Sentences with phrase «more traditional publishing experience»

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I came from traditional publishing and can write from experience that there are more lows in taking that route; God knows I experienced plenty of them!.

You obviously have more experience than I do, but from my limited experience, I would lay out the options for someone rather than necessarily pushing traditional publishing hard.

Verdict: 5 Stars Polly Courtney first made news on this site earlier this year for abandoning traditional publishing after her self - published titles gained some well - deserved attention from the industry; at the time, Courtney had some strong words for her feelings about the experience, including her embarrassment... [Read more...]

I would add on the side of traditional publishing that 1) It is easier to get national publicity because producers give more weight to a traditionally published book, particularly from a larger house (though some self - published authors certainly do get national publicity as well — it's just harder, in general and 2) a traditional publisher is generally going to bring a great deal of experience to the table — from improving the cover or title to layout and design.

Having experienced publishing from both the traditional and indie route, we can safely say that the more edits a manuscript goes through, the better chance it'll truly be polished and its best.

Be aware that even in the most established traditional publishing houses, with half a dozen or more very experienced people crawling through a manuscript over many months, typos always manage to escape scrutiny until they show up in print.

I don't see traditional publishing being attractive to authors with self - publishing experience until the publishers change the «standard contract» royalties to something that authors find more fair.

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Also, publishers without much practical experience tend to have a more difficult time negotiating contracts and complying with contract obligations — not from malice, but because they simply don't understand what's involved in running a traditional publishing house.

We launched the program to help authors gain more control over their own publishing process and recruited an experienced team of professionals with traditional and bestseller experience to lead the way.

As someone who has experienced firsthand both the traditional and the indie routes of publishing, I couldn't agree more with every point you've made.

Sure — a traditional publisher brings with it numerous advantages (I'm speaking from experience here)-- but the road to self - publishing (or micro-publishing, as Joanna Penn likes to call it) has never been easier, or more «do - able».

Traditional sectors such as manufacturing are experiencing declines in employment numbers as companies move their operations overseas, while more modern industries, such as e-commerce and software publishing, are seeing rapid growth in employment figures and wages.