Most hybrid publishers will advertise a 50 % split on both costs and royalties.
The author is an important part of the process for
most hybrid publishers, and they will have creative input along the way, although not total control.
Not exact matches
Izzard Ink is different from
most publishers, as we are a
hybrid publisher.
Often, the simple publishing package of $ 2K or so * might * be reasonable, but since they're farming out the book design,
most of these hybrid publishers will give you crappy book design (which is the MOST important thing to get righ
most of these
hybrid publishers will give you crappy book design (which is the
MOST important thing to get righ
MOST important thing to get right!).
Most of these companies billing themselves as «
hybrid publishers» are just small presses.
Here's what I think
most people can agree on:
Hybrid publishers combine aspects of traditional publishing and self - publishing.
Most companies offer an excellent service, but just be aware that there is a small minority of these self - publishing services (sometimes called
hybrid publishers) who charge a considerable fee and promise results above and beyond the publishing process; results that are not always backed up by hard evidence.
These can be the
most frustrating «
hybrids» of all, since they might be identifying themselves primarily as a traditional
publisher and be listed in market guides such as Writer's Market, but could use that as a bait - and - switch: Oh, sorry, your work doesn't meet our editorial needs for our traditional publishing operation, but would you like to pay for our
hybrid publishing [or self - publishing] service?
In
most cases, traditionally published authors seem to feel pretty positive about publishing houses, but
hybrid authors feel
publishers move too slowly, don't understand digital publishing, and don't offer enough money.
One of the
most recent
publishers to announce its partnership with
hybrid authors is New York - based ebook
publisher Diversion Books, whose roots in the traditional publishing industry have opened the doors for a wider transition in digital - only publication.
In other words, Woolf was at
most a «
hybrid» writer, never solely an unvetted «self -
publisher.»
Most people have seen right away how the
Hybrid Publisher Criteria can be used by prospective authors as a tool to weed out these bad actors.
I'd consider a
hybrid deal but my terms and aims would not fit the boilerplate contracts
most publishers offer.