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I just want to place Mr. Howey's words here. Enjoy the read.
There are Indie authors making a very good living from what they do. On the other hand, it's tough as hell to get there.
Russ, I understand your points. But I would really appreciate it if once...just once...a discussion on Indie or traditional publishing was met with respect for the choices of those who choose their own paths.
I feel like everytime myself or someone else puts up an article in this section, it's met with great skepticism as if I'm just making shit up and not looking deeper into sources. I'm not stupid. And I resent that everytime I try to make myself useful around here I'm met with negative force.
What the heck is going on in these forums lately? Holy cow. Just let people live.
To get back to Hugh Howey's article, I do think it's disingenuous to say blithely that self-publishing is easier than ever now, because that's only true on the technical level. To do it successfully is harder than it's ever been (but not impossible).
With respect to the merits of each path, I can't think of a good reason not to, at the very least, go hybrid.
On an objective level, that is the best way to go to earn money. Hybrid authors tend to have the highest income of any author group.
Yeah, just looking at the whole thing it seems pretty clear that 'hybrid' is the route to take. I wonder why more people don't do it (or maybe more are doing it than I realize).