I have been busy organizing the final draft f my novel and getting it ready to pitch to publishers and literary agents. As well as doing this I am planning our caravan tour and a two month art sale. One of my readers who is in the business of selling quality street wear is interested in several of my art words and we are arranging a trade. So when it comes to reading I want to read something that is well written and not just cheap or even free. So you can see why I am sceptical about self published books given the fact that many of these would not have been worth publishing in the furst place and while there are some fabulous books amoungst themhow do you find them? The star ratings mean nothing. People give friends five stars as there isn't any option to give them a 1 star and not offend.
They might be cheap but the investment of time isn't for most of us. What do you think?
I tend to read specific authors who made it though traditional publishing and so that is how I want to reach my readers even if it will be hard. I will not be self publishing my year's work and years in research, novel.
I will self publish novellas and short story collections and non-fiction E-Books. i think quality novels just get lost in the self published EBooks.
At least when you go into a book store you know if the publisher accepted it, it is probably going to be worth your time reading it - even if I do choose to then read it on Kindle but I rarely just choose to read a self published book unless it is an 'obligation' read - because I'm just too busy to sieve though the amount of not quite ready to be published books being published.
In yesterday's Guardian, Ewan Morrison warned of the coming fall-out for writers and publishers when the 'self-e-publishing bubble' inevitably bursts. Here in Australia, the bubble has barely floated into view. We look at Morrison's argument and how self-e-publishing is playing out in Australia - ta..
In yesterday's Guardian, Ewan Morrison warned of the coming fall-out for writers and publishers when wheelercentre.com
They might be cheap but the investment of time isn't for most of us. What do you think?
I tend to read specific authors who made it though traditional publishing and so that is how I want to reach my readers even if it will be hard. I will not be self publishing my year's work and years in research, novel.
I will self publish novellas and short story collections and non-fiction E-Books. i think quality novels just get lost in the self published EBooks.
At least when you go into a book store you know if the publisher accepted it, it is probably going to be worth your time reading it - even if I do choose to then read it on Kindle but I rarely just choose to read a self published book unless it is an 'obligation' read - because I'm just too busy to sieve though the amount of not quite ready to be published books being published.
In yesterday's Guardian, Ewan Morrison warned of the coming fall-out for writers and publishers when the 'self-e-publishing bubble' inevitably bursts. Here in Australia, the bubble has barely floated into view. We look at Morrison's argument and how self-e-publishing is playing out in Australia - ta..
In yesterday's Guardian, Ewan Morrison warned of the coming fall-out for writers and publishers when wheelercentre.com
