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Re:Why We Are Self-Publishing the Aviary Cookbook by puranjay on Monday May 15, 2017 @01:16AM (#14339322)
There's one thing you have to factor: the near-instant credibility a physical book published by a big-name publisher gets you.

This credibility can often turn into some very lucrative gigs.

I wouldn't mind publishing fiction myself, but if I was doing non-fiction, I would want to go through traditional publishing.

It doesn't really matter whether people like, say, Malcolm Gladwell made any money off their books. The credibility their books earned them pays off in the longer run.

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Re:Why We Are Self-Publishing the Aviary Cookbook by philsnow on Monday May 15, 2017 @05:07PM (#14345132)
> There's one thing you have to factor: the near-instant credibility a physical book published by a big-name publisher gets you. > This credibility can often turn into some very lucrative gigs.

Does success with a self-published book (or multiple books) translate into making it easier to get books published by big-name publishers on more-acceptable terms?

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