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Originally Posted by Iqy
Unfortunately you guys are skirting the core issue in my opinion, and that is that only about 1% of books written are ever published. What can the 99% do? I believe ebook sites like zuluexpress and others provide an opportunity too good to miss.
Yes, books have to be edited, any writer will admit that once they've slaved over a book for a year or so they are numb to its shortfalls, and a fresh eye wil fix it, but after that i'm afraid I can't see the need for the other services provided by publishers.
A cover is easy, ask the kid next door to show you how on photoshop, and typesetting? Ebooks are a digital file thats uses software like Calibre and Sigil to make sure the book fits all readers. Ebooks leave so many old publishing requirements behind, I know its hard to comprehend, but all I can say is that in spite of sending my book Saving Mankind to a dozen publishers, not one of them read one line of it, 6 got back to me with the ' Not publishing your genre a the moment,' message, 6 didn't reply at all, and since I published it on ZE its being read all over the world, with book 2 in the trilogy fast nearing completion.
I rest my case for ebooks and sites like ZE. If you are a writer and like me, (one of the 99%) andyou can't get the attention of a publisher, you've got nothing to lose and everything to gain by going the ebook self pub route.
Iqy
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I, for one, am NOT a fan of ePub ebooks, but once I get it format-shifted to mobi, I'll read it on my Kindle. However, the 'kid next door' may well create a horrendous blog of cover art more suited to construction-paper flyers for the nearest grunge-goth-punk band's upcoming Xtasy rave than for an eye-appealing cover for an e-book. You often "gets what youse pays for" when going for 'kid next door' photoshop art.
Derek