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Mick Rooney commented on the blog post The Next Indie Revolution? 1 month, 1 week ago · View
Thanks, Eric. I have always been an advocate of an author pursuing the so-called ‘traditional route’ first. That way, they begin to understand both the strengths and weaknesses of the publishing business as it stands. Without that experience, they can’t hope to apply what they learn and make self-publishing work as it truly should. What [...]
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Mick Rooney commented on the blog post 20 Successful Self-Publishers 2 months ago · View
Henry, Without high-jacking things here – my two cents. The figures for those 20 self-published are impressive. I think you are right when you say the volume of self-published books has helped to place the better titles under the noses of ebook buyers by default. Here is something else to consider. If in 12 months [...]
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Mick Rooney commented on the blog post Garrison Keillor on Self-Publishing 2 months ago · View
What I found most telling and poignant was Keillor’s description of finishing his manuscript (I suspect he was referring to ‘Lake Wobegon’), popping it in the manila envelope and sending it off to a New York publisher – whimsical and almost sentimental – it was if he was overcome by the complexity of the publishing [...]
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Mick Rooney wrote a new blog post: Paid-Publishing or Be Damned 2 months ago · View
Over the past few weeks I have refined my opinions on the paid-publishing model offered by mainstream publishers in light of its newest entity, Balboa Press from Hay House Publishing. So far, three of the paid-publishing imprints we have looked at in the past year had one common denominator—Author Solutions (ASI). I do not believe any [...] -
Mick Rooney wrote a new blog post: Publishing: Advocate or Be Damned
Self-publishers or traditionally published—what are we really advocates of?
There are those in the traditional world of publishing who believe self-publishing has the potential to tarnish an author’s book. Usually there are a myriad of under-the-surface reasons for this view, but, at least as far as tried [...]5 months ago · View
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Mick Rooney commented on the blog post Fascinating Video from Author Solutions CEO
I think the core of what Zoe and Lee are saying is that it is ‘predatory’ practice for a traditional publisher to refer rejected authors from their slush pile to an affiliated self-publishing services or their own paid-publishing imprint.
What others are saying here, including Henry, is that the author should be allowed make their own [...]5 months, 4 weeks ago · View
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Mick Rooney commented on the blog post Fascinating Video from Author Solutions CEO
Publishing is publishing. A book is a book. A good book is a good book. A bad book is a bad book. Let’s stop trying to re-invent the terms publisher and publishing based on practical or moral grounds—it’s the latter which most troubles me. A book is a published book for me if it has [...]
5 months, 4 weeks ago · View
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Mick Rooney commented on the blog post Fascinating Video from Author Solutions CEO
Hi Lee,
Ok, I’ m not going to play silly semantics about whether MWA/RWA/SFWA are guilds or associations. The bottom line is they are in existence to protect and advise authors on their rights and try to keep publishers on the hard and fast.
If these organisatons are so worthy, importantant and relevant, there would have been [...]5 months, 4 weeks ago · View
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Mick Rooney created the link New Publishing Express 6 months ago · View
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Mick Rooney created the link Mick Rooney 6 months ago · View
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Mick Rooney created the link POD, Self Publishing and Independent Publishing 6 months ago · View
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Mick Rooney commented on the blog post Fascinating Video from Author Solutions CEO
Also some strong and valid discussion as always here on selfpublishingreview.com.
http://mickrooney.blogspot.com/2010/01/author-solutions-ceo-throws-down.html6 months, 1 week ago · View
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Mick Rooney commented on the blog post Publishing as a Business Decision
“I want to add something to the discussion which states that self-publishing is a business decision. April Hamilton ends her post Not Your Father’s Self-Publishing with: ” – Henry
There is a whole multitude of things going on here. Firstly, April Hamilton who is quoted above, and some of the commentators here are have not entering [...]6 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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Mick Rooney wrote a new blog post: Branding & Publishing Strategies
Today, publishers are looking more to cut back on the amount of titles they release and focus their marketing clout and expenditure on extracting as much as possible from the branding of high-end authors. That doesn’t mean mainstream publishing editors aren’t open to new authors [...]
6 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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Mick Rooney commented on the blog post The Next Indie Revolution?
Henry,
I did think after consider after writing this article that I might have been unduely hard or cynical. I did say that Keith got a lot right in this article about where self publishing is and the many positive things that have happened for authors.
My greatest criticsm is not so much what he says, though [...]6 months, 4 weeks ago · View
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Mick Rooney wrote a new blog post: Thomas Nelson Forms Self-Publishing Partnership With Author Solutions
Reprinted from Mick Rooney’s blog.
Thomas Nelson was originally founded as a Scottish bookseller in Edinburgh in 1798. The company began selling second-hand religious books but quickly developed the Thomas Nelson publishing imprint. Throughout the nineteenth century it continued to publish both religious and non-religious books until close to the turn of the [...]9 months, 2 weeks ago · View
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Mick Rooney wrote a new blog post: Matador Launches Sales Representation For Books
Cross-posted at Mick Rooney’s blog.
One of the biggest criticisms of the self-publishing service model of business is the distinct lack of direct sales representation to high street stores for these kinds of books, rendering few self-published books real shelf space. While the stigmas of [...]1 year ago · View
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mick-rooney wrote a new blog post: No Advance or Be Damned – Part 2
Read Part 1.
“Jeeves. There’s a strange gentlemen at the door suggesting publishers should stop giving authors advances.”
“Wooster! How ridiculous. The idea is simply preposterous! Send him away and finish preparing my Eggs Benedict and ironing my morning newspaper.”
“Actually, Jeeves, I found the idea rather novel and somewhat [...]1 year, 2 months ago · View
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Mick Rooney wrote a new blog post: No Advance or Be Damned
I am going to say something which may ruffle a few feathers, both from traditionally published authors and authors who have self-published but are looking to break into mainstream publishing through their own endeavours.
Your prospective publisher declares ‘NO ADVANCE OR BE DAMNED’.
Would you politely decline [...]1 year, 2 months ago · View
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Mick Rooney wrote a new blog post: To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish Part Two
There are several key questions an author must ask themselves before embarking on their journey through self-publishing, whether they are prepared to go it alone or utilise an author solutions company to do the job for them.
1. Have you exhausted all the traditional channels to have your [...]1 year, 2 months ago · View
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