Is that to say I would never publish
through a trad house?
And of course, there people at all points along the scale from A to B. I'm not sure if TWUC's standards are workable, but at least they're working on it — and they're willing to admit that not all the good authors are going
through the trad - publishing gate these days.
You should definitely be covering the issue, though I confess that I gave up on trying to sell my occasional sf novel
through a trad publisher.
And you're right... nice not to have the initial outlay of cash when we go
through trad pub.
But that being said, please, if any new writers * do * go
through trad - pub (and this isn't for you, Diane, because I know you're a pro at all this and have been for longer than me), read the contract carefully and know * exactly * what you're signing on for.
I know KR and DWS are very down on agents, but they were already established authors who had built reputations
through trad publishing before they went indie.
I'm hoping to get the best of both worlds, so to speak - get some of my books out there for «immediate consumption» (so to speak), and establish credibility in the writing community
through trad.
Not exact matches
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I seem to be perfectly able to separate out good indie reads from bad ones and really I'd have to go
through that process of elimination with
trad pubbed books as well.
Right now, Amazon does, because all indies and all
trad publishers sell
through Amazon.
Whereas
trad publishers have by their very nature had humans read and vet their books
through the editting process, the sheer number of self - pubs mean that there had to be some kind of automation or you'd have a logjam.
Trad - Pub Authors: Launch Big or Die In 2012, Rachelle Gardner noted the typical advance for a first - time traditionally published author is $ 5,000 - $ 15,000 per book, and most of those first - time authors do not sell
through their advance, so that is all the money they will ever get from that book.
If you can wade
through the tone of it, there are some decent points, but they also apply to traditional publishing, especially considering how the
trad publishers — not Baen — have started pushing editing and marketing off to the authors and their agents.
Ava, you're absolutely right that
trad - pub authors focus on readers as well (esp
through social media, which is up there).
The other is that since Amazon got lower prices from
trad publishers, the price of
trad pubbed books is
through the floor.
I'm glad I lived
through the old (agency -
trad publishing) era and can now be part of the modern process.
You're right — although we strive to make our manuscripts as clean as possible, it's common for the occasional error to slip
through (even in
trad published books).
Some agencies like Foreword Literary suggest you do that and they'll help you publish the novellas
through them after you get the
trad contract.
That means Amazon must be paying
trad publishers (or Macmillan at least) 70 % royalties at all price levels rather than the tiered structure on offer to indie authors
through KDP.
Despite the benefits,
trad publishers are still wary about making their titles available
through subscription services.
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