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Originally Posted by Steven Lake
Oh, exactly. It's like I said above, if you're not a big lister, good luck getting much, if any marketing from the big presses. If you really look at the big picture, and take into account all the facts, including what Valmore Daniels said, unless you're a big name author, there's really no value in going with one of the big houses. (I mean big 'officially', not 'in your own mind' as some authors are. lol.  ) Now if you're a big name author, you're better to go with the big houses. For everyone else, I'd say that small is better. |
Excellent point, I've read, pretty much everywhere, that 90% of your big house budget is spent on a mere 2% of the authors. I worked for a multi-national and after that small glimpse of how big business works, I can believe it. A lot of people I know make money by inventing something in their shed, turning it in to a business and then when the business gets to a certain size, the multinationals turn up and they sell it and retire for ever (I live near Cambridge remember). So I've got this book which I wrote in my shed, I'm selling it and when it gets big enough hopefully Random House, Harper Collins, or Transworld, will come calling.
Meanwhile I self publish and people get to actually read my book in the public domain... before I die.
Cheers
MTM