Sentences with phrase «trad published novels»

It was one of my previously trad published novels from my back list, so professionally edited by my publisher.

Although I got into the SF top * 5 * with one of my trad published novels, and it sure didn't earn $ 18,000 that month.

Not exact matches

My first traditionally published novel, Transgression, only sold about 6,000 copies in its trad - pubbed edition.

I'm an indy - author since trying the trad - publishing route in 2005 - 06 with my first two books (historical novels, which several agents looked at, and said regretfully that they were very good... but just not marketable.)

However, when I wrote The Experiencers (my first novel) and consulted on the subject of trad versus indie publishing with a hybrid author who has been writing books since the 1970s, he made a good case for me to go indie.

I find it interesting that people make this into an either / or thing, I'm doing both, indie publishing shorter works that there's no point offering a trad publisher, while my novel is in the hands of my agent.

As I close in on 50 novels published, I don't think I'm suffering from a lack of my work being available, so see no reason to kill myself on more than a novel every quarter, which in trad pub circles would be considered near miraculous, and for me would be a vacation.

While many authors have focused on indie publishing the novels that were originally trad - pub bound, we're just beginning to move into the era where works are being created solely, from conception to completion, for publication as ebooks.

That's the other advantage of indie publishing: you don't have to follow the guidelines (the ever - shifting guidelines, might I add) of the trads, whether it is a demand for massive doorstopper fantasy novels, or having to inject vampires / zombies / whatever the flavor of the month into your story, or even making sure the characters are «diverse enough.»

Pulp fiction was where authors started out because it paid less than «traditional» markets (they were mostly short stories), but with indie novels, I think (some) authors are making more money than comparable traditional publishing contracts (and I see some trad - pub authors supplementing their income with self - pub, which is also similar to some of the pulp fiction writers of the past).

As a first time self - publisher of a novel that was previously trad published, I'm D1.

Given the realities of trad publishing, I'd be lucky if my third novel was out already.

In the best of all possibly worlds in trad publishing, I'd be on novel # 2, maybe # 3.

Don't think I'd want to be trad published now for a main novel.

Book typos and errors can be embarrassing and frustrating, but it shouldn't be (as long as you're having your work professionally edited and proofread) since a perfect, book typo / error - free novel seems like an impossible feat to accomplish, no matter if you're self - published, trad - published, or if you're a struggling writer or a bestselling writer, even the biggest names in fiction get dinged with errors and typos.