Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
It might, might be accurate to say that 1% of people who sign an agent get a publishing deal with the Big 5... But I doubt that, because there are a lot of crappy agents there, heh heh. Plus, there would be a major difference between Big 5 and small press. But even with small press, I dunno. I could've signed with a few different small press publishers, and maybe it would've worked out, but maybe not. They came to me, and I didn't really think they were a good fit. My submissions to agents have been with 7 agents. Got second look from one big agent, but it was still a pass. I want a proven agent or no one.
Indie is far more than Kindle. The only place you won't be competing with very many Indie books is in Major Chain brick-and-mortar stores. How many of them are there? I've had hardcover books sold through Target and other places, made it into a college course and who knows how many libraries. Don't underestimate the sheer weight of published material out there, and that's before the hell on the horizon with AI crap.
!00% truth from my POV is hybrid is the new brass ring, not trad alone. Rowling is effectively hybrid, if I recall right, as she owns her own audiobook rights. Another Indie who went Hybrid threatened to go back to Indie to keep audio rights. I'm not sure how that ended. I have a plan for my hybrid ascendency, but it's a few years out as I'm too damned busy to pull the trigger.
Rowling was rejected how many times for how long? Sanderson, for how many books and how long? Sanderson mentions he'd probably be Indie if he came up in the right time period.
Indie is far more than Kindle. The only place you won't be competing with very many Indie books is in Major Chain brick-and-mortar stores. How many of them are there? I've had hardcover books sold through Target and other places, made it into a college course and who knows how many libraries. Don't underestimate the sheer weight of published material out there, and that's before the hell on the horizon with AI crap.
!00% truth from my POV is hybrid is the new brass ring, not trad alone. Rowling is effectively hybrid, if I recall right, as she owns her own audiobook rights. Another Indie who went Hybrid threatened to go back to Indie to keep audio rights. I'm not sure how that ended. I have a plan for my hybrid ascendency, but it's a few years out as I'm too damned busy to pull the trigger.
Rowling was rejected how many times for how long? Sanderson, for how many books and how long? Sanderson mentions he'd probably be Indie if he came up in the right time period.
Are you suggesting that the likelihood of getting traditionally published is less than 1%? I think this would also be believable.
I do think that both markets are over saturated. But they each operate very differently. If we’re comparing Amazon Kindle, which I assume is the most popular self-publishing avenue, then you probably have room for a lot more genre-specific work, and with this you also probably have a lot of potential readers who might be willing to overlook poor quality writing if it means they can still enjoy the niche of the genre. But finding those books is also more difficult. In theory anyone can write a book, upload the manuscript and press publish and voila, you are suddenly a ‘published author’, but from there it’s all on you. It’s not as if your book is going to suddenly become a bestseller. You can also overlook any and all of what agents are or are not looking for with self-publishing which I liken to a double edged sword. But if you can pull those levers and produce something that people will enjoy reading then I can believe that it’s more financially lucrative. It’d be an appealing avenue if all queries came back as rejections, but then I’d also ask myself why the rejections