No, I no longer work with an agent and now that I'm an indie author, I no
longer work with traditional publishers.
Not exact matches
As we wrote at the time, this example makes the point that authors already have a lot of the tools for marketing their
work, and in some cases — as
with Hocking, Locke and other self -
publishers such as J.A. Konrath — this can make them so self - sufficient that they no
longer need the support of a
traditional publishing deal.
BUT, the big shift is that you no
longer need to go to a
traditional publisher to
work with a great editor.
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.