Up until now I've been
published by mainstream publishers.
Not exact matches
He won an Apex Award for a book he wrote several years ago called Principled Profit, which was one of the first to challenge the conventional wisdom about the place of ethics and the environment in business successand that self -
published book was republished
by mainstream publishers in both India and Mexico.
In other words, anyone who downloads their free textbooks will have a more accurate textbook than one
published by the
mainstream commercial
publishers - and the process of updating the textbooks took only one day!
75 % of the stuff
published by so called
mainstream publishers and the establishment is not worth reading and disappears down the cracks.
Self -
publishing is being brought into the
mainstream against the belief that this segment generally caters to those whose works have been rejected
by the traditional
publishers.
Although the overall price paid for e-books was said to have fallen
by around 1 % in 2015, self -
published titles were still thought to be, on average, roughly half the price of
mainstream publishers» e-book titles.
Yes, these were really the bad old days when self
publishing was associated with authors who were deemed unworthy
by mainstream publishers.
Like many other authors who are discarded or ignored
by mainstream publishers for one reason or another, I had found a voice in the writing community and had discovered the confidence to self -
publish, which up until that point, would have found it difficult to do so.
«My previous books have been
published by large,
mainstream publishers.
We strive to
publish quality writing, focusing on authors and subjects historically neglected
by mainstream publishers, including women, people of color, authors with disabilities, and LGBT authors.
In reality, self -
publishing offers anyone with a manuscript and a credit card the opportunity to
publish, and the success rate is less than one percent... Self -
published books have yet to offer the quality and originality sometimes lacking in books produced
by mainstream publishers.
As Victoria has pointed out - this is a changing business - almost
by the month, and tagging on labels to
mainstream publishers or
publishing services of any kind is very easy and convenient, but, at times, wide of the mark.
Author
by: Bob Feigel Languange Used: en Release Date: 1996
Publisher by:
Mainstream Publishing Company
This is exactly how
mainstream publishers zero in on commercially successful books from the self -
publishing platform; Juggernaut is attempting to concentrate the activity on its platform
by «building a community of readers and writers».
My book is doing a lot better than most new releases
by debut authors of
mainstream publishers, so in the end I think no matter how you
publish, readers will ultimately decide what they want.»
Mainstream publishers are also taking advantage of these new channels, notably Tor.com, the science - fiction imprint of MacMillan, and Penguin eSpecials, both
publishing low - cost short - form works
by their existing authors in the form of excerpts, reprints and original new pieces.
-- that, at times, book promotion success can be greatly enhanced
by having the right
mainstream publishing company (and the perfect imprint of that
mainstream publisher) behind the book.
For years I have fought against self -
publishing on the basis that if I was good enough I would be picked up
by a
mainstream publisher.
Historical fiction writer Janet MacLeod Trotter, turned to self
publishing after being let go
by her
mainstream publisher.
Self -
publishing has become the tsunami, the 9.6 earthquake, the paradigm shift of the literary world, overwhelming book
publishing with more titles
published by authors than
by mainstream publishers in the year 2010.
Although I'd
published two novels with Simon and Schuster, and am represented
by one of London's top agents, my memoir had been turned down
by mainstream publishers.
Like other self -
publishers, Christian self -
publishing companies offer print - on - demand services, a nonexclusive contract, a 100 % royalty rate, e-books and many other services provided
by mainstream publishers.
Numerous Golden Heart winners have gone on to get repped
by good literary agents, and in turn,
published by mainstream romance
publishers — likely with better contract terms than S&S's boilerplate contract, which is currently riddled with rights grabs.
Battered
by rejection letters from well - known
publishers (often because the book is not ready for publication), the author may abandon
mainstream or small press
publishing to respond to a magazine advertisement or an enticing email that promises editing help, distribution, even submissions to film producers.
Rita Rosenkranz, among the first literary agents to work with indie authors, says that in the past «because of the stigma of self -
publishing very good stuff was locked out
by mainstream publishers.»
Books
by female authors
published by «traditional» (i.e.
mainstream)
publishers were found to command 45 % of the price of male authors» on average.
But the reality is that I am still staggered
by the amount of debut authors being
published every week
by large
mainstream publishers from the tiny percentage of submitted manuscripts which see the light of day.
In the old days of vanity
publishing, those
publishers had few mechanisms for book distribution, and even fewer chances of having their vanity publications taken seriously
by any of the
mainstream book reviewers.
I also learned that many small
publishers were being wiped out
by the «self -
publishing revolution,» a movement that's not so unlike the «citizen journalism» or bloggers» revolt of recent years that's had a major impact on
mainstream media, including this publication.
As for where I'm getting my information, I am acquainted with many
mainstream -
published and self -
published authors and have myself just signed over one of my self - pubbed books to be republished in an updated and revised edition
by a large,
mainstream publisher.
Several self -
published authors have found success with e-book
publishing alone and even when they were picked up
by one of the
mainstream publishers, continued to hold onto their e-book rights.
In the NPR interview, Eisler — several of whose books have become New York Times (s nyt) bestsellers after being marketed and
published by traditional agencies — says he has come to the conclusion that
mainstream publishers simply aren't as efficient or as useful to authors as they used to be, now that there are other options:
«With the average price paid for these Amazon / self -
published ebooks still around half the price of ebooks from «
mainstream»
publishers in all main categories, the overall price paid for ebooks fell
by 1 percent in 2015.
I could go on and on, but I'll close
by mentioning the many, many
mainstream -
published authors who have, or are currently, self -
publishing their back catalogs (which the
publisher no longer keeps in print), their more experimental work, and their manuscripts that have been rejected
by their
publishers for whatever reason.
Certainly not every indie
published book will be a critical or retail success; but that's true of books
published by the most
mainstream of traditional
publishers.
It's hard for a self -
published book, not pushed
by a
mainstream publisher with deep pockets, to get noticed.
The future may be a world where authors prove themselves in the self -
published world before they are snapped up
by mainstream publishers.
If you've been involved with
publishing very long, you know (even if you have a physical book printed
by one of the prominent,
mainstream publishers) you are responsible for promoting it if you want to see any real sales.