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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I am a friend of a gentleman who is a 4-time-published, first-rate academic author. He tried the major publisher route on his first two books, but on the last two books he went the self-pub route. Why did he change? Basically the major publishers had charged so many fees, etc. that there was just about no money left for him! So, if he is any indication, there are some very good authors who are self-pubs.
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This is becoming more and more true. A favorite author of mine put out several good books through a traditional publisher that specialized in occult material, then the publisher fizzled out after several years and the self-pub route had become viable, so she put out the material in new books that would be considered self-published. If anything they're better than the original traditionally published books!