tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post2233214873060042873..comments2024-03-28T02:00:11.260-05:00Comments on A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: The Acquisitions EditorJA Konrathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08778324558755151986noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-49806875950577836412011-12-30T14:39:55.737-06:002011-12-30T14:39:55.737-06:00I rarely comment on this blog because there are al...I rarely comment on this blog because there are always so many comments, I figure no one will pay any attention to me anyway. LOL. But I do want to say that I loved this post, and I loved the humor in it. You always make me laugh, Joe. And I almost always agree with everything you say.<br /><br />Also, I feel like I'm one of those successful indies you were talking about, having sold over 40,000 copies of my ebooks. Most of those sales were in 2011. If I had gone the traditional route, my books probably wouldn't have even been out yet.Lauralynn Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424346770225310619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-44268891226134752032010-11-12T00:37:29.295-06:002010-11-12T00:37:29.295-06:00Joe, thank you so much for this blog and this piec...Joe, thank you so much for this blog and this piece.<br /><br />I am a first-time author who has a NY agent and a publisher's offer on the table. It is a small publisher but it has a solid reputation in my genre.<br /><br />I've sold 500 hard copies of my self-printed eccentric non-fiction via Amazon and my website. I think I could do much better with an e-version. (I'm assuming readers would be more likely to risk $3 than $20 on a self-published author, also, many of my blog's fans are international where it costs $40 to have my book mailed.)<br /><br />The decision is tearing me to pieces. I've spent almost ten years of my life on this book. I illustrated it and the title is dear to me ... I think the publisher already wants to dump the illustrations and the title.<br /><br />My advance is a piddly four figures, but I will probably sign to get the credibility of a "published author." As Mark Asher noted above if my book career fails to materialize (which is likely) at least I will be able to put it on my resume for other pursuits. I would also like it to get some media coverage and some professional reviews.<br /><br />In your piece you mocked Facebook ads but advertising to niche audiences was cost-effective on Facebook when I made $10 on every book I sold off my site, and $5 on every book I sold on Amazon. Of course, it will not be cost-effective when I'm getting scraps off each book. And I checked, my publisher sells their eBooks for $10. *sigh* Talk about giving people an incentive to learn about torrents.<br /><br />I want to rely on my agent's advice but I realize he has an incentive to push me in one direction.<br /><br />I've appreciated many of the comments on here, e.g. Jude Hardin's. Peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-11410739327597846042010-10-15T16:29:19.345-05:002010-10-15T16:29:19.345-05:00I love it. My favorite post of yours so far.I love it. My favorite post of yours so far.Kelly Hitchcockhttp://www.kellyhitchcock.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-31730059415378298082010-10-12T21:32:18.607-05:002010-10-12T21:32:18.607-05:00Even the finance end of things isn't working o...<i>Even the finance end of things isn't working out so great at the moment, that shouldn't devalue their contribution, and it doesn't make them the enemy. </i><br /><br />Their contribution isn't worth 52.5%. The one being devalued here is the artist who wrote the book and getting 1/3 of what the publisher is making. <br /><br />No, it doesn't make he publisher the enemy. It makes them capitalists. <br /><br />But previously they were needed. Now they aren't. And yet they foolishly continue to believe that they're essential.<br /><br />That's either hubris, or idiocy, or both.JA Konrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778324558755151986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-4628798300861203912010-10-12T17:39:23.954-05:002010-10-12T17:39:23.954-05:00Publishers are hardly the fat cats of the literary...Publishers are hardly the fat cats of the literary world. (I'm really not sure who those would be. Critics, maybe? Or those celebrities who also write picture books?).<br /><br />Basically everyone in publishing below the executive level could be making more money elsewhere. By and large, the people who work on books and the people who support them are mid-level (at best) professionals who've invested their careers, hearts, minds, blood, sweat, and leisure-time in making art happen. Even the finance end of things isn't working out so great at the moment, that shouldn't devalue their contribution, and it doesn't make them the enemy.Litocracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945962845603553172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-4959815358502429612010-10-12T12:06:34.526-05:002010-10-12T12:06:34.526-05:00We're passionate people, and undeserving of yo...<i>We're passionate people, and undeserving of your flippancy.</i><br /><br />Actually, as a publisher, you're undeserving of 52.5% when the writer only makes 17.5% on a book that he wrote.<br /><br />If those rates were flipped, there would be no need for my flippancy.JA Konrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778324558755151986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-89463586966307036092010-10-12T10:50:01.033-05:002010-10-12T10:50:01.033-05:00Just to say that the cover price - $9.99 or $7.99 ...Just to say that the cover price - $9.99 or $7.99 as the case may be - is not the price the publisher receives from a stockist. Bookshops and ebookstores have to make a profit too. I don't know about the States, but working for a publishing house during the week and as a bookseller at the weekend in the UK I can assure you that a £7.99 book will more likely be bought for circa £4.00, maybe £4.50.<br /><br />As an experienced freelance editor, there is no way a thorough copy edit can be achieved at a rate of 2700 words an hour. A proofread, perhaps, but not a copy edit.<br /><br />And as a current social media marketer I can tell you that, while facebook, twitter, YouTube, etc are free, to advertise on them has a cost attached, as does having a person onboard to keep on top of them. I work for an international (education) publishing house and running a successful social media campaign takes time and expertise. To register is free, but to interact with people around the world on a 24 hour timescale - well, put it this way: it's a darned good job I'm passionate enough about selling your books to want to take my work home with me. Because the amount you predicted to make on your book? Isn't that far from what I get paid. Or any of the publishing house worker bees, for that matter...<br /><br />Spare a thought, please, for the people behind the publisher's office walls - we're usually over-worked, underpaid and totally committed to making you as successful as possible. We're passionate people, and underserving of your flippancy.Carolinehttp://uk.linkedin.com/in/carolineshortnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-36701985565176671322010-10-11T04:13:00.631-05:002010-10-11T04:13:00.631-05:00Jenna quoted and relied:
""Christy Pinh...Jenna quoted and relied:<br /><br />""Christy Pinheiro said: Maybe not replace the income of a day job, but a couple hundred bucks a month is nothing to sneeze at."<br /><br />Frank Martin said in response:<br /><br />"If that is all the profit uploading to Kindle brings in, a person may as well keep submitting to the print publishing houses."<br /><br /><br />Bite me."<br /><br />Haha, buy me dinner first. Wow Jenna, don't take it personally or anything. <br /><br />"That $200/month could seriously be saving my ass right now. At least I could get a second pair of jeans and a new pair of work shoes. Maybe even get an oil change. That's enough in a year to buy a replacement hearing aid, which I can't afford currently.<br /><br />That could pay for braces for your kid, medicines for an ailing senior, or groceries for someone disabled and otherwise unable to work. That could be extra hired help around the house for my ill grandparents, and would keep them from moving into a nursing home.<br /><br />That's 2 months of my rent and utilities per year. That was 4 months per year of my friend's house payment on the house she just lost, tax and insurance included. When I buy a house next year... "<br /><br />$200 buys nothing like that here, not even close. If you want to speak in relative terms, then what your $200 is getting you, I would need several thousand per month to equal. So yeah, several thousand per month on kindle sales would be worth while. But $200? I could make more than that with a third job on the weekends.Max Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07404871912193614516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-197785651921660502010-10-09T15:02:18.507-05:002010-10-09T15:02:18.507-05:00Thanks Anonymous! I appreciate the luck, and I hop...Thanks Anonymous! I appreciate the luck, and I hope you're right! I also send it right back your way: I think if we do this right, there could be a lot of luck to go around, and make us all just a weeny bit happier. I'm good with that.<br /><br />:DJennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15715761180494476618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-63569598225766328062010-10-07T20:25:04.982-05:002010-10-07T20:25:04.982-05:00Amen to that,Jenna. Cold hard facts. The NYTR BS l...Amen to that,Jenna. Cold hard facts. The NYTR BS list is, and has been for years, jammed with the senior rainmakers, some of whom have multiple bestsellers on the list at one time. Publishers can't sell enough of THEIR books-why on earth would they begin investing money in the average newcomer?<br /> Agents say repeatedly they take "less than 1% of unsolicited manuscripts." Of these, what fraction do you think become best sellers? Right. <br /> Agents can't afford to work much of the middle ground anymore. They have NY rents & mortgages to pay.<br /> If $200 OR less a month, allows someone to keep writing and enjoy the pleasures of being published online or by nontraditional means, why would you wait?<br /> I'm not interested in growing old and morose by assuming the above odds will ever work in my favor. Why would they? Am I really that much better than the thundering herd snapping at my heels, ALL of whom hope to be picked up by a NY agent?<br /> Dreams are great. In reality I seem to have the greatest stake in my success. Who can you name that has actaully been picked up? Sara Gruen. The author of "THe Help." Out of how many hundred of thousands waiting to be noticed and signed? <br /> But I wish you all the luck. You may be that rare new author who is way,way ahead of the landslide behind you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-88292504100791630592010-10-07T12:21:22.699-05:002010-10-07T12:21:22.699-05:00Here’s the finish to your story, Joe:
Ten years ...Here’s the finish to your story, Joe:<br /><br /> Ten years after the Writer/Publisher interview, the writer opens his email. He receives a notice that Amazon has decided to backlist his latest title. Rather than the 20% writer’s “cut” that he has become accustomed to, Amazon tells the writer that his title—based on the low sales of his last title—will only get a 15% writer’s cut and will go immediately to the e-backlist (equivalent to publishing direct to paperback).<br /><br />The writer looks back on the days when he strutted his bravado in front of the editor in the now-defunct publishing house and realizes that all things come full circle. He fondly recalls the days of e-publishing’s 70% writer’s royalties, and although he still feels he made the right choice ten years ago, he is saddened by the upshot. <br /><br />The writer decides to work in the Garden Center at Lowe’s and get a Master Gardeners certification.Coolkayaker1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16480679419271233314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-40385719905030094452010-10-07T04:52:03.508-05:002010-10-07T04:52:03.508-05:00"Christy Pinheiro said: Maybe not replace the..."Christy Pinheiro said: Maybe not replace the income of a day job, but a couple hundred bucks a month is nothing to sneeze at."<br /><br /><b>Frank Martin said in response:<br /><br />"If that is all the profit uploading to Kindle brings in, a person may as well keep submitting to the print publishing houses." </b><br /><br /><br />Bite me. <br /><br />That $200/month could seriously be saving my ass right now. At least I could get a second pair of jeans and a new pair of work shoes. Maybe even get an oil change. That's enough in a year to buy a replacement hearing aid, which I can't afford currently. <br /><br />That could pay for braces for your kid, medicines for an ailing senior, or groceries for someone disabled and otherwise unable to work. That could be extra hired help around the house for my ill grandparents, and would keep them from moving into a nursing home.<br /><br />That's 2 months of my rent and utilities per year. That was 4 months per year of my friend's house payment on the house she just lost, tax and insurance included. When I buy a house next year, that's 3 extra house payments a year, which means I'd pay off a 30-year mortgage in 10 years, with many more thousands saved in interest. <br /><br />That's a big chunk to toss in an IRA annually and build a retirement for myself. <br /><br />That's a trip for two to India. For a month. Each year. <br /><br />Speaking of India, as many as 300,000 farmers in India have committed suicide in the past few years due to some crop failures which have left them in horrid, crippling debt which could never be repaid. Average amount of that debt? $1500. With $200/month, I could save one life a year and still buy a new wardrobe annually. AND have tax savings on the donation to save a life.<br /><br />$2400 is more than I've spent on clothes in the past TEN years put together, and I just got married, too. <br /><br />The federal guidelines for food costs for a family of 2 is $298/mo. That's what they give a family of 2 monthly in food stamps, if needed. 66% of monthly food costs for a single mom and her kid is NOTHING to ignore. <br /><br />Who are you to decide what the funds threshold is for others? Shouldn't the author decide what he or she is willing to take for their work? Shouldn't the individual be able to say "I'm ok with this level of payment"? <br /><br />Maybe $200 is chump change for you, but it isn't for everyone. If you want to decide that $200/mo or the like is too little for you, and you'd prefer to wait for the one in a zillion chance for a big deal, then that's your call. Just don't say it's better for everyone to wait for that probably nonexistent day, because some people need every dollar that they can get. If they can get a couple bucks this way, I'm all for them making this choice for themselves and taking a risk. <br /><br />Honestly, the 'risk' of publishing on Kindle is the 'risk' of people actually buying your work, one shot at a time. Waiting on NY, the 'risk' is waiting to see whether or not someone thinks 10,000 people will buy your work in one calendar year eighteen months from now. NY publishing in gambling terms is a crap shoot on top of a crap shoot on top of a crap shoot, with loaded dice at every turn. Doesn't mean that someone doesn't get lucky every once in a while, but overall, the house wins every time. <br /><br />Given the common levels of first advances nowadays, I'll take 100 sales per month at $2 in my pocket per sale in perpetuity rather than $5000 just once. I think many folks would agree with me on that.Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15715761180494476618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-59768096218118186952010-10-07T04:20:17.695-05:002010-10-07T04:20:17.695-05:00"Anyone want to go into the ebook business wi..."Anyone want to go into the ebook business with me? :)"<br /><br />I will. Let's do it, bro! :DJennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15715761180494476618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-67289076051569906052010-10-06T20:05:18.546-05:002010-10-06T20:05:18.546-05:00Robert W. Walker said...
The SAD thing, the r...Robert W. Walker said...<br /><br /> The SAD thing, the really, really sad thing is that there are so many authors who are going along like sheep with agents and editors who are "doing them this big favor" and taking large cuts of their income, still working on the old model. Sad that they are convinced it is the only way they can work when in fact Indie publishing means Freedom and Liberty from the slave labor of old.<br /><br />~~~<br /><br />I write books. They do the production, marketing, selling, and pay me enough to live quite comfortably.<br /><br />I don't mess with marketing, editing, promotions, or other deals. I do what I like, which is write.<br /><br />If, on occasion, they tire of a book, it reverts to me, and I resell it elsewhere.<br /><br />It seems an odd slavery I'm in.<br /><br />And Mr Derek Canyon, the "Every copy of the novel over 1000 that I sell will be profit" comment just shows that you've done no research in this business whatsoever. The odds of you selling even 1000 copies are minuscule, especially if you can't spell "negligable" (sic).<br /><br />Taken to its logical extreme, the self-pub model has everyone put a book online, hoping that enough random passersby will decide to plunk down cash.<br /><br />The reality is, radio and film did not kill theater, home VCR/DVD did not kill film, eBay did not kill retail shopping, and e-Publishing, which my primary publisher is actively engaged in at less than paperback rates, in advance of the hardcover, un-encrypted, in any format, is not going to kill paper publishing.<br /><br />The self e-pub people today are the same as the vanity pub people of the 50s, convinced of their own greatness.<br /><br />Branding works. Branding is easier with large chunks of capital. Publishers bring that to the table.<br /><br />Otherwise, there are 20 billion links on the internet, and you're hoping I'll not only click on one but send you money.<br /><br />If that worked, spammers wouldn't have any business.Michael Z. Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543005122174458805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-72700876295804521372010-10-06T09:29:35.606-05:002010-10-06T09:29:35.606-05:00This post was full of awesome. Publishing needs to...This post was full of awesome. Publishing needs to change, and so does corporate structure in general.<br /><br />One illustrator-ish quibble - $300 (or $500 as one commenter said) for cover art. This is cool for some things; licensing a photo, or providing one of your own. But illustrators can expect to spend 20-80 hours of diligent, practiced, trained work painting a cover. I'm thinking of the Tor Books style of cover.<br /><br />For a quickly done job, $300 at 20 hours is $15/hour. $500 at 20 hours is $25/hour. <br /><br />I <a href="http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p.html" rel="nofollow">refer you here</a>.Glendon Mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-56007052249115514192010-10-06T07:08:40.247-05:002010-10-06T07:08:40.247-05:00Great post. And, the walls came a-tumblin' dow...Great post. And, the walls came a-tumblin' down! Here's to a new world in publishing.Susan Wingatehttp://www.susanwingate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-14067284372870343302010-10-05T19:08:16.019-05:002010-10-05T19:08:16.019-05:00"A thankless job for basically no money"..."A thankless job for basically no money"? Gee, that sounds like writing. At least the writing is a real pleasure, and sometimes much more than that. I hope publishing delivers at least some of those rewards.<br /> Meanwhile, may I ask the group a question?<br /> I've been thinking of putting the first chapter of my book online as a sample. I would like to see whatever positive or negative reaction that might elicit, from anyone who is interested enough to read it. I have two concerns. <br /> The book is based on a real incident that took place in the 1600's. I haven't seen it mentioned in a book before. (Which may be good or bad.)<br /> I keep reading that anyone is free to copy one's work, enlarge upon it, and present it as their own. I am not much worried about this-everyone has their own style, but I would like to be the first one (apparently) to use this actual event in a plot.<br /> Konrath says posting his work for free may actually increase sales, and again, I am not much concerned about that end of it.<br /> Has anyone had any experience with this? Simply posting a first chapter and holding the book back?<br /> Thank you for your thoughts on this topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-43309222136079819572010-10-05T18:15:52.690-05:002010-10-05T18:15:52.690-05:00It's true, there are Seth Godins in the world....It's true, there are Seth Godins in the world. But most authors aren't them.<br /><br />A few things to think about: <br /><br />The authors who succeed without publishers are by and large nonfiction authors. If you look closer, you'll find that many of them are veterans of several books, and (this is key)business people. They have companies, they are consultants, they have a name in the media. Their book is one facet of a larger public presence. Even if they did have a traditional publisher, they would still be driving the sales. <br /><br />Very few first time authors, and even fewer fiction authors ever achieve that kind of network--much less start out with one.<br /><br />The publishing process is hard. Let's say you're getting the standard book package--that is, a hardcopy version, either paperback or cloth (not both), assorted ebook formats (mobi/kindle, ePub/apple, eReader, PDF, Daisy, etc, etc), plus whatever foreign rights the publisher can scrape together (for fiction, this tends to come only after major success, with the exception of certain shoe-in books/authors. For business, Korean and Chinese aren't unusual right out of the gate, but they're not guaranteed either.) Obviously there's content editing (for nonfiction there's also peer review), vetting for copyright violations, proofing (three rounds is about average), designing the interior and cover, recruiting endorsers, writing copy cover copy, writing web copy, QC-ing the assorted e-versions, and ensuring that all that information is accurately reflected on relevant retail websites.<br /><br />Most authors don't care to handle the due diligence to achieve even this base-line level of market coverage and availability. <br /><br />Understandably, one might argue. (That whole writing thing does tend to take a while.)<br /><br />Then there are the special treatments reserved for top titles in any given season: the audio book, the vook, the (god forbid) screen rights, the promotional website, facebook page, the stupid twitter stream, the email blasts (previous customers, librarians, indies, the purchased lists), the booksense box, the press release, the contest entry, the copies for industry reviewers (PW, Library Journal, the papers, freaking Oprah), the conferences (BEA, NLA, Midwinter, Frankfurt), the Amazon promotions, the Barnes & Noble display table (you have to pay for those, you know!)and on, and on.<br /><br />Added to that, there's the sales team. I really can't put enough emphasis on this one. There's the college team and the trade team; sometimes there's even staff specializing in library sales and staff specializing in Indies. They're all out there, all the time, meeting professors who assign books to hundred-person lecture classes, meeting buyers who dictate which books will be carried in Barnes and Noble A, B and C stores, and which will only be on the website. This may not matter as much as it did five years ago, but it still matters. <br /><br />Added to that, most really big publishers have dedicated Amazon employees. That is, staff at Amazon whose salaries the publisher pays, who work exclusively for that publisher. This is because it's really hard to get things done on the world's biggest book retailer.<br /><br />So, is publishing in trouble? Obviously. <br /><br />Are publishing companies woefully understaffed? Good lord, yes.<br /><br />Are things about to change? Well...lets hope so.<br /><br />But keep in mind that publishing professionals are incredibly dedicated and hardworking people doing a largely thankless job for basicly no money.L.M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-76063793182116038942010-10-05T02:02:12.751-05:002010-10-05T02:02:12.751-05:00Congrats to Karen McQuestion! I'm so excited ...Congrats to Karen McQuestion! I'm so excited for your success!<br /><br />I just finished my first book and am self-publishing it. It will be out Nov. 2010. I am SO EXCITED about it -- and scared and nervous!<br /><br />I've trained professionally as a writer since my teenage years and have had a few articles published, but not much more. While I easily got my articles published, I didn't have the fortitude to endure endless rejections from publishers so I never submitted a book proposal to any publisher.<br /><br />My major in college was marketing and I'm very business-oriented. I did an exhaustive study of the publishing industry, beginning with Dan Poynter's "The Self-Publishing Manual." From a business perspective, it was easy to see that the traditional publishing model is broken beyond repair. Even if I'd been offered a book contract with a traditional publisher, I'm not so sure that would have been the best choice from a business standpoint.<br /><br />Joe Konrath's post articulates EXACTLY why I chose to self-publish. I've been fortunate to be mentored this year by Sheri McConnell. Sheri founded and ran the National Association of Women Writers for 10 years and she advocates self-publishing. She's worked with hundreds of authors over the years, many of them traditionally published and many who got big publicity (Oprah, etc.). <br /><br />I think it's natural for writers to feel like they've "sold out" if they choose to self-publish -- that if they're self-publishing, it's because their writing isn't good enough. So even though they're easily able to self-publish, they still feel like they're not legitimate.<br /><br />However, I DON'T feel that way at all. Make no mistake: I'd LOVE to be offered a publishing contract by a Big Six publishing house. That kind of validation would be wonderful. But based on the current state of the publishing industry, I truly don't think it would be the best choice.<br /><br />If you choose to self-publish however, please don't EVER feel like you sold out or that you had to self-publish because no traditional publisher would take you. Writing is the creative side, but publishing is the BUSINESS side.<br /><br />Take a look at the article from Wired magazine "The Long Tail" here:<br /><br />http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html?pg=1&topic=tail&topic_set=<br /><br />The economics of selling products and services online has truly changed the rules of business. It's removed the constraints of bricks-and-mortar retailers, allowing you find the readers you (OR your publisher) might never have found otherwise. According to the article, the old 80/20 rule no longer applies and almost ANY type of music, film, art or book can find an audience.<br /><br />My message to ALL writers and wanna-be-published authors is "Go for it!" If you're worried about not being considered legitimate, have someone you trust, someone with the appropriate credentials (professors, editors, peer reviewers, etc.), review your book. Even if they don't review/edit books as part of their normal work, people are often open to freelancing or just giving feedback. Having your work vetted by industry experts (for non-fiction) or editors and professors (for fiction) will go a long way towards legitimizing your work (and validating you). If you have positive and constructive feedback from someone you trust with appropriate credentials, you'll feel much better about your work and less likely to feel discouraged and illegitimate.<br /><br />I'm nervous about the market response to my book (even though I have positive blurbs from early peer reviewers), but because I did my homework, I feel really good about my self-published book.<br /><br />I hope this helps. However you choose to self-publish, I wish you the very best in your journey!<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Michelle NightengaleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128523796661360675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-26929484077109283402010-10-04T18:42:32.156-05:002010-10-04T18:42:32.156-05:00> the only thing is
> I wish there was
...> the only thing is<br />> I wish there was <br />> more of them. <br /><br />good effort, except you<br />let in a capital letter there.<br /><br />i feel sorry for people who<br />use "blowhards" and "undies"<br />in the same sentence. truly.<br />it's full-blown schizophrenic. :+)<br /><br />-bowerbird<br /><br />p.s. see, joe, i told you that<br />the anonymous commenters<br />would make fools of themselves.bowerbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962115094107919533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-55104655778289551112010-10-04T08:32:45.927-05:002010-10-04T08:32:45.927-05:00@bowerbird
no need to feel
sorry for me.
i love ...@bowerbird<br /><br />no need to feel<br />sorry for me.<br /><br />i love your comments.<br />the only thing is<br />I wish there was <br />more of them. there's<br />never enough.<br /><br />like when you give<br />advice on how to <br />approach a movie<br />deal, i think you <br />should tell us <br />about your experience <br />negotiating movie<br />deals. or else i <br />might think<br />you're just another <br />anonymous Internet<br />blowhard at home <br />in your undies.<br /><br />more, please!<br /><br />more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-32977959789331695222010-10-03T23:09:52.549-05:002010-10-03T23:09:52.549-05:00Christy Pinheiro said: 'A lot of the writers h...<i>Christy Pinheiro said: 'A lot of the writers here are proficient researchers, and they could easily write and self-publish a manuscript that could have moderate success. Maybe not replace the income of a day job, but a couple hundred bucks a month is nothing to sneeze at.'</i><br /><br />If that is all the profit uploading to Kindle brings in, a person may as well keep submitting to the print publishing houses.Max Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07404871912193614516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-14347828485971716492010-10-03T11:35:46.720-05:002010-10-03T11:35:46.720-05:00The idea is to become your own rainmaker. Like Joe...The idea is to become your own rainmaker. Like Joe, I've had good success self-publishing. I don't post my numbers because I sell non-fiction textbooks and nobody gives a shit. <br /><br />But I did it, and that's how I earn my living. <br /><br />A lot of the writers here are proficient researchers, and they could easily write and self-publish a manuscript that could have moderate success. Maybe not replace the income of a day job, but a couple hundred bucks a month is nothing to sneeze at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-13339136354292679792010-10-03T03:34:13.948-05:002010-10-03T03:34:13.948-05:00The Daring Novelist said: 'I remember when I w...<i>The Daring Novelist said: 'I remember when I was in grad school. I wrote fiction for children at the time, and I made my first sale - to HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN. It was a 400 word story and they paid $100. (This was in the 1980s, and not a bad chunk of change.)<br /><br />When I told one of my professors about it, he got upset with me for even claiming that counted as a sale. It was not legitimate in his eyes.'</i><br /><br />Of course it counts. It was a professional sale. My professor would have congratulated you and encouraged you to keep writing and submitting.<br /><br /><i>Anonymous said: 'It's easy to smirk at the writing of the senior rainmakers...' </i><br /><br />What is this 'rainmakers' term? Is it used to mean 'best selling author'? I have never heard that before.Max Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07404871912193614516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11291165.post-86227587126050236892010-10-02T19:45:07.723-05:002010-10-02T19:45:07.723-05:00anonymous said:
> YOU'RE anonymous!
i f...anonymous said:<br />> YOU'RE anonymous! <br /><br />i feel sorry for people who<br />don't know the difference<br />between anonymous and<br />pseudonymous, especially<br />if they consider themselves<br />to be writers.<br /><br />and -- just to be clear --<br />i am not an exception to<br />any rules of publishing...<br /><br />-bowerbirdbowerbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962115094107919533noreply@blogger.com