Help bring some rationality in the 2nd Writer's Digest Author Survey!
Apparently, +Writer's Digest ...
Help bring some rationality in the 2nd Writer's Digest Author Survey!
Apparently, +Writer's Digest hopes the promise of winning a Kindle is enough to get you to enter. Personally, I'm hoping you enter so we can bring sensible and level headed people entering. Because damn!
Some of the more egregious misconceptions include:
* Almost half have the wrong opinion that they'll earn about the same or higher royalty rates with a traditional press. Uh... what?
* A mind-numbing 94% are under the illusion that traditional publishers will take care of marketing for them.
* Over two-thirds are convinced they are unable to make a quality book without a traditional publisher
▶ Chuckle along with me here: http://goo.gl/ZXSEim
Funny as it is, it does represent quite a gap in where we are to where they are. The good news is that the attitudes expressed on this survey are likely much better than they were last year. And five years ago? Forget it. Indie publishing was still anathema to most.
With over 6,000 authors already taking part in the survey, I doubt all of us will balance it out all that much. Still, there's always hope.
▶ Take the survey for yourself: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D77B3D6
Apparently, +Writer's Digest hopes the promise of winning a Kindle is enough to get you to enter. Personally, I'm hoping you enter so we can bring sensible and level headed people entering. Because damn!
Some of the more egregious misconceptions include:
* Almost half have the wrong opinion that they'll earn about the same or higher royalty rates with a traditional press. Uh... what?
* A mind-numbing 94% are under the illusion that traditional publishers will take care of marketing for them.
* Over two-thirds are convinced they are unable to make a quality book without a traditional publisher
▶ Chuckle along with me here: http://goo.gl/ZXSEim
Funny as it is, it does represent quite a gap in where we are to where they are. The good news is that the attitudes expressed on this survey are likely much better than they were last year. And five years ago? Forget it. Indie publishing was still anathema to most.
With over 6,000 authors already taking part in the survey, I doubt all of us will balance it out all that much. Still, there's always hope.
▶ Take the survey for yourself: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D77B3D6
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