Re:Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library Harms Authors
by mark_l_watson on Sunday March 29, 2020 @10:25AM
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My wife is my editor, so I am lucky. She does sometimes provide editing services to other authors for a modest fee; email me if you need an editor. re: 3): this is a big drawback of self publishing. When I wrote for conventional publishers it was always a thrill to see my books in Barnes and Nobles, etc. But, but.... the ability to make frequent improvements to eBooks and effortlessly push changes to readers trumps all the advantages of conventional publishers.
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Re:Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library Harms Authors
by ghaff on Sunday March 29, 2020 @10:41AM
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I don't really disagree with any of that. I've done both ways and I'm not sure I'd go with a traditional publisher again unless doing so fell in my lap for some reason.
Another thing I find for tech-related books--which is what I do--is that if I do things myself, I control the length whereas publishers generally have a minimum number of pages in mind which may be more than the topic really warrants. And a final point is that, as an individual, I have more flexibility in just giving copies away (especially ebooks) if I did the book mostly for promotional purposes.