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Authors in general rarely make a living at writing books. Best figures are that you need around 14 to 60 books in print to make a living at this.
Unless you're the golden child of publishing whatever season your book comes out. Then you get a huge advance, lots of marketing push https://twitter.com/mykola/status/1198719315589160960
Unless you're the golden child of publishing whatever season your book comes out. Then you get a huge advance, lots of marketing push https://twitter.com/mykola/status/1198719315589160960
and the book sells well.
Of course it sells well with that much marketing behind it.
Mid list authors (most of us) basically sink or swim on our own, which is why so many of us have patreons, kofis, etc. We need it with the inequitable way publishing is run.
Another fun fact
Of course it sells well with that much marketing behind it.
Mid list authors (most of us) basically sink or swim on our own, which is why so many of us have patreons, kofis, etc. We need it with the inequitable way publishing is run.
Another fun fact
about publishing. Big5 (the 5 companies that publish most of the books you see in bookstores), lets unpaid, often not-as-up-as-they-could-be-on-English interns edit most books.
Last one: Big5 chooses which books get picked for publishing by weight.
Higher page count = heavier
Last one: Big5 chooses which books get picked for publishing by weight.
Higher page count = heavier
book = it costs more to store and ship.
Story may matter to agents, editors, & readers it doesn't to the publishers.
Publishing is a dirty, dirty business. I've been far better treated by the bigger indie pub that I accepted an offer from, than pretty much all of my big5 pub
Story may matter to agents, editors, & readers it doesn't to the publishers.
Publishing is a dirty, dirty business. I've been far better treated by the bigger indie pub that I accepted an offer from, than pretty much all of my big5 pub
contacts have been by theirs.
It's so broken. Despite their lip service to marginalized writers, begging for diversity for *at least* the 4 years I've been writing for publication & most published books are *still* written by white, cis, non-queer, allo, sane, allistic writers
It's so broken. Despite their lip service to marginalized writers, begging for diversity for *at least* the 4 years I've been writing for publication & most published books are *still* written by white, cis, non-queer, allo, sane, allistic writers
Capitalism and bigotry is so much fun!
Oh, one more, I know, I know.
The highest regarded reviews? You'll see libraries or authors talking about *starred reviews*?
The big names are Kirkus, Library Journal, etc.
They're paid for, by the publisher or the author.
Ticket price ranges from $500 US to over $1000.
The highest regarded reviews? You'll see libraries or authors talking about *starred reviews*?
The big names are Kirkus, Library Journal, etc.
They're paid for, by the publisher or the author.
Ticket price ranges from $500 US to over $1000.
Indie publishers and creators often can't front that kind of money for a review, so that's why you very rarely, if ever, see indie books getting them.
When I found that out, I lost all respect for their reviews.
I may not have many reviews, but each of them is an
When I found that out, I lost all respect for their reviews.
I may not have many reviews, but each of them is an
honest, unpaid review from someone who loved or sometimes disliked my work.
It's not something I paid for.
In author circles it's sorta considered a massive no-no to pay for reviews, and the *publishers* are doing it. Oih.
It's not something I paid for.
In author circles it's sorta considered a massive no-no to pay for reviews, and the *publishers* are doing it. Oih.
Want proof? Go to kirkus' website, poke around enough and you can buy your very own review. SMH.
