Comments on: Does Self-Publishing Your Book Hurt Your Credibility?

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By: Gary Michael Smith

Gary Michael Smith — Mon, 21 May 2007 22:38:42 +0000

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By: Patrick Borders

Patrick Borders — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:52:52 +0000

I think it’s also a generational thing. The internet generation wants easy access and doesn’t care as much who delivers it. Can I find that video on YouTube? Is there a podcast? Does Amazon carry it? The NY Times recently carried a story on authors who took their novels directly to self-published audio podcasts and after distributing thousands of copies, then made a deal with a publisher. They still sought a traditional publisher, but those podcast users put them on the map.

By: Carolyn Warren

Carolyn Warren — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:26:54 +0000

I’ve received an interesting reaction from some people when they learn I’ve written a book.

“Where will it be sold?” they ask.

“Barnes & Noble, Borders, amazon.com, and local bookstores all over,” I reply.

Then their eyes light up, and I see a look of respect. “Oh, it’s for real,” they say. Then I can tell they thought maybe it would be an e-book and not a “real book.”

So I found it interesting that I got that question from some rather than a question about the publisher, which is John Wiley, by the way. My book, if it’s okay to mention here, is Mort gage Ripoffs and Money Savers.

Great question, Bob.

By: Deb Finnamore

Deb Finnamore — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:53:53 +0000

It depends. “Better” is relative. Does our society place value on an author of a traditionally published work? To be sure. However, these days unless you’re an author with Grisham or King potential to sell billions, you’re likely as not to end up in the reject pile of manuscripts before you get past the acquisitions editor. Few there be that pass into the inner sanctums of publishing, actually making it to press with the sacred publisher logo gracing their work. Heck, you deserve some respect for the accomplishment! Yet, there are other works that end up in the print-on-demand bin merely because they didn’t meet the publisher’s vision/mission criteria for the year. To be fair, I submit their content is no less valid just because what they had to say didn’t fit with the publisher’s annual focus.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:54:57 +0000

I agree, and disagree.

Yes, it’s impressive to have a publisher, just like it’s impressive to have a record contract, just like it’s impressive to own your own business of 100 employees.

But I think the process has changed. Publishers will start looking more and more to the eBooks and self-publishers, just as record companies look to all the indie bands out there. And rather than wait for a publisher to come knocking on your door, you can produce an ebook and start mustering up some grassroots fandom and get the spark lit so the publisher can just fan the flame. Just like the business owner who has to answer the phones at the beginning, partly because she has to, and partly because she wants to.

More and more people are enamoured with the entire process now, and how they can do it without the publisher, at least to a certain level.

By: John Weiskopf

John Weiskopf — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:46:04 +0000

In broad terms, Bob, I agree with you. However, the road to getting published is often filled with hurdles that take an inordinate amount time and patience, not to mention frustration, particularly when an author knows that he or she has a good book. Some good books, just as some good screenplays in the film business, simply get overlooked because of the complex machinery of the traditional publishing business. There is a saying that the cream always floats to the top. But the real question is often “How long will it take?” Often, it becomes a catch 22. Unless you know someone, a large publishing house will only consider your book when it is submitted through a registered literary agent and agency, and often only with agents with whom the publisher has close ties. Agents usually have a narrowly-defined perspective on what will sell and what won’t. Queries of books that break the mold, merge cleanly-defined genres into a new form, or are viewed as “problematic” from a marketing standpoint challenge the status quo perspective of the agents, whether the books are non-fiction or fiction. Whether the books are well-written or not, the queries are often rejected because they do not conform to the current tenor of the publishing biz. Therefore, some writers are forced to self-publish to get their books recognized and obtain the reviews necessary to get a larger publisher’s attention. Sometimes it does work. It is an opportunity for the author to shine with his or her storytelling, writing, organization, designing & packaging the cover, overseeing the promotional & advertising copy, and getting the book not only reviewed, but distributed and placed in selected bookstores and Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and Borders.com. That is quite a creative and executive accomplishment for a writer, who decides to self-publish and does it well. It worked for THE CELESTINE PROPHECY, THE EXPECTED ONE, THE ONE-MINUTE MANAGER and other books because the authors have vision, and they used the contemporary tools of publishing for their ends.