tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post246644793300844636..comments2024-01-30T10:45:45.922-05:00Comments on Fiction Writing and Other Oddities: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-87784963325781771042011-03-16T07:42:31.060-04:002011-03-16T07:42:31.060-04:00You couldn't be more right. And the one thing ...You couldn't be more right. And the one thing we don't do that we should is get on Amazon and Goodreads after we've bought a book and give a review. Even if it's just one or two sentences, it helps.<br /><br />And it helps other readers to know if they might like to try the book, too.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122506895024303225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-43366692341715917502011-03-16T06:29:23.095-04:002011-03-16T06:29:23.095-04:00Hi Beth,
You are right, I think it does lie in our...Hi Beth,<br />You are right, I think it does lie in our own hands. If we don't support each other, not necessarily by buying each others books, I know people are often strapped for cash, but giving publicity to our fellow E-pubbed authors cost nothing.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-9736673784481613842011-03-15T08:32:22.779-04:002011-03-15T08:32:22.779-04:00I agree with both of you. Maybe our future as aut...I agree with both of you. Maybe our future as authors of a small (but growing, I add) press lies in our own hands.Beth Trisselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742049964476824594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-7386155647852758332011-03-15T07:47:27.726-04:002011-03-15T07:47:27.726-04:00Thanks Vonnie!
And Margaret--I agree with what you...Thanks Vonnie!<br />And Margaret--I agree with what you've said. Not only that, I'm finding that I often prefer new authors because of their fresh voices and the fact that they often try something different than the old hash served up by the traditional publishers. I've started buying a lot of independent authors, as well, for the same reason.<br />At the moment, I'm hooked on historical mysteries and have found many good ones from the ranks of the small press authors and indie authors.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122506895024303225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-46008734326980849962011-03-15T05:52:02.426-04:002011-03-15T05:52:02.426-04:00Hi Amy and Beth,
I agree with everything both of y...Hi Amy and Beth,<br />I agree with everything both of you have said, and of course I am in the same situation.<br />My greatest fear is that the "big boys" of publishing, now that they have embraced the e-book, after ridiculing it for years, will swamp the market and destroy the small e-publishers the same way that they destroyed the small print publishers a few years ago.<br />Unfortunately e-pubbed authors are often their own worst enemy,e.g. asked in interviews who their favourites authors are, the majority always quote some big name author from a major publishing house or they buy their books and rave about how fabulous the story was, and probably it is, but why give them your hard earned money and free publicity when the books from e-pubbed authors are just as good, if not better?<br />It might sound bitchy, but I never buy a big name authors book (would they buy mine? not in a million years,) and I don't give them free publicity either. Well, better climb off my soap box.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />MargaretMargaret Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123830410502520003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-50246788692726936752011-03-15T05:50:31.163-04:002011-03-15T05:50:31.163-04:00Just finished it four minutes ago Amy. Loved it, l...Just finished it four minutes ago Amy. Loved it, loved it. I HAD to read it right through.Vonniehttp://www.vonniehughes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-30908038373116533182011-03-14T19:51:46.775-04:002011-03-14T19:51:46.775-04:00All too true, Amy. A hard truth I am only just no...All too true, Amy. A hard truth I am only just now fully realizing. I thought if only the ebook market would take off THEN our digital books would sell and we could finally stop hearing how people couldn't read them because they didn't have readers, blah blah blah, and I already knew TWRP paperbacks were priced way too high to compete. Well, the ebook market has taken off and once again, we are trailing behind. Only one of my titles is selling respectably as a kindle and that's Red Bird's Song. I suspect because I've carved something of a niche for myself in the NA romance arena at Amazon. But NA isn't all I write.<br />I love the Wild Rose too and need the support and editors too. But I'll admit to feeling caught between a rock and a hard place. And I don't know what to do either.Beth Trisselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742049964476824594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-16504376930953394642011-03-14T18:13:40.566-04:002011-03-14T18:13:40.566-04:00Beth, I know. I'm in the same pickle. I like t...Beth, I know. I'm in the same pickle. I like the small press environment and love The Wild Rose Press. I have a fantastic editor there and I need the editorial assistance. I'm not to proud to admit it.<br /><br />But the prices can't compete with what an indie author can do, or authors who are reissuing their backlists.<br /><br />We're caught between a rock and a hard place and I'm afraid it puts the squeeze on small press. I wish I could see a better solution. I shouldn't say this, but I've been trying to consider asking my editor "on the sly" if she'd be willing to work independently for a set fee to help me edit books I would publish as an indie. I'm just afraid of stepping into a flaming bag of poo if I do that. I really don't want to anger my publisher by taking such a step, and yet, realistically, they can't compete with the indie author prices.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122506895024303225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-22410153795537061692011-03-14T17:04:14.406-04:002011-03-14T17:04:14.406-04:00PS. Congrats on the success of The Vital Principl...PS. Congrats on the success of The Vital Principle. I hope it continues to do well.Beth Trisselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742049964476824594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18926017.post-72553476077259006382011-03-14T16:49:13.964-04:002011-03-14T16:49:13.964-04:00Interesting post, and a lot to think about. I adm...Interesting post, and a lot to think about. I admit to being quite discouraged that no matter what I'm selling whether it's pod print or ebooks, I always seem to be 'too expensive' compared to many other authors at Amazon. My publisher, The Wild Rose Press, cannot sell my books or any of their other authors, for .99 cents. Yep, the emarket is being flooded with established authors selling their reissued books in the kindle market for around 2.99. That's for novels. My comparable kindles sell for more like 4.00-6.00. We just can't win. That leaves us with self publishing, or finding that hard won niche at the end of the rainbow.Beth Trisselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742049964476824594noreply@blogger.com