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31Mar 2015 by Dianna L. Gunn

Why I submit to small publishers first

Publishing

First off, let me confess that I have daydreamed about getting a contract from Simon and Schuster, Random House or another one of the big publishers. In these daydreams I get a five figure--sometimes six figure--advance and my book appears in every bookstore throughout Toronto. I suspect you've had similar daydreams. What writer hasn't? We might be satisfied with making a decent living from our work, but every writer at some point imagines what it would be like to make as much money from their books as J.K. Rowling or George R. R. Martin. And yet years of researching--and working in--the publishing industry have convinced me that a contract with a big publisher is rarely as grand as one imagines it to be. Big advances mean lots of time waiting…

21Jan 2013 by diannagunn

The Dangers of Self Publishing

Writing

Self publishing is a growing phenomena with the rise of ebooks. Thanks to numerous self published authors whose books have made it big and already published authors successfully self publishing their back lists and new projects, self publishing has gained a new level of respect in the industry and the world at large. And there are numerous benefits to self publishing--you get total control over your project, you get to keep all the profits, and you don't have to wait for gatekeepers to respond to you. However, there are also several dangers inherent in self publishing. The gatekeepers of traditional publishing certainly aren't perfect, but often if they reject your manuscript it means you need to do more work on the book. It doesn't mean your book will never be…