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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Yes, it's true that mastering craft is foremost. But these days, there happen to be other opportunities and any businesswoman has to look at the whole range of possibles. There's nothing golden or special about being published by a publisher. The end goal is to be read by readers (usually). People often confuse the "holy grail" of being published by a publisher instead of breaking it down into: What do they have to offer? What can I do for myself and who can do it better? Will I make more money/fans by doing it myself or through a publisher? Is that important to me?
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Intersting choice of words there:
any businesswoman. Is that what this is about, making money from writing? I thought we were talking about honing one's craft, improving as a writer, telling a good story. But if it's about marketing, yeah, as I said already, self-publishing is indeed mostly about marketing.