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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Also some strong and valid discussion as always here on selfpublishingreview.com.
http://mickrooney.blogspot.com/2010/01/author-solutions-ceo-throws-down.html

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“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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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