When that happens, I am very much afraid that traditionally
published midlisters and debut authors are going to get screwed.
Not exact matches
Before you open your mouth and say something ignorant about this, remember that Joe Konrath is just ONE author that was a
midlister who got zero support / promotion once a book was
published.
The temporary trio also talked about being an indie
midlister, reasons for quitting self -
publishing, how the indie tide is turning, traditional publishers using lower price points, and Facebook's upcoming monthly fee for promotional posts.
In fact, as I will now attempt to prove in terms of that other obviously agricultural matter which obviously isn't well known in NYC
publishing circles, logic — in terms of talent, on average, agent - selected, traditionally
published authors are... third class bestsellers, and quite possibly of less value than even
midlisters, or largely indistinguishable from those.
They're generally traditionally
published, but they're often still
midlisters at best.
Most authors, including
midlisters who make serious money from indie
publishing, are not being flooded with offers from the Big 6.
The thing I really love about Rocking Self -
Publishing is that Simon interviews more «
midlisters» than any other show.
Published or unpublished, traditional or indie, bestseller or
midlister — at the beginning of every day we are moving forward with our writing.
I'm sure it does get muddier when it comes to traditionally
published authors, although it's disingenuous to claim or even to imply that
midlisters or new authors are impacted the same as bestselling authors by these sorts of fights.
My focus has usually been on the indie
midlisters who are finding readers and paying bills and who otherwise wouldn't be
published at all.
Publishers weren't willing to pay him what he wanted, so he went the self -
publishing route, at which any reasonably well - known
midlister may very well be able to do better than in traditional
publishing.