I want to own my copyright, I want to make my own stuff, I want to have more control, and my
actual traditional publishing experience has been the one that's been so out of my control and so not a part of my plans that it's made me even more gun shy to do things that I'm not ready to do.
I'm grateful I've had
the traditional publishing experience, and ready for the next steps.
If you have published both ways, how does your self - publishing experience compare with
your traditional publishing experience?
In 2009,
traditional publishing experienced a small dip in new titles — about one - half of 1 percent.
won't get into dissecting Barber's article here, because though she definitely made some valid points about the discrepancies in self - publishing authors» quality, financial situations, marketing versus writing time, etc., it was an opinion piece based on
her traditional publishing experiences (she's not a self - published author currently).
• Sunacumen Press offers authors
a traditional publishing experience — but friendlier and open to your ideas as the author.
If you have the foundation of
the traditional publishing experience behind you, it's easier.
«At AuthorHouse, we have built our brand by making service to the author our first priority,» said Bryan Smith, president and CEO of Author Solutions and AuthorHouse, «and iUniverse has done a great job leveraging
their traditional publishing experience to make authors successful.
My traditional publishing experience was actually a pretty good one, but working with Lulu has been much better.
Will you decide to go the route of
the traditional publishing experience, complete with an agent, editor, and publisher?
Girl Friday's program supports self - publishers who want an integrated team that replicates
a traditional publishing experience, with one important exception: the author is in charge and keeps 100 % of their royalties.
In 2013 we asked Amy Sorrells to write a blog post for us about
the traditional publishing experience.
The Real Books by Real Kids program is closer to
a traditional publishing experience, or at least traditional in the relatively young world of electronic book publishing.
«By using skilled professionals, you get the best of both worlds — the freedom and maneuverability afforded by self - publishing, combined with the structured procedures and editorial feedback that are part of
the traditional publishing experience.»
How would you describe the differences between your self - publishing experience and
your traditional publishing experience?