Success by the Numbers

At RWA Nationals in San Antonio, I attended a panel of hybrid authors. The discussion centered around their reasons for choosing traditional versus indie publishing. One author, who identified herself as strictly self-publishing now, stated that indie authors are the ones who are making the right business decision. There is more money to be made on indie books. In her opinion, those who publish through traditional channels are doing so for “emotional” reasons. She thinks that’s fine, as long...