Self made publisher's view of publishers

[rantboi]

I agree with most of his words. (Except maybe the bookstore thing. They wouldn't stay open if they didn't sell enough books. Plus, most authors want to see their books in bookstores.)

As for me, I'll keep to traditional publishers. Yes it's hard to get through and stuff like that, but I think it has many more rewards (for me at least).

-Ater

[Adrian]

Greetings everyone,

I came across this recently written by someone who tried to get a book published the "traditional" way, and after several rejections founded his own publishing company to do it himself. He made millions in a very short time. I do think his words speak for themselves, and believe me this person knows!

With best regards,

Adrian.

This is by Ted Nicholas who has sold 3,000,000 copies of his own books and published 53 best sellers for other authors:

I quickly discovered most of what people believed (including me) about publishing is just not true. There are so many myths, it's astonishing. The three most prevalent are:

Myth #1: The best place to sell books is in bookstores. This is completely false! While bookstores certainly can and should have a role, they are not the best place at all. The fact is, only one out of seven people each year go to a bookstore to buy a book!

Indeed, for many books bookstores are often the worst place to sell them. Plus, with the hassles and delay in payment (average 181 days to get your money) it's often not worth it.

Myth #2: You have to be a great writer to have a successful book. False too. Publishing is not writing. Publishing is the business that makes money from the written word. There is at least one great book in every human being.

Myth #3: A good publisher will market your book for you. This is also completely false. Conventional publishers only distribute books. They do little or nothing to market them effectively. You, the author, must market the book. That's precisely why you should at least explore self-publishing. Since you have to market it yourself anyway, you may decide to keep 100% of the revenue rather than the paltry 5-15% royalty a publisher will pay you. If you can find one at all.


Ted Nicholas.