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Reasons Not to Not Self Publish: A Rebuttal (8 of 8)

In November, Edan Lepucki posted an article on The Millions called "Reasons Not to Self Publish in 2011-2012: A List." I disagree and would like to offer my own point-by-point rebuttal. This is the final post in that series.



8. Edan: "I'm Busy. Writing."Elly: "A Successful Writer Does More Than Write."
Lepucki's final argument falls so flat that it completely exposes her as a writer who herself has found little success. Here she laments how busy she is, and how she only has six hours a day to...

Reasons Not to Not Self Publish: A Rebuttal (7 of 8)

In November, Edan Lepucki posted an article on The Millions called "Reasons Not to Self Publish in 2011-2012: A List." I disagree and would like, over the next several blog postings, to offer my own point-by-point rebuttal.

7. Edan: "Is it Best for Readers?"Elly: "Let the Readers Decide."
The essence of Lepucki's argument here is that the self-publishing revolution is creating a "slush pile" that is publicly available. To parse it out, what I think she's trying to say is that there is a lot of...

Reasons Not to Not Self Publish: A Rebuttal (6 of 8)

Last month, Edan Lepucki posted an article on The Millions called "Reasons Not to Self Publish in 2011-2012: A List." I disagree and would like, over the next several blog postings, to offer my own point-by-point rebuttal.


6. Edan: "The E-Reading Conundrum; or, I don't want to be Amazon's Bitch"Elly: "Smashwords."
It's almost so easy to refute this argument that it's difficult. In this section, Edan talks about how independently published e-books are only available through Amazon. This is...

Reasons Not to Not Self Publish: A Rebuttal (5 of 8)

Last month, Edan Lepucki posted an article on The Millions called "Reasons Not to Self Publish in 2011-2012: A List." I disagree and would like, over the next several blog postings, to offer my own point-by-point rebuttal.


5.Edan: "I Value the Publishing Community"
Elly: "I Am an Artist, Not a Jobs Plan"
Here, Lepucki discusses all the value that the "publishing community" (agents, editors, publicists, proofreaders, etc.) bring to a book. She presents an interesting POV from author Peter...

Why I'm Not Giving You a Copy of My Book For Christmas

Selling is hard. It takes a very special breed of person to sell things for a living, and I am not that breed. I suppose there is a bit in my mutt blood somewhere—I work in Business Development, which is a fancy way of saying I sell my company's services on behalf of the company. But when selling my own wares, I find the whole enterprise kind of skeevy.

When I sell for my company, 1. I sell in writing, and 2. I sell them, the company. For me, it's much easier to sell something or someone...

Reasons Not to Not Self Publish: A Rebuttal (4 of 8)

Last month, Edan Lepucki posted an article on The Millions called "Reasons Not to Self Publish in 2011-2012: A List." I disagree and would like, over the next several blog postings, to offer my own point-by-point rebuttal.


4.Edan: "Self-Publishing is Better for the Already-Published"
Elly: "Publishing is Better for the Already-Published"
In this point, Lepucki makes an argument converse to many I've seen — the argument being that a successful indie pubbed book can attract agents and trad...

Reasons Not to Not Self Publish: A Rebuttal (3 of 8)

Last month, Edan Lepucki posted an article on The Millions called "Reasons Not to Self Publish in 2011-2012: A List." I disagree and would like, over the next several blog postings, to offer my own point-by-point rebuttal.

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Edan: " I'd Prefer a Small Press to a Vanity Press "
Elly: " People still say 'Vanity Press'? "

I think the author's point in this section is that "small presses are great." I'm not sure what that has to do with a not self-publishing. I agree: small presses ARE great. But they...

Reasons Not to Not Self Publish: A Rebuttal (2 of 8)

Last month, Edan Lepucki posted an article on The Millions called "Reasons Not to Self Publish in 2011-2012: A List." I disagree and would like, over the next several blog postings, to offer my own point-by-point rebuttal.

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Edan: " I Write Literary Fiction "
Elly: "The Segregation of Literary Fiction is False Logic"

In this point, the author laments that only genre fiction can find success in self-publishing and that "literary fiction" has no home there. She says the landscape for literary...

Reasons Not to Not Self Publish: A Rebuttal (1 of 8)

Last month, Edan Lepucki posted an article on The Millions called "Reasons Not to Self Publish in 2011-2012: A List." I disagree and would like, over the next several blog postings, to offer my own point-by-point rebuttal.

1.

Edan: "I Guess I'm Not a Hater"
Elly: "I Guess I am?"

In this point, the author states that the argument that traditional publishing is dying is moot because trad pubbers are making more money than ever. She says they consistently put out great books and she wants that...

A New Look and a New Outlook

It's been a truly crazy couple of weeks. I know my friends and family miss me. I know I need to wash the kitchen floor and repaint my toenails. I could stand to go back to the gym, oh, every day for three hours for the next month. Unfortunately, the phrase "worked my ass off" has only been a metaphor.
My nose may be a bit scraped up from the grindstone, but I was able to get The War Master's Daughter out almost on schedule. The site has been redesigned with a new look, and I think it's rather ...