Given that paper accounts for a quarter of all landfill volume, it should probably come as no surprise that a recent study touted e-books as more environmentally
friendly than traditional publishing.
Polka explained that preprints help researchers «accelerate discovery, find collaborators, gain visibility, and demonstrate productivity (for funding purposes or career advancement)» more effectively
than the traditional publishing work flow.
As informed, wise, and purpose - driven authors who have made the decision to employ the indie route rather
than the traditional publishing route for your book, you're ahead of the curve.
Self - publishing is truly great but I have a feeling it's going to be another one of those things in modern life where just because you can do it yourself doesn't mean you will be happy with the result or that the end product will be on the same level of
craftsmanship than a traditional publishing house.
In that scenario, authors will partner with me 50 - 50; I'll do everything for free and guarantee them a bestselling book, and we'll spit the proceeds of book sales (basically, just like a traditional publishing deal works, except you'd be earning 50 %, which is much
higher than traditional publishing contracts).
Not only is it possible for our entrepreneurial authors to get books to market far, far faster
than traditional publishing does it (although many, alas, are cutting corners in editing, design, and other critical areas), but the going wisdom in terms of online discoverability is that one must have many works available, basically flooding the market with content.