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Originally Posted by OneandonlyDoc
Will I have to do more work marketing, ect? Of course. But that's what awesome friends are for--to help with that kind of thing (social networking is the new marketing, y'know?)--and building a backlist of books is also good marketing, too.
I'd rather get my work into the hands of some folks who would appreciate it now rather than wait three years as I watch the "traditional" publishing industry spiral down under its own weight.
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I'm in the same boat. I'm hoping to self-publish either late this year or early next, and I don't really care about being picked up by a publisher. I mean, even if they pitched up on my doorstep with a contract ready to sign, I'm just not really interested -- it's my "dream" to be an indie author, just like some people dream about being traditionally published.
I wrote an appeal on my blog a few months back urging people to self-publish IF the alternative was waiting around for 2, 3, 4 years while trying to be traditionally published, and I was shocked that the one trad. published reader on my blog seemed VERY upset by the post.
So there are still a lot of people who feel that traditional publishing carries a level of validation than indie publishing, in their opinion, does not.
There was also talk of the "want to be in bookstores" desire, but I'm not really that interested in that. I haven't bought anything new in a bookstore in years, so it's not really a dream for me to walk in and see my book for the 3 months or however long they stock it.
