If you are an experienced person from
the publishing side of the table it is obvious that this is a very generic scenario that has only an echo of reality.
Not exact matches
A
table has been
published by the Daily Mail, revealing the average final league position
of every
side currently in the Premier League and Football League this season.
``... the planners
of the RT Booklovers Convention decided to place self -
published authors in a dinky room off to the
side while the traditionally
published authors sat at
tables in the grand ballroom.»
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.
While authors and industry experts on both
sides of the
table have almost come to a consensus that there are benefits to both self -
publishing and traditional
publishing, it almost feels as though some more hardcore fans
of either
side still won't lay to rest their original sentiments about the other camp.