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Originally Posted by stonetools
Looks like self pubbers are becoming a farm team for traditional publishers-which is probably not how most Mobile Readers see it.
It seems routine now- a self-pubber has a hit (often after having been turned down by a trad publisher) , and then gets picked up by a traditional publisher, to the mutual delight of both.
Why does theself pubber go with the traditional publisher? Acccess to print distribution and and professional editing, art and marketing services.
Advantage to the publisher? They're laying their money down on a "sure thing"-the author bore all the initial risk and found their market
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Originally Posted by stonetools
Mr. Goodkind is cashing in on marketing investments his publisher made. Good for him, I guess.
The comments there aren't 100 per cent favorable for him.
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So it's "mutual delight of both" when someone self-published signs up for traditional publishing, but the author is "cashing in on marketing investments his publisher made" when someone traditionally published goes the self-published route? Careful, your bias is showing.