tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post2090600177924076093..comments2023-11-07T21:12:19.852-06:00Comments on Wyrdsmiths: No, Really, Publishers Do A LOT For The Authortate hallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-78231472636938732392010-02-07T16:36:43.229-06:002010-02-07T16:36:43.229-06:00If I want to become my own publisher I have to fro...<i>If I want to become my own publisher I have to front all those costs myself and have to wait till the book earns out (maybe) to recoup those costs (again maybe) up to several years after I've fronted them.</i><br /><br />I've tried and tried explaining this to people and they just look at me like I've grown a second head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-71388127603680610012010-02-03T17:59:01.637-06:002010-02-03T17:59:01.637-06:00Good response, Kelly. I've been telling this t...Good response, Kelly. I've been telling this to people here and there, but this is one of the better summations of the arguments I have seen (and I haven't seen the legal point brought up before).<br /><br />Really, if I wanted to self-publish my books, I would. Lulu, anyone? But like you say, I want to put out a professional, presentable product that people will spend more time enjoying than parsing for spelling errors.* This Athenean idea that stories spring fully formed and finished from our brows, ready to be presented to an entitled public, gets old. It's not that easy, people. (Oh, that it were!)<br /><br />There are a LOT of benefits with going through a publisher (many of which I am just now learning). I suspect the folks who make the "you don't need publishers to distribute books when you have the magix of ther interwebs" argument are some of the same ones who also believe that "bookz will be almost free to make and sell once we all have teh e-readers!" Both are very reader-centric, one-sided, economically naive arguments. Sorry to say, but I don't write solely to put shiny words in front of people for free -- if I did that, I'd blog a hell of a lot more. :)<br /><br />* = That is not to say there aren't very good, well done self-published books out there. There most definitely are. And they take a hell of a lot of work to get that way. Its' not easy making a manuscript into a successful, professional book, even with computers. And I'd rather spend my limited time writing my next book than worrying about formatting, marketing, editing, and so on, thanks.Douglas Hulickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221190213829107139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-79764362295337452632010-02-03T16:54:49.675-06:002010-02-03T16:54:49.675-06:00Shane, you just made me laugh out loud, very nicel...Shane, you just made me laugh out loud, very nicely done.Kelly McCulloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399122960869198042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-5569477919254342732010-02-03T16:30:42.903-06:002010-02-03T16:30:42.903-06:00It's a good thing Zeus and the fates aren'...It's a good thing Zeus and the fates aren't real. You'd be in court til you died.Shane Edehttp://www.novelnaut.comnoreply@blogger.com