As we’re starting a new week, I thought I would put together some links about publishing that caught my attention. As always, there’s a little mix of everything. Self-Published Authors Are Destroying Literature – Written by Michael Kozlowski for goodereader.com, I almost don’t want you to support Kozlowski’s article as it’s riddled with lazy research and full of insults. With statements like, “One thing indie authors have done is devalue the work of legitimate published authors,” it’s evident that he just wants attention. However, if you get to the comments, that’s where the active discussion is including some of his more incredible claims, such as that most self-published authors aren’t educated. It’s an attempt at flame journalism meant to get the clicks on the…
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Last night, I attended a dinner party with a bunch of my husband’s colleagues. Inevitably, at some point someone asked me politely what it is I’m doing these days. Last year, I felt comfortable telling people I had an editing business. To me, that was a solid identity. This year as a full-time writer, I found myself almost making excuses for my job because I haven’t produced a solid product…yet. Because there’s been so much fighting of traditional versus self-publishing, I prepared myself to defend my choice when I said I was self-publishing a book soon. What surprised me was that all the insecurities were my own, perhaps reflecting that attitudes amongst general readers are changing. Yes, there are naysayers of self-publishing. However, for…
It’s no secret that the publishing world is in the midst of an upheaval. There are large publishing houses merging, there are people successfully self-publishing, and there are literary agents getting hybrid deals that bridge between the two worlds. Every day, we can go searching for new information and something else will be reported. In the spirit of full disclosure, I should say that I have no preference to either way of doing it. I’ve done a lot of research on both tracks. There’s a message board for writers that I participate in frequently that is geared more towards self-publishing. I’ve attended writing conferences that were geared more towards traditional publishing. I’ve pitched to an agent. I wrote a query letter. I’ve worked as…
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