Every book author faces the decision to seek a traditional publisher or self-publish. Today, ghostwriter Betty Withrow and Greg Dixon talk about some of the options and considerations to help you choose what is best for you.
Betty’s first question is, what do you hope to achieve by publishing a book? Sales? Authority? Entertainment? Helping others? Tell stories? …
Kindle Direct Publishing is a great option for publishing yourself, though self-publishing could make it difficult to get a traditional publishing deal.
However, Betty gave some examples of authors who started with self-publishing, which helped land a traditional publishing deal.
Betty Withrow’s books are on Amazon. See her Author Page.
Greg Dixon talked about the publishing history of Rocket Norton’s Lost In Space, now available in The Rocket Norton Vault. Greg has been submitting Rocket Norton’s novels through Kindle Direct Publishing. See Books on Amazon.
Publishing Resources
- The Writer’s Launchpad
Betty Withrow’s writing resources and services. - Lulu Books
Self-publishing option. - BookBaby
Editing, formatting, and publishing to a wide range of print and eBook outlets. - IngramSpark
Publishing and distribution services.
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