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Julia , ~Head Mod~
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Mar 01, 2013 06:05PM
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She self-published. By the way, she has a bad habit of breaking into war and making multiple accounts, just to let you know, I invited her.
War can be fun, if nobody gets hurt.
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I do believe there is a difference between a published author and a self-published author, though.
No, there is not! Published means their book is available to the public. Self-published is the same, it's just more descriptive, since you did it yourself.
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The only big difference is that it isn't available in bookstores or anything, and it hasn't been edited.
1. It is available in bookstores, if you sell the book to them.2. It can be edited, if you want.
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2. I meant editing by a whole team of editing experts.
1. Lots. Many books are self-published.2. You can still do that.
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On CreateSpace they have the option to sell your books in bookstores/libraries
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It's not the same though.
One perk of self-publishing- you can choose the cover. But it won't look as good as if it was professionally done, unless you pay someone.
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Julia wrote: "Name 10 big booksellers."All of them, probably.
I would rather be actual published because then I would know that people know my book and that it was good enough that people could like it.
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Because, you don't get the marketing as you would with a big publisher.
Sure, your friends and family would buy it to support you, but afterwards, it's a dead end.
Not necessarily. And CreateSpace takes, what, 25% off of the price, but how else does it pay for the copies it's providing you with?
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But I would still want mine published. It would feel like, to me, that my story might actually be well-written enough that others would like it and I wouldn't have to know them first.
I get where you're coming from there, but I'm the kind of person who can't stand rejections.
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But normal publishing is the exact same pretty much as self-publishing, so, why do we even care anyway?
Because I want my book to be known. If I get, rejected, I'll fix it and try again someplace else (though I'm not planning on trying for a longish while).
Not all of them. It also wouldn't be as accessible. I have nothing against self-publishing, I would just rather he published.
Well, it would be as accessable, if you decided to have it on Amazon and in bookstores and libraries and such,CREEPINESS: http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=ht...
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But not all bookstores and libraries nation wide would be able to have it, since the publisher would make it more well-known than you could.
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I don't think we're debating because there is NOTHING TO DEBATE ABOUT. They're both pretty much the SAME thing that gets the SAME results, just under different periods of time.
I, purpously, prefer to self-publish my books because it's a lot quicker and I don't like having other people do my work for me.
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I mean personally. And there isn't really a debate because nobody supports my side and I'm not debating. I hate debates, anyway.
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