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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I'm an author. I want the best deal I can get. Do I want to do that?
My interest is in getting the best deal I can, and if I can get more out of selling my book to multiple publishers instead of one, guess what I'll do?
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I would have thought the best deal would be to ensure everyone on the planet be able to purchase your material and not just 5% of earth's population. |
And how do I do that? There
isn't presently any way to reach all of the possible book buying population on the planet from one source. Electronic books make that more possible than it was, but that's not the same thing as doable.
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Multiple publishers doesnt automatically provide access to those in other countries. It should but there is a cog in the wheel. And only the authors can fix this.
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How? Authors write books. Publishers sell them.
You can argue that the advances in technology make it possible for authors to take control of their material and self-publish. And indeed, they can. But they still face the challenge of letting those who might want to
read their books know that they exist.
There are a few authors who have successfully transitioned to self-publishing, but all had already established themselves through traditional channels. It's not a route I'd recommend to anyone to anyone starting out as an author who had any hopes of making a living at it.
You can make a case that they often do it badly, but
selling books is what publishers
do.
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Dennis