The Appeal of Indie Publishing
If you’re wondering why anyone would go to the trouble to self-publish (and by trouble I mean finding cover designers, hiring an editor, doing all the marketing, and paying for all of the above out of pocket) here’s one of the most cogent and best explanations I’ve seen. Brava!
Originally posted on Deborah Cooke & Her Books:
This morning, I was interviewed by Matt Galloway on the CBC’s show
Metro Morning
. This was a result of the announcement on Friday that Newscorp is acquiring Harlequin. There’s been a suggestion in the media that Harlequin’s sales are down because of authors choosing to self-publish or go indie. I’d been interviewed on that show in 2009 when I was the writer-in-residence at the Toronto Public Library, so they called me again.
Matt asked me why I would leave traditional publishing to go indie. The answer is much longer than the format of a short radio interview could possibly allow, so I thought I’d elaborate here today.
There were several contributing factors to my decision, so let’s have a peek. It wasn’t an easy choice to make after 20 years in traditional publishing, but the more I thought about it, the more sense it made.
1. The way that…
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