Editors on Self-Publishing
Paul Krupin of Direct Contact PR, makes available the results of a survey of media people (editors, mostly) on the subject of self-publishing and self-publishers. It's still a mixed set of attitudes. In posting the link on a publisher's mailing list, Krupin wrote:
The key lessons learned is simple: Write a good book. Make sure it is a really good book. And then do a really good job telling the right people you wrote a really good book.
The survey responses as a .PDF file and web page.
Labels: Self-Publishing
posted by Georganna Hancock M.S. | 8:12 AM
2 Comments:
I was just actually discussing this with a fellow writer the other day. I think the only area where self-publishing in hardcopy is really economically feasible is still non-fiction areas.
Non-fiction, when using the internet to leverage sales, can capitalize on the Law of Large Numbers. If your subject is specific enough, you'll get buyers.
This doesn't necessarily work with fiction because there's a lot of published fiction available, which drives down the generally accepted price which PoD and self-published authors can't really match.
And since writing online isn't the best method for reading (e-ink is matching improvements, but it's not ready for the masses), fiction printing is one place where the economy of scale is really enforcing the traditional publishing system.
And good to see you back, Geo.
Thanks for the greeting and for commenting. I can't quite agree with you, however, because much more printed nonfiction is available than fiction. Also, how do you use the Internet to sell anything to people who don't have computers or use the Internet or buy online? Finally, if fiction is such a roaring success for print publishers, how come they are producing less and less, only want blockbusters from established authors, and barely market what they produce?
It seems to me that almost all nonfiction that is self-published is trade size paperback versions. Do you really know anyone who can afford to print hard covers (and sell them at a price people will pay)?
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