He has also written and self -
published other books in the genres of crime fiction and travel memoir.
Not exact matches
Self -
published authors can only compete if they are able to price their
books similarly to
other books in their
genre.
In order to be considered for ACFW's Qualified Independently Published status, an author certifies that their books are written from a Christian worldview in any Christian fiction genre, specifically, the book should not contain profanity, graphic sex, gratuitous violence or other objectionable material, and must otherwise conform to generally accepted standards of the CB
In order to be considered for ACFW's Qualified Independently
Published status, an author certifies that their
books are written from a Christian worldview
in any Christian fiction genre, specifically, the book should not contain profanity, graphic sex, gratuitous violence or other objectionable material, and must otherwise conform to generally accepted standards of the CB
in any Christian fiction
genre, specifically, the
book should not contain profanity, graphic sex, gratuitous violence or
other objectionable material, and must otherwise conform to generally accepted standards of the CBA.
We want you to have a chance to compete and to do this it needs to have a retail price close to that of
other published books in the same
genre.
You don't want to
publish a
book that doesn't stand well next to
others in the
genre.
Or perhaps they'll
publish a particular series through traditional publishers and then self -
publish other material «for fun»
in different
genres, or at different lengths and with different approaches, either as experiments or to fill
in the gaps between big
books with their traditional house.
These types of ebooks may be one piece of the self -
publishing puzzle, but they fit
in a very different corner than
other genres of self -
published books.
«Not only do we lack the large budgets of mainstream
publishing houses, we also lack the typical word of mouth advertising that authors and
books in other genres can count on.
The best way to find an editor is by asking for recommendations from
other authors who have
published quality, successful
books in your
genre.
You need to crunch your numbers, including the fact that traditionally
published books sell very well
in places
other than Amazon and
in formats
other than ebooks, while self -
published genre fiction still faces the same (or worse) uphill battle that it always did.
Some new authors may hope to get their names out there, but even some very experienced writers and big
publishing houses run free promotions on science fiction, fantasy, and
other book genres in order to increase their readership.
If authors don't take the time to read
books on the craft, take writing classes, learn the rules, get critiques, read
other books in the
genre, take the time to research the
genre's audience, write multiple drafts and rewrite scenes and sequences multiple times, etc. (I could go on, and on, and on...), the
book will NOT be ready to
publish.
Now, if you are
publishing an eBook
in a different
genre such as a horror or a comic type
book then you can apply
other types of text patterns or fonts.
There are some
genres that significantly outperform
others, and it is important that authors
in pursuit of self -
publishing their
books using tools like
You write
in a vacuum or for a professor who frowns on
genre; you workshop with
other writers; you craft a query letter; you appeal to the tastes of an intern at a literary agency; you claw your way out of the slush pile; you hope to win over an editor at a major
publishing house; your
book comes out a year later and sits spine - out on a bookshelf for six months; it gets returned to the publisher and goes out of print; you start over.