoming a
hybrid author took its turn
into self -
publishing.
Picking up from Tucker in that last bit about embracing differences — and knowing that the IndieReCon team is now going
into a period of evaluation to map out the way forward — I might offer this, too: at our Author (R) evolution Day conference (#ARDay) in New York, debuted by O'Reilly Tools of Change for
Publishing on February 12, it became evident that the concept of an «entrepreneurial author» may be more germane to what we're seeing now than that of an «indie» or independent or self - publishing or traditionally publishing or hybr
Publishing on February 12, it became evident that the concept of an «entrepreneurial author» may be more germane to what we're seeing now than that of an «indie» or independent or self -
publishing or traditionally publishing or hybr
publishing or traditionally
publishing or hybr
publishing or
hybrid author.
I think book
publishing is going to evolve
into a
hybrid business where authors have opportunities in BOTH worlds.
Writers Digest community leader Phil Sexton will reveal exclusive results from an all new deep - dive survey
into the wants, needs and plans of
hybrid authors — those who have both
published with a traditional publisher and self -
published books.
The survey divided the 9,210 respondents
into four camps: aspiring, self -
published only, traditionally -
published only, and
hybrid (both self -
published and traditionally -
published).
The
hybrid authors I know all began their careers with traditionally
published books and then branched
into self -
publishing.
I think I will morph
into a
hybrid... and from my lips to «His» ears... all I have to do is get one of them
published one way... then turn the tables and do it again myself the other way.