Thus far, I haven't really had too much experience with them. I self-publish through CreateSpace and Amazon.
It is I who am behind schedule.
I've had a few that were just not accepted without response, one rejection letter, and one not-quite-acceptance-but-also-not-quite-rejection letter. I hear more on that last one in June. I'm working on getting more material to send out.
I wish I could say I have had any experience with publishers, but that would be lying. I have tried numerous agents, and one kind lady read my whole manuscript and said I wrote well, but she didn't want to take my book on, so that was a bit devastating. It seems really difficult to get a publisher interested, especially if your book crosses genres, as mine does. I live in hope though.
The small ones are very open but they are very specific about what they want. They also are often strapped for cash so if they've been around for a short time, they may not market your book effectively.
Since the 1980's, non-existent.
Very good experience with my independent publisher.
I've been published by four! Three in Australia and one in America. I followed my editor from Random House to Allen & Unwin (I call her my soul-editor, because we are so perfectly matched) and wrote a little book for Penguin (my husband's cousin worked there at the time, and suggested I try writing a Chomp). In the US my publisher was Greenwillow, an imprint of Harper Collins. My American editor was a gorgeous person and an incredible editor, with such a fine eye and decisive but gentle touch. Unfortunately she left the company, but we are still in touch sometimes. I've never had a bad experience.
I actually worked for Allen & Unwin for quite a few years before I was published, which was why I was able to write and submit my novel. Otherwise I'm sure I would have been totally paralysed by my impression that publishers were hallowed halls, staffed by people much cleverer than me, wading through literary masterpieces waiting to be discovered.
Sometimes I find one who likes me and they buy all my stuff. It's rare, but it's happened a few times. I have not found an agent who liked my book yet.
I have been published only once outside of school publications, by a place that I now understand to be nothing more than a "poetry mill." I won't mention names. My experience, therefore, was not what I would expect should I ever meet with a "real" publisher someday. To be honest, I am terrified about the prospect, as I already cannot handle the stress of being in the room while someone is reading my work. Granted, by the time I get this far, someone has already read it and is trying to market it to others, but the fear is still there anyway.
I fear having unintentional strings attached, and demands made of me that I may not be prepared for in the long run. I do this because I love to write and I can do so at my own pace, not because I expect to make money off of the fifteen things I've written, and thus I am at odds with what any publisher hoping to stay afloat hopes for! I guess I will have to see what happens, once I have something completed and ready for possible publication. That time is not now.   | | |
Only had one, other than them asking me for reviews, and it was negative. The guy, a friend who had been urging me to write a book for decades, had really limited vision.
As an unknown, non-celebrity book writer, no one in the traditional publishing world would even look at me. So I went with an on-demand printer, Mill City Press and their imprint, Bascom Hill Publishing Group.
Publishers beat a path to my door—to get out. I think I’m a small niche writer.
I self published with friends but found they were too critical. Other publishers haven't wanted to make use of my conservative viewpoint for my news materials. My creative writing for my novels is not yet up to scratch for publishers .. I have only third person sketches of my writing, not the first person proofs i want to write. My autobiography has been controversial, but the controversy has not yet flowered sufficiently.
Old media is very insular to the point of being elitist. New media has been more accommodating. We must move forth, away from traditional print publishing. |
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