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Edit: Ah I see after Googling. She left Harlequin because she wanted more money not because they didn't want to publisher her stories. She really isn't a example because she has the means and contacts to put out quality books herself. I'm sure she could of sold them but she prefer not to. Now days it's the other way around. Indie authors are getting picked up by the big 6 left and right. Let's look at a few Jamie McGuire, S.C. Stephens, Kristen Ashley, Tammara Webber, Samantha Young and my personal fav, Samantha Towle. These all were indie authors and now are published authors. Publishers right now don't know what they want. The readers are finally deciding it for them! You can check out this post by Dear Author that lists all the romance published deals from Indie authors that happen last year. Even more in the past two months have been picked up. It's becoming if you see a Indie book on the NY Times bestseller list you can almost count on the book being picked up by a publisher. Last edited by Blossom; 02-19-2013 at 10:15 PM. |
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If you didn't mean "we need publishers to prevent some books from being published," you should've said something like, "I prefer to only read books that have been through a publisher because I want someone else to filter out the garbage." Quote:
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02-23-2013, 05:17 PM | #49 |
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I know of a writer who had several books trad published, including one that was shortlisted for the Orange Prize... A few years ago no publisher wanted her new book because IIRC she was told something along the line of "although beautifully written, it isn't in genre and can't be marketed easily, and is too harsh for the modern reader". Mainly they don't like the fact that she writes what she wants to rather than what she's told to.
With other people she then started a (very) small publishing thing - they broke even within the first year. Last edited by Yolina; 02-23-2013 at 05:32 PM. |
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