What has been your experience with publishers?
Most big publishers are not interested in talking to authors who haven't had a few books published by a smaller outfit first. And they are only interested in authors who are prepared to go out and promote themselves and market their books as hard as possible.
If you have a success with a small publisher, those self-same big publishers will make a bee-line for your door offering you contracts and promising big rewards. But look closely at the small print: more often than not, if you are good at promoting and marketing your own books, you can end up earning less money with a big publisher than you can with a smaller publisher.
My experience so far with publishers has been good. Rejections aren't fun but I have always learned something from them. I've had a bit of a come down since I first submitted. The first work I ever submitted was a short story that was accepted to be part of a print anthology. The second story I submitted was a full length novel that was accepted by a publisher I am still with - SirenBookstrand. I've since started working with Evernight Publishing.
Expanding my portfolio beyond ebooks is proving to be hard but I am determined!
None! I haven't sent anything out because my book isn't finished yet.
I haven't had any experience yet with publishers. I look forward to it.
Pretty good really. The people at Impress, who published my first novel are just lovely to work with. You need to be sensible and flexible, but there is give and take on both sides. When you start out writing, you are inexperienced and the experience of your publisher can be invaluable. Of course the big publishers spend more on publicising you and your book, but a deal with a small publisher has a friendly feel and at least gets your book out in print and into bookshops.
Publishers are, unfortunately, one of the worst forms of writers' block I've ever encountered. At least, they have been so far. Which is to say, they've acted as a block or barrier between authors and their readers. I think they're seen by many as a sort of quality filter, which to an extent is true, but you have to question the quality of that filter when you, as an author, are consistently being told that your works are "colourful, imaginative and well-written" and yet still they're unwilling to publish them. Presented with original stories, some editors have said that they "wouldn't know how to make [them] stand out in a competitive market" and then go on to advise on how the book could be made more like everything else, then release fourteen vampire books with the same sort of cover designs currently being deployed by their competitors. The industry is driven by forces that are often at odds with creativity and, sadly, I think that is to the detriment of both.
I have yet to like any of my books enough to feel that they are worth submitting.
Newspaper work (full time) and zines. So far.
Publishers are frustrating. Alot of times I am asked, "Who are you reading? We can't put a label on your writing." lol to me that's a good thing. I am not reading anyone when I write, or rather I am not reading anyone in particular
I spoke to two at a conference last year. I've emailed and twittered with another. I was rejected by another. I've negotiated with Amazon's self-publishing site which I'm still thinking of pursuing - but I'm going to submit a book proposal once more and see what happens.
My novel was accepted by Transita soon after they started, but they were small and probably over ambitious and eventually fell by the wayside. Unfortunately they didn't keep their authors in the loop, so we didn't really know what was happening. When the print run of 'A Proper Family Christmas' sold out and they didn't want to do any more, I republished it myself with Writers Services, and it's selling just as well.
I have been lucky, and my experience with publishers has been mostly good. A couple of clashes, but that's only natural - diversity is a key ingredient to the publishing world these days, and not every publisher will fit every author, so it's all part of learning to bring your books to the publishers who will give you the best exposure and market for what you have to say and sell.
Bad!
Good.
Poor.
Terrible.
Not neccessarily in this order.
Hard work. I don't deal with publishers, more producers and agents. It is a long, slow, hard process but I have a firm belief that if your words are good enough you will get the recognition you deserve. Work hard at it. |
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