Comments on: The Big Publishing Question http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/the-big-publishing-question/ Fresh & bright design for licensing Sat, 05 May 2012 02:39:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh Fitz http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/the-big-publishing-question/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Josh Fitz Wed, 13 May 2009 21:46:47 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=543#comment-30 Yep! I will be reading through all of these links.. I imagine the situation changing. The BIG publishers may be looking in to the self-promoting, self-reliant, self-published for insight on how to market materials. Though the extra exposure would be great..! Like you had said about the companies people depend on... You can't! If you don't rely on your own abilities then... Yep! I will be reading through all of these links.. I imagine the situation changing. The BIG publishers may be looking in to the self-promoting, self-reliant, self-published for insight on how to market materials.

Though the extra exposure would be great..! Like you had said about the companies people depend on… You can’t! If you don’t rely on your own abilities then…

]]> By: Judy Dunn http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/the-big-publishing-question/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Judy Dunn Tue, 05 May 2009 18:09:29 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=543#comment-29 Thanks for potentially widening the audience for Baum's article, David. It just hit me over the head. Such amazing insights on self-publishing from a published author. I've been following the self-pub discussions for some time, but was stuck on the "real authors don't self-publish" rung of the ladder. He turned my thinking on its head when he said that the Manhattan publishers route was vanity, too, because people can say, "Harcourt published MY book!". I had to admit that I saw myself reflected in that mirror and didn't like what I saw. (The old, "Anyone with a few bucks can self-publish. But you have to be GOOD to be accepted by the editors at the big houses." Now I need to go check out Mark Silver's stuff and Jon's comments. Keep up the good work, David. Thanks for potentially widening the audience for Baum’s article, David. It just hit me over the head. Such amazing insights on self-publishing from a published author.

I’ve been following the self-pub discussions for some time, but was stuck on the “real authors don’t self-publish” rung of the ladder. He turned my thinking on its head when he said that the Manhattan publishers route was vanity, too, because people can say, “Harcourt published MY book!”.

I had to admit that I saw myself reflected in that mirror and didn’t like what I saw. (The old, “Anyone with a few bucks can self-publish. But you have to be GOOD to be accepted by the editors at the big houses.”

Now I need to go check out Mark Silver’s stuff and Jon’s comments. Keep up the good work, David.

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