Comments on: Why do Writers Poo-Poo Self-Publishing?

By: savvywriter

savvywriter — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:41:50 +0000

Thank you!

By: Jackie Pias Carlin

Jackie Pias Carlin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:29:29 +0000

Wonderful advice.

By: savvywriter

savvywriter — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:13:40 +0000

Congratulations on self-publishing! I think it’s great to self-publish instead of waiting for a publisher to pickup your book. I met a writer a few months
ago who self-published his book but then had an offer from a publishing company. You never know what could happen.

By: Wanda Shapiro

Wanda Shapiro — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:04:43 +0000

My experience with self-publishing has been wonderful and enriching. Amazingly a lot of the stigma is avoided if you call yourself and indie author instead of a self-published author. That’s not why I call myself that, but I have found people perk up at the word indie these days and they immediately understand my business model.

Though it’s fairly newly charted territory, I decided to bring the indie business model to literary fiction. In the tradition of indie musicians and indie film makers, I am taking advantage of available technology and bringing my novel directly to readers. I’m operating on a truly independent DIY model and I wear all the hats in the company – from publisher, publicist, bookkeeper and designer to webmaster, editor, event planner, and author. And I set out to bring an infrequently seen level of quality and professionalism to the self-publishing market.

Eventually the stigma will wane just as it did in the music and film industries. And posts like these prove it’s already happening. Thanks for a great post.

By: savvywriter

savvywriter — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:15:58 +0000

I agree! It makes no difference to me if book is published with a well known publisher or self-published. If the content’s great, I’ll be back for more.

By: Cheryl Schenk

Cheryl Schenk — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:04:31 +0000

Traditionally published or self-published, a book should be judged by it’s cover and content fairly as with any product one is purchasing.

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By: savvywriter

savvywriter — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:14:31 +0000

I agree! I’ve met a couple of “published authors” who frown upon self-publishing. I think it has to do with the “status” of being with a big name publisher.

By: Sue Collier

Sue Collier — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:11:09 +0000

Good post! Self-publishing can be a great option–especially for authors who want to maintain creative control over their projects. And who don’t want to wait for the sometimes very long timelines the traditional publishers often take. It it’s done right–the author owns the ISBN and the book is well edited and well designed–there should be no stigma.

A lot of authors too don’t realize that even if they are published traditionally, they will be responsible for the majority of the marketing and promoting. Why not keep all the profits from your sales, rather than the 10 to 12 percent most publishers offer?

As far an author book tour–it can be expensive, as you mention. So we recommend to our authors that they do a virtual author book tour. Much cheaper–and it will probably garner more exposure in the long run.