Tag Archives: self-publishing vs traditional publishing

“CULT”? IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? THEN GET ME A PURPLE ROBE AND SOME KOOL-AID.

Rob W Hart recently wrote this article for Salon in which he calls self-publishing “a cult”. He claims to have “happily” self-published a novella while trying to traditionally-publish his novel. I would venture his “happiness” with self-publishing stems from the likelihood that the legacy publishers steadfastly refused to publish his novella due to its short […]

THE NEW YORK TSUNAMI OF SWILL CONTINUES; NYer Eric Felten holds his nose while dissing self-published authors

A guy named Eric Felten wrote a piece in last Friday’s Wall Street Journal blasting the world of self-publishing. Here’s an excerpt from it: It isn’t just the elusive prospect of riches that excites the untold thousands of hopefuls crowding into the new self-publishing space. They are buoyed by escaping the grim frustrations of trying […]

STILL MORE ON SELF-PUBLISHING

I drifted into The Kill Zone today and read John Gilstrap’s post on the future of big publisher advances to authors. The consensus was that the days of six and seven-figure advances are numbered. John went on to say that advances will probably shrink right down the line, to the point where only the biggest […]