Saturday 3 August 2013

Self Publishing versus 'The Good Old Fashioned Way'

If you're a keen writer/novelist/poet - or whatever you want to call yourself - you have successfully stayed in touch with the fast news and goings-on within the literary world - go you!

The act of Self-publishing has always had a negative edge to it. Publishing your own book? PAH. That just means that you aren't good enough to be properly taken on by a wildly amazing publishing house! Right?

No, wrong. Sooooo wrong.

In fact, more and more writers are now considering the option of taking their works into their owns hands and going that extra mile to do all of the hard slogging themselves. Aided by a literary consultant or Self-publishing houses, and of course a fair amount of money - it is becoming increasingly common to self publish.

Of course it will not completely take away the stigma, nor the fear of failure and a lot of hard work should the venture fail, writers are now keen to take their future into their own hands and make the dream a reality.

Admittedly, I have been doing research on the same issue. Yesterday after a long day at work, a literary agent from Author House called me and we discussed the highs and pitfalls (although declined to discuss pricing at this stage, there's a shocker).

The point is - dont be afraid to avoid the conventional route and shy away from hundreds of possible rejections from publishing houses. Do a little research into taking the time to control your own journey, and see where it takes you.

- H x

3 comments:

  1. I think you bring up a good point. There's no reason to assume that the traditional way is the only way. Just like everyone has their own method of writing, we should have as many options with publishing.

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  2. But what did you actually say in that post? That it's possible to self publish?

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  3. Hi Marc, I was more highlighting the fact that Self Publishing is now a more suitable option for some writers, with more and more turning towards it. With the surge of self-published writers, it's now fast becoming more of the 'norm'as opposed to the traditional way. So it's definitely worth looking into as an option.

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