Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, has
ten predictions about ebook publishing in Media Bistro (link snagged obliquely from Moses Siregar III over on Kindleboards). Among his predictions: "Self publishing goes from option of last resort to option of first resort among unpublished authors," "Average ebook prices will decline, despite attempts by Agency 5 publishers to hold the line," "Readers will decide which books become hits, not publishers."
I am the eye in the sky!
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ReplyDeleteThis was certainly true for me. I put the agent-querying on hold when I found Joe Konrath's blog a couple months ago. I actually got an offer for representation recently, but already had my first two ebooks online and decided to pass (I would have jumped all over that offer a few months earlier). I can have ebook 4 or 5 written, edited, and published (and hopefully earning money, laugh) by the time I could have that first book out in print.
Anyway, thanks for the link guys!
Lindsay, I think getting off the submission merry-go-round is the best thing about indie publishing. Querying agents and publishers is a terrifically frustrating business. I still remember getting a rejection from a publisher for "All I Ever Wanted" a year after it was actually published with a small press, which means it took over two years to get a rejection. The whole submission process for traditional publishing is simply kind of insane.
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