The sagas of Joe Konrath, Barry Eisler and others
with established readerships have no relevance.
Jordan, you have such an enormous advantage out of the gate
with an established readership.
BTW, how many negative comments come from writers
with an established readership?
Not exact matches
Not only are these social media sites free, but they give you the opportunity to engage
with your audience, grow your
readership, create a community and
establish your brand like never before.
Both were
established magazines
with a sizable
readership.
I also am not
established,
with a
readership or fan base.
So when an author sits down to make this difficult decision [of where to publish their book], they have to weigh the pros and cons of that decision... I think it's very disruptive to an author's career to go exclusive anywhere, because it really takes years for an author to
establish a
readership and platform... One of the problems
with exclusivity is, it forces authors to make this artificially imposed either - or situation about their distribution.
Prices vary, as do the quality of the blogs that participate (naturally, you want to appear on
established sites
with a solid
readership).
However, by going
with an
established name
with a reputation for quality, it can increase the number of eyes seeing Satanic Hell and thus expand
readership.
If you're an
established author
with a list of books being published, or if you're a little more well - known and have an
established readership, I think an event like Frankfurt is a good investment in your career.
When the smoke clears and the dust settles, there's only going to be two groups left: those who found success and
established a
readership early on and those who are still slaving and trudging away
with little or nothing to show for it... yet.
Proposals should open
with a strong introduction,
establishing the credentials of the writer and giving some background, as well as outlining very clearly who the
readership is.
But I think starting small,
with a short book or a book that
establishes credibility or expert status, and building a platform and
readership that way — maybe even
with several small books can be a great strategy toward both traditional and indie publishing success.
And then I remembered, I had an agent, a great agent, I wrote great books (so all the rejecting editors told me) and yes, you are right, self pub has given my stories a voice and an ear and the chance to be read, when they otherwise would have still been gathering dust on my hard drive, yet, on the other hand this is hard, REALLY HARD, it is SO hard to find your way to a
readership as a SP,
with limited funds (dwindling)... and the glimmer of trad pub —
with their power to splash your name around
established circles of readers, and their ability to secure a great number of reviews where, as a self pub, doors have been slammed in my face — becomes temptingly shiny again, (it's like childbirth, you forget all the painful stuff
with time)... and it all gets very tempting... almost tempting enough to consider sacrificing one work JUST one artistic premise for the trade off of visibility... and then perhaps, just perhaps THEN, my SP efforts will finally sprout wings... but then I hear you and other say, it wasn't worth it, you'd never do it again, and I sigh... And then I wake up the next morning and think of packing it all in, and going to work for Walmart and steady shitty pay... lol And then along comes this blog post.
The goal of the magazine continues to be to import the best writing to local readers, to juxtapose the work of
established writers
with new writers, and to export the best local writers to a national
readership.
But becoming THAT well -
established,
with that kind of
readership, is a very high pinnacle to reach.
I do agree that finding some way to
establish a dialog
with the WSJ
readership is critical.
d) sharing
with your
readership the empirical evidence you and your co-authors examined prior to
establishing the underlying premise (for the sake of brevity, let's call it: «it's happening faster than we thought, and action is required, now... so how can we best communicate this?»)
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