Gabino is there a site that you would recommend for indie publishers? The ones I could find aren't too good, i.e. never open for submissions or only thru agents, which brings us back to square one. Thanks
#Facts. I own an indie charity press, barriobluespress.com. 1/2 the royalties go to the author and to a charity OR 100% to the charity. I have events for my writers and market. I even have connections to libraries and put the books on stack.
I am about to give royalties for the last six months to the last poet I published. (Have a great time eating dinner at a mid-range place, sans alcohol, John.) If that dude relied on the royalties from the collection I published, he'd be on the breadline, possibly camping in a tent in Canada. Indie publishing is hard as fuck. Hard. BUT, I always give my writers a clear contract about payment and boxes of books. ALWAYS. I try to make the process as enjoyable and cooperative as possible, and the work I put out there is brilliant. (Yeah, I get that it's a poetry collection. Anthologies are no better.)
That does not lead to sales. Don't get me started on book reviews. Fuck.
Dr. Estrada: My sense is you are doing good work. Bravo and onward. It can't be easy. I've been accused of going hard on agents and publishers, but I do not envy their work. For every legitimate writer there's ten thousand raving, deluded people carpet bombing inboxes. I know what I'd say. Unless you have a long history of professional work, leave me alone.
Gabino is there a site that you would recommend for indie publishers? The ones I could find aren't too good, i.e. never open for submissions or only thru agents, which brings us back to square one. Thanks
My call for subs don't require agents, but there are no call for submissions at the moment.
HEAR HEAR. Thank you.
Yes to everything...
Thanks for this, Gabino!
And dang! I wished I could’ve gone to Necon this year. Sounds like it was an awesome time!
#Facts. I own an indie charity press, barriobluespress.com. 1/2 the royalties go to the author and to a charity OR 100% to the charity. I have events for my writers and market. I even have connections to libraries and put the books on stack.
I am about to give royalties for the last six months to the last poet I published. (Have a great time eating dinner at a mid-range place, sans alcohol, John.) If that dude relied on the royalties from the collection I published, he'd be on the breadline, possibly camping in a tent in Canada. Indie publishing is hard as fuck. Hard. BUT, I always give my writers a clear contract about payment and boxes of books. ALWAYS. I try to make the process as enjoyable and cooperative as possible, and the work I put out there is brilliant. (Yeah, I get that it's a poetry collection. Anthologies are no better.)
That does not lead to sales. Don't get me started on book reviews. Fuck.
Dr. Estrada: My sense is you are doing good work. Bravo and onward. It can't be easy. I've been accused of going hard on agents and publishers, but I do not envy their work. For every legitimate writer there's ten thousand raving, deluded people carpet bombing inboxes. I know what I'd say. Unless you have a long history of professional work, leave me alone.