Many indie authors are determined to perfect their craft and figure out
business side of publishing while others are looking to perfect their craft.
It's tempting to think the grass is greener on the traditional
side of the publishing fence, but as we often learn, sometimes those store fronts are made of cardboard.
But a policy to exclude LGBT + books from its catalog would be unacceptable to many readers, as well as to authors on both the indie and
traditional sides of publishing.
Her background on the buying and
retail side of publishing affords her helpful insight into what types of books will sell and how to market them.
A number of us were talking a week ago about this topic and my conclusion is that less than 5 % of all authors will even begin to understand this
new side of publishing.
The
monetary side of publishing a book, for instance, is a manifestation of a person's recognition of another person's ability and creativity.
Thus, statistics are all over the place, depending on
which side of the publishing shores from which you're waving, and those statistics are apt to be heralded and / or manipulated to make a point.
If you think that scientific publication / success is hard (10 % acceptance rate for tip - tier journals, or 8 % NIH funding level), you should look into the the
fiction side of publishing sometime.
Each page followed a pattern, and every page had a plan (in the students» paper books) and so students could concentrate on the
creative side of publishing, maximizing their technology time.
It's my little indulgence, to remind me that, as much as the business
side of publishing always weighs on me, I write for the sake of whimsy, and that's what this story was: a flight of whimsy.
Writers like Joanna Penn have adopted the term authorpreneur to describe creative book crafters who consider the business
side of their publishing career and their art in equal measure.
There's a lot of emotion in writing and I think the self - published author has to distance himself from it when dealing with the
promotion side of publishing.
Would publishers see this as a valuable partnership with a company that has grown leaps and bounds in both the content and
technology sides of publishing or would they be concerned that they were losing revenue for another aspect of publishing that they used to control?
And there are so many other pressures on editors from the business
side of publishing houses — they may love a book, yet not be allowed to buy it because their house can't afford to take a chance.
I not only find Maass» comments insulting to authors and their business decisions, but view his comments as another show of panic by those in the
NY side of publishings.
One of those darker
sides of the publishing evolution from print to electronic formats is the people whose educations, experience, livelihoods and fortunes are tied to the print publishing world.
Run by a staff of seven, with a core group of four writers (including Gary) the site is updated seven days a week with 30 postings daily (often with cheeky headlines), covering the editorial, financial, tech, and legal
side of the publishing industry.
Whereas traditional authors have actual physical contact with real life people — if they're lucky — like agents, and publishers, and book store readers; the
Indie side of publishing can be a little lonelier — or more virtual, shall we say?
By applying your outside the box thinking to the
marketing side of your publishing business, you'll be able to come up with new and unusual ways to get your product in front of more readers.