Comments on: Well-Fed Peter Bowerman on Self-Publishing http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/well-fed-peter-bowerman-on-self-publishing/2008/06/18/ The Good Business Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:58:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Peter Bowerman http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/well-fed-peter-bowerman-on-self-publishing/2008/06/18/#comment-7680 Peter Bowerman Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:40:55 +0000 http://principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/well-fed-peter-bowerman-on-self-publishing/2008/06/18/#comment-7680 Hello everybody (and Shel in particular), Delighted to be here on Principled Profits. Hope to generate a lively discussion on the subject of self-publishing. The subject is a hot one these days as more and more authors are starting to realize, 1) how hard it is to land a publisher, 2) how much easier the Internet has made the process of self-publishing, 3) how lame the conventional publishing model actually is in most cases: anemic royalties, 18-24 months to publication, loss of creative control, and loss of book rights. And even after giving up all that, authors who HAVE been given the keys to “The Publishing Kingdom” then discover, to their dismay, how much of their own book marketing they have to do themselves - and usually for a buck a book or less! With that paradigm, many are understandably saying, hey, if I’m going to have to do most of the work myself anyway, I might as well be making most of the money! I wish you all the best on your own self-publishing journeys. Know that there are plenty of tools out there (including a few of my own at http://www.wellfedsp.com). Peter Hello everybody (and Shel in particular),

Delighted to be here on Principled Profits. Hope to generate a lively discussion on the subject of self-publishing. The subject is a hot one these days as more and more authors are starting to realize, 1) how hard it is to land a publisher, 2) how much easier the Internet has made the process of self-publishing, 3) how lame the conventional publishing model actually is in most cases: anemic royalties, 18-24 months to publication, loss of creative control, and loss of book rights.

And even after giving up all that, authors who HAVE been given the keys to “The Publishing Kingdom” then discover, to their dismay, how much of their own book marketing they have to do themselves - and usually for a buck a book or less!

With that paradigm, many are understandably saying, hey, if I’m going to have to do most of the work myself anyway, I might as well be making most of the money!

I wish you all the best on your own self-publishing journeys. Know that there are plenty of tools out there (including a few of my own at http://www.wellfedsp.com).

Peter

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