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Commented on Why I don't self-publish
Our first book (I write with my brother) took nine years to make it to shelf. Our second, third and fourth took on average, one year apiece. I'll stick with publisher contract as impetus, thank you very much. Dani...
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David L commented on
Why I don't self-publish
Would would have seen the most change in their day to day life: a person born in 1925 living to 2000; or somebody born in 1850 living to 1925? I think my grandfather saw about as much change as anyone. He was born in 1885 on a rural farm. One room house. Water from the spring. You chopped wood for cooking and heat. That was the year the phone was invented. He was active till he was 92 in 1977 and died at 97 in 1982. More than a decade after they landed on the moon. Life certainly changed for...
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RDSouth commented on
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I'll take OGH's word for it about self publishing. Just keep 'em coming. Email them to me as attachments if you like. I'll send you the cover price and let's cut out the middle man. I'll proofread it myself. Regarding the recent thread diversion toward rate of change. You could make the argument that it's subjective. We consider recent changes the important kind because they are in the foreground, and thus loom larger. The question assumes change is a single quantity. There are different kinds, and in different places. Certainly any given modern span of time in most of the...
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lexidick commented on
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Two months? Two months? I can get a book out, once it has been to beta readers, in a week or two. That includes formatting the ebook, formatting the print book, designing the cover and loading to Amazon's KDP. I do my own proofreading (and before you scoff, check out my samples). If I felt unable to tackle these tasks, I could hire others to do them quickly for a reasonable fee. Publishers, I have gradually realized, aren't much good at their job. Being used to the monopoly of distribution they enjoyed until very recently, they have become slack and...
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Charlie Stross commented on
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You didn't actually read a word I wrote, did you?...
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Bellinghman commented on
Why I don't self-publish
Oh, I think s/he read it. I suspect it's total comprehension failure that we see here....
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