The dangers of self-publishing for writers seeking mainstream success - Marketing & Selling Writing

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by Michelle Ross

Questions about self-publishing pop up all the time in writing groups. It is a subject that creates some very heated discussions. On one side you have people telling you self-publishing is the way to go. On the other side ...read more
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by Mike Romeling

It's true there are scams a-plenty out there in the "publishing" world. Some are worse than others. Some are pitched more cleverly than others. Some are downright creepy. Caveat emptor (buyer beware) is the coin of the rea...read more

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by Marisa Wright

Join any writers' forum and you'll hear people claim that being able to list self-published work on your resume helps open the doors to pubication with a mainstream publisher. Sadly, it's a myth. All vanity presses, POD p...read more
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by Robin Henry

While what the writer says may be true of hard book publishing, it certainly isn't true of self-published e-books authors. I've written and sell several e-books, the first published in 1998 and have sold many more than 5,0...read more
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by Peyton Quinn

I must say I am somewhat on the fence on this one. On the one hand I have had publishers email me about my submissions and say directly "This is an excellent work and we do wish you well with it but we do not publisher b...read more
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by Eva Smart

Self-publishing is no longer sabotages a writer's career. Until recently, self-publishing was considered "vanity press" and was very suspect. Vanity publishing implied that the writer could not interest publishers, who w...read more

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