Not exact matches
What I tend to say is that the decision of whether or not to self
publish really needs to be made on a manuscript by manuscript basis and where I don't feel it makes sense for most debut
novelist to go the
mainstream route simply because it's very difficult to get
published in the first place and then secondly unless you're a celebrity or have some other kind of big buzz around you, you're not going to get a major marketing push.
We're seeing very successful,
mainstream published authors such as Stephen R. Covey, he's the Seven Habits guy, [0:13:51] author legend [0:13:53] Anthony and crime
novelist J. A. Konrath, self
publishing and being very open about it.
Mainstream - pubbed
novelists whose books don't hit the NYT bestseller list will find their books removed from first - string brick and mortar store shelves within 4 months (usually less), and then those authors are in the same boat as their self -
published brethren who never opted for brick and mortar distribution at all.